Peter Schlosser is the Vice President and Vice Provost of Global Futures, the University Global Futures Professor, and directs the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory at Arizona State University. He holds joint appointments in the School of Sustainability, the School of Ocean Futures, the School of Earth and Space Exploration, and the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment.

Prior to joining ASU in January 2018, Dr. Schlosser spent twenty-eight years at Columbia University, serving as the Maurice Ewing and J. Lamar Worzel Professor of Geophysics, Chair of the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and as the deputy director and director of research at the Earth Institute.

Schlosser’s research focuses on the hydrosphere, primarily the circulation of water in the oceans, continental surface waters, and groundwater, including the impact of human activities. He is Co-Chair of the Earth League and a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Explorers Club. He is an elected member of the German National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science.

In addition to his research and academic roles, Dr. Schlosser serves on the advisory board for TIMES CO2, as well as the boards of UNESCO, the American Geophysical Union, Carbon Collect Limited, and the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, among others. He is actively involved in numerous national and international science steering and advisory committees, continuously striving to advance the understanding of our global futures.