Steven Elliot Koonin (born December 12, 1951) is an American theoretical physicist, environmental scientist, and former director of the Center for Urban Science and Progress at New York University. He is also a professor in the Department of Civil and Urban Engineering at NYU's Tandon School of Engineering. From 2004 to 2009, Koonin was employed by BP as the oil and gas company’s Chief Scientist. From 2009 to 2011, he was Under Secretary for Science, Department of Energy, in the Obama administration. He later published Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matte
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