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Daniel Sperling is Distinguished Blue Planet Prize Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science and Policy, founding Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies, and founding Chair of the Policy Institute for Energy Environment and Economy at the University of California, Davis.

He is a leading international expert on transportation and climate policy with leadership positions on key boards and committees, including the California Air Resources Board, appointed by Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Brown. He was 2013 chair of the California Fuel Partnership, and 2015 chair of the National Academies’ Transportation Research Board.

In recognition of his illustrious work, Sperling received the 2010 Heinz award and the 2013 Blue Planet Prize, described as the Nobel Prize for the environmental sciences. He has testified eight times to the U.S. Congress, and has authored or edited over 250 technical articles and 12 books, including, Three Revolutions: Steering Automated, Shared, and Electric Vehicles to a Better Future (2018), and Two Billion Cars (2009).