Galbraith, Eric
Experimental Sciences & Mathematics
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Department Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA)
Address Edifici ICTA-ICP (Z) - Campus UAB Bellaterra
Postal code 08193
City Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona)
Keywords
Earth System Science
Paleoceanography
Ocean biogeochemistry
Climate change
Economics
Short biography
A native of Halifax, Canada, Galbraith completed an undergraduate degree in Earth and Planetary Science at McGill University in 1997. He then worked as an exploration geologist in Peru, a journalist, and on polar expedition cruises before undertaking a PhD in Oceanography at the University of British Columbia, completed in 2006. This was followed by three years of postdoctoral research at Princeton University, developing and using Earth System models. Galbraith worked at McGill University as an assistant professor in Earth System Science from 2009-2015, and as full professor and Canada Research Chair in Human-Earth System Dynamics from 2019-2025. He was with ICREA at ICTA, at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), from 2015-2019 and returned in 2025.