James Corbett

School of Marine Science & Policy

• Studies the environmental impacts of shipping.
• Interests include freight transportation, international and domestic maritime transportation and pollution policy. Works on energy and environmental solutions for freight and multimodal transportation.
• Assesses the risks related to air pollution, ship collisions with whales, invasive aquatic species and ways to mitigate these risks.
• Knowledgeable about energy, climate change, transportation economics and policy decision making.
• Produced groundbreaking research on air pollution generated by maritime cargo shipping.

Curriculum Vitae:
http://www.udel.edu/experts/cvs/326551442-James_J_Corbett.pdf

Web Site:
http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/people/jcorbett

Title:
Professor, School of Marine Science and Policy

In The News:
Thawing Arctic opens up new shipping routes on the 'roof of the world' (The Guardian, UK)
Arctic shipping could push climate change (United Press International)
A professor's teachable moment: "It's not just a BP spill. It is our spill." (Solve Climate)
Depressing: Oil Spilled To Date Could Power 38,000 Cars For a Year (Popular Science)
Cleaning up polluted harbors with greener ships (Time)
Ships' fumes kill thousands every year (The Times of London)

UDaily Articles:
Lunch and Lecture guests learn about ocean shipping and the environment
Researchers partner with California to create freight transportation 'footprint'
UD, RIT study looks at ship fuel, human health
Oil from spill could have powered 38,000 cars for year, UD researcher says

Keywords:
global, marine, policy, transportation