Dr. Paul E. Filmer

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National Science Foundation
Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
Division of Earth Sciences (EAR)
Acting Section HeadAppointed: 1994
National Science Foundation
Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
Division of Earth Sciences (EAR)
Program DirectorAppointed: 1994
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Mailing Address

Directorate for Geosciences
4201 Wilson Blvd., Suite 785
Arlington, Virginia 22230
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (703) 292-7858
Fax: (703) 292-9152
Mobile: (703) 599-1446
pfilmer@nsf.gov

Qualifications

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Marine Geophysics, 1992.
B.Sc. (with Honors), California Institute of Technology, Geophysics, 1985.

Expertise and Research Interests

I am interested in the development of regional and worldwide networks of scientific research institutions that can contribute results and information to the political and economic sectors of society, based on the concepts of scientific excellence, peer-review, and accountability.

I am a Program Director for the following programs at the National Science Foundation (NSF):

Other Expertise

Head of Delegation: Conference of the Parties and Executive Council of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research; 2006-2007.

Alternate Head of Delegation: Conference of the Parties of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research: 1997-2006.

Basic Cosmonaut Training, Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (Star City), Russia (2000)

Economics and the Environment, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (2000)

Space Mission Analysis and Design, Microcosm Research (1993)

VFR Single-engine Pilot (1981)

SCUBA (1979)

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Geophysics, Global Change, Science Planning or Policy.

Additional Terms:

Geophysics, Global Change, Science Policy.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

English: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
Spanish: (Fluent, Functional, Fluent)
French: (Fluent, Functional, Functional)
Portuguese: (Functional, Basic, Basic)
German: (Basic, Basic, Basic)
Russian: (Basic, None, Functional)
Arabic, Egyptian: (Basic, None, Basic)
Italian: (Basic, None, Basic)
Romanian: (Basic, None, Basic)
Swedish: (Basic, None, Basic)
Farsi, Western: (Basic, None, None)
Korean: (None, None, Basic)

Memberships

American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Geophysical Union
Geological Society of America
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research
Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science

Honors and Awards

2000, Director's Award for Excellence, National Science Foundation (NSF), Program Management
1986, NSF Graduate Fellow, National Science Foundation
1985, Hall Award, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Geology
1984, Robert L. Noland Leadership Award, Ametek, Inc., California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

Previous Positions

1993-1994, Visiting Scientist, NASA Headquarters, As an IPA from Universities Space Research Association
1991-1992, Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Science, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences

Publications

  • Filmer, P.E., Leinen, M.S. (2007) Foreword, Communicating Global Change Science to Society: An Assessment and Case Studies, SCOPE Series; 68 Edition, Washington, Island Press, 217 pages, ISBN=9781597261777 (bookchapter)
  • Theo Beckers, Maureen Woodrow, Paul E. Filmer, Sônia M.F. Gianesella, Laura Gallardo Klenner, Carlos A. Klink, Jean-François Tourrand, Peter Weingart (2007) Communicating Science to the Media, Decision Makers, and the Public, Communicating Global Change Science to Society: An Assessment and Case Studies, SCOPE Series; 68 Edition, Washington, Island Press, 45-54 pages, ISBN=9781597261777 (bookchapter)
  • Brown, L.B.B., Filmer, P.E., Buizer, J.L. (2000) Regional cooperation in global change research; unique opportunities and unique challenges, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union 81 (48 suppl.), San Francisco, CA, American Geophysical Union
  • Filmer, P.E., Sustainability science and the future of reductionism, IAI Annual Report, 1999-2000, 12-17, 2000
  • Filmer, P.E. ed., IAI Science Forum: Global Change in the Americas, Proceedings of the IAI Science Fora, 53pp., 1998
  • Filmer, P.E., E.M. Banús, E.V. Monteiro and J.L. Aguirre, The IAI Data and Information System, the SPRING 2.0 Geographic Information System, and IAI Data Policy Statements, Proc. of the Conf. on Caribbean Countries and the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, UPR Mayagüez, PR, 95-103, 1997
  • Filmer, P.E., Storm Warning, Library Hi Tech, 13:1-2(49-50), 76-78, 1995
  • Filmer, P.E., M.K. McNutt, H. Webb and D. Dixon, Volcanism and archipelagic aprons in the Marquesas and Hawaiian Islands, Marine Geophysical Researches, 16, 385-406, 1994
  • Wallace, J.M., Vogel, S., Buizer, J.L., Farrow, L., Filmer, P.E. (1994) El Niño y la Predicción Climática, Versión Español Edition, Boulder, Colo., University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, 24 pages
  • Filmer, P.E., M.K. McNutt, and C.J. Wolfe, Elastic thickness of the lithosphere in the Society and Marquesas Islands: no evidence for elastic plate thinning over the South Pacific Superswell, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 74(16, Suppl.), 285, May 1993
  • Filmer, P.E. et al. eds., Reflections of the Earth...Reflections of the Future, CEOS Secretariat, 14pp., 1993
  • Filmer, P.E., M.K. McNutt, and C.J. Wolfe, Elastic thickness of the lithosphere in the Marquesas and Society Islands, Journal of Geophysical Research, 98(11), 19565-19577, 1993
  • Barsczus, H.G., P.E. Filmer, and D. Desonie, Cataclysmic collapses and mass wasting processes in the Marquesas, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 73(14, Suppl.), 313, May 1992
  • Filmer, P.E., M.K. McNutt, H. Webb and D.J. Dixon, Volcanism and archipelagic aprons; a comparison of the Marquesan and Hawaiian Islands, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 73(14, Suppl.), 313, May 1992
  • Filmer, Paul Edward, Flexure of the oceanic lithosphere in the vicinity of the Marquesas Islands, Ph.D. Thesis(MIT), 1992
  • Filmer, P.E., and M.K. McNutt, Gravity and flexure in the Marquesas Islands, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 71(43), 1598, December 1990
  • Hagstrum, J.T., and P.E. Filmer, Paleomagnetic and tectonic constraints on the Late Cretaceous to Early Tertiary northward translation of the Baja California Peninsula, Geofísica Internacional, 29(4), 175-184, 1990
  • Filmer, P.E., and M.K. McNutt, Geoid anomalies over the Canary Islands group, Marine Geophysical Researches, 11, 78-88, 1989
  • Filmer, P.E., and J.L. Kirschvink, A paleomagnetic constraint on the Late Cretaceous paleoposition on northwestern Baja California, Mexico, Journal of Geophysical Research, 94(6), 7332-7342, 1989
  • Filmer, P.E., and M.K. McNutt, Elastic thickness and admittance functions for the Marquesas Islands hotspot swell from shipboard gravity data, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 68(44), 1452, December 1987
  • Filmer, P.E., and M.K. McNutt, Geoid and depth anomalies in the Canary Islands area, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 67(16), 371, May 1986
  • Filmer, Paul E., Kirschvink, Joseph L, Magnetostratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous Rosario Formation, northwestern Baja California, Mexico, The Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section, 82nd annual meeting, 18(2), 106, March 1986
  • Kirschvink, J.L., C.A. Peterson, M. Chwe, P.E. Filmer and B. Roder, An attempt to replicate the spinning chair experiment, in Magnetite biomineralization and magnetoreception in organisms: a new Biomagnetism, Kirschvink, J.L., D.S. Jones, and B.J. MacFadden, eds, Topics in Geobiology, Plenum Press, NY, 5, 605-608, 1986

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