Experience

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric and Earth Science

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Policy

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Geoffrey Supran is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. His research focuses on the history of climate disinformation and propaganda by fossil fuel interests. This work elucidates the historical and sociological dimensions of the climate challenge and informs initiatives to hold bad actors accountable. Geoffrey Supran is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. His research focuses on the history of climate disinformation and propaganda by fossil fuel interests. This work elucidates the historical and sociological dimensions of the climate challenge and informs initiatives to hold bad actors accountable.



Harvard University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Associate

  • Aug 2019 - Dec 2022

  • Co-authoring a science-based fiction book envisioning a fossil fuel-free future.• Quantitative historical analysis of climate denial by fossil fuel interests.

• Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Naomi Oreskes, History of Science

  • Jul 2016 - Jul 2019

  • Conducted the first peer-reviewed content analysis of ExxonMobil's 40-year history of climate change communications, demonstrating that the company has misled the public about climate change. Global print and TV news coverage reached a potential audience of almost half a billion people and trended top worldwide on Reddit. Our paper was the seventh most talked-about climate change article of 2017, according to Carbon Brief. It was selected by Environmental Research Letters as one of its 'Highlights of 2017' publications and cited by Anderson Cooper during CNN's 2019 U.S. Democratic presidential Climate Town Hall.• Exposed “the fossil fuel industry’s invisible colonization of academia” in The Guardian.• Graduate student thesis advisor at Harvard Extension School and high school summer student mentor. Show less



Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Associate with Prof. Jessika Trancik, Institute for Data, Systems and Society

  • Sep 2016 - Sep 2018

  • Meta-analyzing decarbonization scenarios through historical benchmarking. • Meta-analyzing decarbonization scenarios through historical benchmarking.



UC Santa Barbara

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Research Scholar

  • Jun 2008 - Oct 2008

  Polymer photovoltaic solar cell research under the supervision of Prof. Alan Heeger. Polymer photovoltaic solar cell research under the supervision of Prof. Alan Heeger.



University of Cambridge

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2007 - Oct 2007

  Particle imaging velocimetry research under the supervision of Prof. Ray Goldstein. Particle imaging velocimetry research under the supervision of Prof. Ray Goldstein.



University of California, Berkeley

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Research Scholar

  • Jun 2006 - Oct 2006

  Nanocrystal photovoltaic solar cell research under the supervision of Prof. Paul Alivisatos. Nanocrystal photovoltaic solar cell research under the supervision of Prof. Paul Alivisatos.



University of Cambridge

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2005 - Oct 2005

  Polymer LED research under the supervision of Prof. Sir Richard Friend and Dr. Ji-Seon Kim. Polymer LED research under the supervision of Prof. Sir Richard Friend and Dr. Ji-Seon Kim.



University of Southampton

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Scholar

  • Jun 2004 - Oct 2004

  Nanocrystal/organic light-emitting field effect transistor research under the supervision of Prof. Jeremy Baumberg. Nanocrystal/organic light-emitting field effect transistor research under the supervision of Prof. Jeremy Baumberg.