Andrew Perry Ingersoll | |
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Born | 1940 (age 83–84) |
Education | Amherst College (BA) Harvard University (MA, PhD) |
Known for | runaway greenhouse effect, atmospheric dynamics |
Awards | NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (1981),[1] Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1997),[2] Gerard P. Kuiper Prize (2007)[3] |
Andrew Perry Ingersoll (born 1940) is an American physicist. He is a professor of planetary science at the California Institute of Technology. Ingersoll was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1997.[4] He received the lifetime achievement award in planetary science, the Gerard P. Kuiper Prize, in 2007. He proposed the runaway greenhouse effect and is known for his research on planetary atmospheres and climate.