"Alex Farrell: Energy Expert, Colleague, and Friend"

Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Summer 2008

Alexander Farrell, an associate professor in the Energy and Resources Department at the University of California, Berkeley, and a former Belfer Center fellow, passed away in April at his home in San Francisco. As a fellow in 1997-'98 with the Center's Environment and Natural Resources Program, Farrell worked on the Global Environmental Assessment Project and co-authored its book Assessments of Regional and Global Environmental Risks. At the time of his death, he was recognized internationally as a leading expert on transportation fuels and the role of transportation in climate change.

Most recently, Farrell was the coordinating lead author of the transportation chapter of a major study for California on how the state can implement climate change policy. Last year, Farrell was asked to join the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels, a new international panel of environmental, energy, economic, and cultural experts developing standards by which nations and consumers can judge biofuels and their impact on the environment and society.

"Alex was an original thinker, tireless worker, and a delightful colleague," said William Clark, Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy, and Human Development, who worked with Farrell on the Global Assessment Project. "His death is a major loss to the cause of sustainable energy development."

For Academic Citation:
Communications Office. "Alex Farrell: Energy Expert, Colleague, and Friend." Cambridge, Mass.: Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Belfer Center Newsletter (Summer 2008).