Robert Harley is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has been on the faculty since 1993. He holds a bachelor's degree in Engineering Science (Chemical Engineering option) from the University of Toronto, and both M.S. and Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering Science from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Harley's research focuses on air quality and sustainable transportation; he is an author of over 50 papers published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Harley received the National Science Foundation's young investigator (CAREER) award in 1996, as well as a visiting scientist fellowship (1999-2000) at the University of Colorado / NOAA Aeronomy Lab in Boulder. Harley served for 3 years as Vice Chair of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Berkeley (2001-04), chairing committees that were responsible for undergraduate curriculum and graduate student admissions. Harley also serves as Deputy Department Head for Atmospheric Sciences in the Environmental Energy Technologies Division at LBNL.