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Cutler Cleveland
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Editor-in-Chief

The Encyclopedia of Earth

Cutler J. Cleveland is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. Dr. Cleveland is currently a Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at Boston University, with joint appointments in the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies and the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future. He also is a Senior Fellow at the National Council for Science and the Environment in Washington D.C.

Dr. Cleveland is also Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy--winner of an American Library Association award, the Dictionary of Energy, and the Concise Encyclopedia of the History of Energy. Dr. Cleveland is a member of the American Statistical Association’s Committee on Energy Statistics, an advisory group to the Department of Energy. He is the recipient of the Adelman-Frankel Award from the United States Association of Energy Economics for “unique and innovative contributions to the field of energy economics.” Dr. Cleveland is Chairman of the Environmental Information Coalition, the governing body of the Earth Portal. He has won publication awards from the International Association of Energy Economics, the American Library Association, and the National Wildlife Federation. He has won teaching awards from the University of Illinois and the Honor’s Program in the College of Arts and Sciences of Boston University.

Dr. Cleveland's research on the valuation of ecosystem services, funded by the National Science Foundation, is highlighted in NSF's Top Discoveries series.

Dr. Cleveland has been a consultant to numerous private and public organizations, including the Asian Development Bank, the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, Charles River Associates, the Technical Research Centre of Finland, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The National Science Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the MacArthur Foundation have supported his research.

Dr. Cleveland holds a B.S. in Ecology from Cornell University, a M.S. in Marine Science from Louisiana State University, and a Ph. D. in Geography from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Selected Publications

Cleveland, Cutler J., Editor-in-Chief. 2004. Encyclopedia of Energy (six volumes). (Elsevier Science, Oxford, UK).

Reviews of the Encyclopedia of Energy:

"Highly recommended-all libraries -" CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries
"...a timely information resource as rising energy costs and consumption engenders a renewed focus on the subject -" Library Journal
"...an invaluable resource for people whose profession relates to the energy industry -" Petroleum Economist
"...provides introductory access to much of the knowledge about the essence of life and its intersection with the forces that sustain it. It is an important work that should find its way into academic and large public libraries throughout the world -" Reference Reviews
"...this is a brave and largely worthwhile venture. Perhaps its chief attraction is the scope and hence the potential for learning and surprise -" The Times Higher Education Supplement

"...the encyclopedia is one of most valuable pieces of literature covering all aspects of energy. -" Energy and Buildings

Cleveland, Cutler J. and Christopher Morris. 2005. Dictionary of Energy (Elsevier Science, Oxford, UK).

Reviews of the Dictionary of Energy:

"Elsevier’s Dictionary of Energy is all you could want in a book of this kind. Comprehensive and readable, it is a treat for fact-checkers and casual browsers alike " - Nature
'Some of us have waited a long time for a publication like this' - Mark Jaccard, Simon Fraser University
'The Dictionary of Energy, produced by the same team as the remarkable Encyclopedia of Energy, promises to bring some terminological order and clarity to this fast-moving, diverse, often confusing, yet vitally important discipline' - Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute
'A major contribution to a field of unmatched importance given the links between energy and global climate change' - 'James Gustave Speth, Yale University

Selected Awards

  • Adelman-Frankel Award (2006), United States Association of Energy Economics, “for unique and innovative contributions to the field of energy economics”
  • Outstanding Academic Title for 2004, American Library Association, The Encyclopedia of Energy (six volumes), Cleveland, Cutler J., Editor-in-Chief. (Elsevier Science, Oxford, UK, 2004).
  • Award for Teaching Excellence (2003), Honors Program, College for Arts and Sciences, Boston University
  • Outstanding Paper Award, International Association of Energy Economics. [Cutler J. Cleveland and Robert Kaufmann. Forecasting Ultimate Oil Recovery and Its Rate of Production: Incorporating Economic Forces Into the Models of M. King Hubbert. The Energy Journal, 12: 17-46 (1991)].
  • National Wildlife Federation Publication Award (1985) [Energy and the U.S. Economy: A Biophysical Perspective. Science 225, 890 (1984)].

Selected Publications

  • Cleveland, Cutler J., Margrit Betke, Paula Federico, Jeff D. Frank, Irma Gomez, Thomas G. Hallam, Jason Horn, Thomas H. Kunz, Juan D. López Jr, Gary F. McCracken, Rodrigo A. Medellín, Arnulfo Moreno-Valdez, Chris Sansone, John K. Westbrook. 2006. Estimation of the Economic Value of the Pest Control Service Provided by the Brazilian Free-tailed Bat in the Wintergarden region of South-Central Texas. Frontiers of Ecology and the Environment 4(5): 238–243.
  • Cleveland, Cutler J. 2005. Net energy from oil and gas extraction in the United States, 1954-1997. Energy, 30: 769-782.
  • Hall, Charles Pradeep Tharakan, John Hallock, Cutler Cleveland and Michael Jefferson. 2003. Hydrocarbons and the Evolution of Human Culture. Nature, 426: 318-322.
  • Najam, Adil and Cutler J. Cleveland. 2003. Energy and Sustainable Development at Global Environmental Summits: An Evolving Agenda. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 5: 117-138.
  • Kaufmann, R. K. and C. J. Cleveland. 2003. Oil Supply and Oil Politics: Déjà Vu All Over Again. Energy Policy, 31: 485-489.
  • Kaufmann, R. K. and Cleveland, C. J. 2001. Oil Production in the lower 48 states: economic, geological. and institutional determinants. Energy Journal, 22: 27-49.
  • Cleveland, Cutler J. and Matthias Ruth. When, Where, and By How Much Do Biophysical Limits Constrain the Economic Process? The Contribution of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen to Ecological Economics. Ecological Economics, 22: 203-223 (1997).
  • Cleveland, Cutler J. Energy Surplus and Energy Quality in the Extraction of Fossil Fuels in the U.S. Ecological Economics, 6: 139-162 (1992).
  • Cleveland, Cutler J. and Robert Kaufmann. Forecasting Ultimate Oil Recovery and Its Rate of Production: Incorporating Economic Forces Into the Models of M. King Hubbert. The Energy Journal, 12: 17-46 (1991). (Winner of "Outstanding Paper for 1991" Award, International Association of Energy Economists)
  • Cleveland, Cutler J., Robert Costanza, Charles A.S. Hall, and Robert Kaufmann. Energy and the U.S. Economy: A Biophysical Perspective. Science 225: 890-897 (1984). (Winner of the 1985 National Wildlife Federation and American Petroleum Institute's Environmental Publication Award, and a Sigma Xi Publication Award)
  • Pimentel, David, M.A. Moran, S. Fast, G. Weber, R. Bukantis, L. Baillet, P. Boveng, C. Cleveland, S. Hindman, and M. Young. Biomass Energy From Crop and Forestry Residues. Science 212: 1110-1115 (1981).
  • Hall, Charles, and C.J. Cleveland. Petroleum Drilling and Production in the U.S.: Yield Per Effort and Net Energy Analysis. Science 211: 576-579(1981).

Education

  • B.S., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Biology, 1980
  • M.S., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, Marine Science, 1982
  • Ph.D. University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, Geography, 1988

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