Dr.
Broad is an ecological anthropologist who received his Ph.D. from
Columbia University in 1999 and is currently an Assistant Professor in the
Division of Marine Affairs and Policy, RSMAS. He holds a joint appointment
at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. Prior to anthropology,
Broad participated and led several scientific and documentary film expeditions
around the globe, including the exploration of the world's deepest cave
in the Huautla Plateau in Mexico.
His current work focuses on human-environment interaction related to natural resource management. Working in the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean and Indonesia, Broad studies climate impacts and human perception, the use and misuse of scientific information, decision making under uncertainty, marine protected areas, as well as issues of societal equity. This work involves close collaboration with hydrologists, oceanographers, economists, ecologists, climatologists, and other strange creatures.
Contact information:
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149
Phone: 305.421.4851
Email: kbroad@rsmas.miami.edu
National Geographic Emerging Explorer
Center for Research on Environmental
Decisions
Rosenstiel School of
Marine and Atmospheric Science
NOAA,
Mapping the Climate Applications Landscape
The
Earth Institute at Columbia University
International Research
Institute for Climate Prediction