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Mark E. Borsuk

Education

• B.S.E., Civil Engineering and Operations Research, Princeton University 1995
• M.S., Statistics and Decisions Sciences, Duke University 2001
• Ph.D., Environmental Science and Policy, Duke University 2001

Research Interests

Decision theory; integrated systems modeling and management; Bayesian statistics, uncertainty analysis; risk assessment; valuation methods; imprecise probabilities; sustainability science

Current Research Projects

• Applied robust Bayesian analysis
• Bayesian networks of society-environment interactions
• Decision analytic evaluation of emerging technologies
• Linking predictive climate models to economic assessments under conditions of uncertainty
• Representation of model inputs and parameters using stochastic, time-dependent parameters
• Social and biological indicators of sustainability

Teaching

• ENGS 41: Sustainability and Natural Resource Management
• ENGS 93: Statistical Methods in Engineering
• ENGG 177: Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty

Selected Publications

• Ding, P., M. D. Gerst, A. Bernstein, R. B. Howarth, and M. E. Borsuk. Rare disasters and risk attitudes: International differences and implications for integrated assessment modeling. Risk Analysis. In press.
• Gerst, M. D., P. Wang, and M. E. Borsuk. Discovering plausible energy and economic futures under global change using multidimensional scenario discovery. Environmental Modelling & Software. In press.
• Gerst, M. D., P. Wang, A. Roventini, G. Dosi, R. B. Howarth, and M. E. Borsuk. Agent-based modeling of climate policy: An introduction to the ENGAGE multi-level model framework. Environmental Modelling & Software. In press.
• Tomassini, L., R. Knutti, G.-K. Plattner, D. van Vuuren, T. F. Stocker, R. B. Howarth, and M. E. Borsuk. 2010. Uncertainty and risk in climate projections for the 21st century: comparing mitigation to non-intervention scenarios. Climatic Change 103: 399–422.
• Gronewold, A.D. and M. E. Borsuk. 2010. Improving water quality assessments through a hierarchical Bayesian analysis of variability. Environmental Science & Technology 4: 7858–7864.
• Turaga, R. M. R., R. B. Howarth, and M. E. Borsuk. 2010. Pro-environmental behavior: Rational choice meets moral motivation. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1185: 211-224.
• Gerst, M. D., R. B. Howarth, M.E. Borsuk. 2010. Accounting for the risk of extreme outcomes in an integrated assessment of climate change. Energy Policy 38: 4540–4548.
• Tomassini, L., P. Reichert, H.-R. Künsch, C. Buser, and M. E. Borsuk. 2009. A smoothing algorithm for estimating stochastic, continuous-time parameters and an application to a simple climate model. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series C: Applied Statistics 58: 679-704.

Awards

• Excellence in Mentoring Award, Dartmouth College Postdoctoral Association, 2010
• Early Career Research Excellence Prize, International Environmental Modelling and Software Society, 2008
• Best Paper in Integrated Modelling, Environmental Modelling and Software, 2008

Professional Activities

• Operations Research, Associate Editor of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources
• Environmental Modelling & Software, Editorial Board
• Reviewer for: Environmental Science & Technology, Water Resources Research, Water Research, Ecological Modelling, Environmental Management, Journal of Environmental Engineering, Estuaries, Decision Analysis, Risk Analysis, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Ecosystems, Limnology & Oceanography

News

• Dartmouth Engineering Professors Discuss Promising Technologies for the Environment
  April 15, 2013

• SETAC Best Paper Award for Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
  SETAC
  April 8, 2013

• DMS lands grant for regional biomedical research center
  Dartmouth Medical School
  August 22, 2011

• Dartmouth College Receives Grant for Collaborating to Sustain the Planet
  EPA
  February 25, 2008

• Crossing disciplines to address mercury pollution
  Dartmouth News
  December 18, 2007

In Dartmouth Engineer Magazine

• Major Mergers: For modified majors, engineering is just the beginning.
  Summer 2011
• The New Guard: Thayer's eight new tenure-track assistant professors will influence the next few generations of students.
  Winter 2011
• Complex Systems: Tackling surprises in multi-component systems, from human behavior to robotic smarts
  Summer 2010
• Kudos
  Summer 2008
• Faculty: Thayer Gains Five New Professors
  Winter 2008

Video

Seminar: Gambling the Globe: Risk, Decision-Making, and Climate Change

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