Paul Arthur Berkman is a Research Professor at the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He also is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of EvREsearch LTD, which utilizes its patented Digital Integration System (DigIn®) for government, business and education applications. Prof. Berkman received the prestigious Fulbright Distinguished Scholar award for 2007-08 to conduct research at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, on the governance of international spaces.
Prof. Berkman conceived the Antarctic Treaty Summit: Science-Policy Interactions in International Governance (www.atsummit50.aq) that will be convened at the Smithsonian Institution in 2009 on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Antarctic Treaty to identify its legacy lessons and stories “in the interest of all mankind.” Prof. Berkman now serves as Chair of the International Board for this interdisciplinary project. At the invitation of the University of Cambridge, he also has initiated a new interdisciplinary programme on Arctic Ocean Geopolitics.
Prof. Berkman has a Master’s degree and doctorate in biological oceanography from the University of Rhode Island, where he was a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow. For his research and education contributions – which include nearly 80 publications – Prof. Berkman has also received the Antarctic Service Medal from the United States Congress as well as additional fellowships from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Ohio State University at the Byrd Polar Research Center; Ministry of Science, Education and Culture at the National Institute of Polar Research (Japan); and University of Canterbury in the Gateway Antarctica program (New Zealand).