Dan Rutherford serves as ICCT\u2019s Senior Director of Research. He works to maintain ICCT\u2019s reputation as a source of first-rate, unbiased research and analysis for environmental regulators by developing and implementing policies to hold its research to the highest standard of excellence. His duties include overseeing staff training, annual research planning, and peer review; managing ICCT\u2019s Research Leads; and advising on communications, development, and hiring. Dan previously served as the ICCT\u2019s Aviation Director. In that capacity, he helped national and international regulators develop policies to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gases from planes. Dan has helped design environmental policies at the UN\u2019s International Civil Aviation Organization for more than 15 years and is an internationally recognized expert on measures to promote fuel efficiency, to control short-lived climate pollutants, and to phase out the use of fossil fuels in international transport. Dan holds a B.A. in Chemistry from the University of Minnesota at Morris and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering and Science from Stanford University.<\/p>\n