Rachel Pinker

Rachel T. Pinker is a professor of meteorology at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she has worked since 1976.^[1]

Rachel Pinker
Alma mater	Hebrew University, University of Maryland, College Park
Scientific career
Fields	Meteorology
Institutions	University of Maryland, College Park
Thesis	Micrometeorological characteristics of a dry tropical evergreen forest in Thailand (1976)

Education

Pinker received her M.S. degree from Hebrew University in 1965 and her PhD from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1976.^[1]

Research

Pinker is known for her research into global dimming and global brightening.^[2][3][4] She has said that the Earth seems to be getting brighter, and that this may be because of a combination of a clearer sky and fewer clouds.^[5]