ARB Board Member Biographies
Daniel Sperling
This page last reviewed January 6, 2010
Appointed February 2007 by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Daniel
Sperling is Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science
and Policy, and founding Director of the Institute of Transportation
Studies at the University of California, Davis (ITS-Davis). Dr.
Sperling has led ITS-Davis to international prominence by building
strong partnerships with industry, government, and the environmental
community, integrating interdisciplinary research and education
programs, and connecting research with public outreach and education.
Professor Sperling also serves as Acting Director of the UC Davis
Energy Efficiency Center.
Dr. Sperling is recognized as a leading
international expert on transportation technology assessment, energy
and environmental aspects
of transportation, and transportation policy. He is chair of the
Davos World Economic Forum's Council on "Future of Mobility" and recent
chair of the U.S. Transportation Research Board's standing committees
on Sustainable Transportation and Alternative Fuels. He was
honored as a lifetime National Associate of the National Academies, is
author or editor of 200 technical articles and 11 books, including Two Billion Cars (Oxford University Press, 2009), and has testified many times to the
U.S. Congress on alternative fuels and advanced vehicle technology.
He earned his Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering from the University
of California, Berkeley (with minors in Economics and Energy &
Resources) and his B.S. in Environmental Engineering and Urban Planning
from Cornell University. Professor Sperling worked two years as an
environmental planner for the US Environmental Protection Agency and
two years as an urban planner in the Peace Corps in Honduras.
