Annual Reviews
Ashok Gadgil is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley and has served as a Co-Editor for the Annual Reviews of Environment and Resources since 2004. With extensive experience at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory from 1988 until July 2023, including roles as Faculty Senior Scientist and Area Deputy for Science and Technology, Ashok Gadgil has made significant contributions to environmental research. Additionally, Ashok Gadgil co-edited the Development Engineering journal from 2014 to 2019, focusing on engineering solutions to poverty. As the founder and former Chair of Potential Energ, Ashok Gadgil played a pivotal role in the development of sustainable energy solutions. Involvement with the Lemelson Foundation's Advisory Committee and as Senior Science Advisor at WaterHealth International further demonstrates a commitment to addressing global challenges. Educational achievements include a Ph.D. in Physics from UC Berkeley and degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and the University of Mumbai.
Annual Reviews
Since 1932, Annual Reviews has offered comprehensive, timely collections of critical reviews written by leading scientists. Annual Reviews volumes are published each year for 46 focused disciplines within the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences including Economics.Annual Reviews is a nonprofit organization whose mission is toprovide the worldwide scientific community with a useful and intelligent synthesis of the primary research literature for a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines. Annual Reviews publications are among the most highly cited in scientific literature as indexed by the Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports® (JCR).Each year, Annual Reviews critically reviews the most significant primary research literature to guide researchers to the principal contributions of their field and help them keep up to date in their area of research. Each article is its own search engine, providing a gateway to the essential primary research literature referenced within each topic.