Mark Essig, Phd Email & Phone Number

Editor working on Fifth National Climate Assessment.

San Francisco Bay Area

Writer and editor of reports, blog posts, website copy, and social media posts. Projects included: •"Developing a Framework to Quantify Uncertainty and Harmonize Diverse Earth ObservationEstimates of Forest Carbon"•"American Carbon Registry Remote Sensing Scoping Study"•"Comprehensive Open-Source Development of Next-Generation Wildfire Models"•"Commodity-Driven Forest Loss: A Study of Southeast Asia"

Asheville, North Carolina

Federal contractor with Innovative Consulting & Management Services. Tasks included:• Copy Editor and Technical Writer for high-profile, 500-page report for the Department of Commerce about the feasibility of sharing weather-band radio spectrum with commercial wireless carriers. Conceived and drafted the report's plain-language, public-facing executive summary; copyedited text; prepared reference list; drafted terminology section; served as gatekeeper on revision of more than 400 figures and tables; collaborated with graphic design team on layout. • Science Writer: Wrote articles for NCEI website on data archiving for COSMIC-2 satellites, the State Climate Extremes Committee, the U.S. Drought Monitor, Arctic sea ice, the International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), tropical cyclone intensification rates, and other topics.

Nairobi, Kenya

Editor of 'The CSA Papers,' a book on climate-smart agriculture from the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in collaboration with the CGIAR Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS). Writer and editor of reports, briefs, and blog posts on agriculture, forestry, nutrition, and other topics in international development.

Democratic Republic Of The Congo

Editor of reports and research proposals on land use, natural resource management, and other topics for U.S. Forest Service—International Programs.

London, United Kingdom

Writer and editor for Vuna, a climate-smart agriculture program implemented by Adam Smith International and funded by the UK Department for International Development.

Author of two books of narrative history targeted at general audiences—'Lesser Beasts: A Snout-to-Tail History of the Humble Pig' (Basic Books, 2015) and Edison & the Electric Chair (Walker & Company, 2003)—and numerous book reviews, op-eds, and magazine articles.

Greater New York City Area

Asheville, North Carolina Area

Costa Mesa, California

Ithaca, New York Area

Ph.D., History

B.A., English Language And Literature/Letters