Andrew Rosenberg is a marine scientist, environmental and science policy expert. He is the co-editor of the SciLight newsletter on Substack and a Senior Fellow in the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire. He retired in 2022 as the director of the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists focused on the role of science and scientists in public policy. Previously, he was the chief scientist for Conservation International. He was a professor of natural resources and the environment at the University of New Hampshire and the UNH dean of the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture.
Prior to moving to UNH he served as the northeast regional administrator of the National Marine Fisheries Service at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, where he negotiated recovery plans for New England and mid-Atlantic fishery resources, endangered species protections and habitat conservation programs. He later became deputy director of the fisheries service.
Dr. Rosenberg is also the convening lead author of the oceans chapter of the Third US National Climate Assessment and served on the secretariat for the full assessment. He was a convening lead author of the first UN World Ocean Assessment. He served on the National Academy of Sciences’ Ocean Studies Board and the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy.
