Keith Paustian

Keith Paustian is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences at Colorado State University. His work involves studies of soil organic matter dynamics, modeling and development of assessment tools for greenhouse gas emissions/removals from soils, including development of models and inventory methodology used to estimate US soil emissions for UNFCCC national reporting and web-based tools (e.g., COMET-Farm, CBP) for estimating farm- and project-scale greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.  Professional service includes Coordinating Lead Author for the IPCC 2006 National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Methods and the IPCC 2003 Good Practice Guidance and three National Academy of Science committees related to land use, greenhouse gases and climate change mitigation.

Paustian is a fellow of the Soil Science Society of America, recipient of the Soil Science Society of America’s Outstanding Research Award in 2015, 2019 winner of the Foodshot Global Groundbreaker Award, and 2023 Reuters Hot List of Climate Scientists.