Roger Yates Anderson

Roger Y. Anderson is a Senior Research Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of New Mexico. He attended Beloit College, received BS and MS degrees at the University of Arizona, and Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1960.

Anderson joined the University faculty in 1956 and has received the UNM faculty's highest award for research. He has been a consultant on the geologic aspects of nuclear waste disposal for Sandia National Laboratories, Argonne National Laboratories, the New Mexico WIPP Environmental Evaluation Group (EEG), has given invited testimony on WIPP before State and Congressional Committees, and has been interviewed about WIPP on nationally syndicated news programs.

Anderson has published several books and more than 100 technical articles related to paleoclimate, has been Principal Investigator for two dozen federally funded research grants, and has served on national and international panels for research on global and climate change. His current research is developing a hydrologic and climatic model for estimating climatic changes preserved in Estancia Basin, New Mexico over the past 24,000 years.