Wake Smith

Wake Smith is a Lecturer at the Yale School of the Environment, where he teaches a graduate-level course on climate engineering. His book Pandora’s Toolbox: The Hopes and Hazards of Climate Intervention was published by Cambridge University Press in March 2022. He has published nearly 20 papers on the aeronautics, costs, and governance of solar geoengineering and developed preliminary designs for high-altitude deployment and research aircraft. That research has been widely cited in scientific assessments by the European Commission, the UN Environment Program, and the US National Academies. He previously served as Chairman and President of Pemco World Air Services, Chief Operating Officer of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, and President of the flight training division of The Boeing Company. He holds a BA from Yale and an MBA from Harvard.