Berrien Moore III joined the University of New Hampshire (UNH) faculty in 1969, soon after receiving his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Virginia. A Professor of Systems Research, he received the University's 1993 Excellence in Research Award and was named University Distinguished Professor in 1997. Most recently, he shared in the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); Dr. Moore was the coordinating lead author for the final chapter, "Advancing our Understanding," of the IPCC's Third Assessment Report, which was released in Spring 2001. In 2005, he was honored with the Administrator's Special Recognition award by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for his service as chair of the NOAA Research Review Team. Professor Moore was the recipient of the 2007 Dryden Lectureship in Research by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

He led the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space at UNH as Director from 1987 to early 2008. He has recently stepped down to direct Climate Central, an emerging, nonprofit, nonpartisan think-tank dedicated to producing and providing the public, business and civic leaders, and policymakers with objective and understandable information about climate change and potential solutions. The group is based in Princeton, N.J. and Palo Alto, Calif.

Professor Moore served as a committee member of the NASA Space and Earth Science Advisory Committee, which published its report in 1986: "The Crisis in Space and Earth Science: A Time for a New Commitment." In 1987, he was appointed chairman of NASA's senior science advisory panel and was a member of the NASA Advisory Council. In May 1992, upon completion of his Chairmanship, Professor Moore was presented with NASA's highest civilian award, the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal for outstanding service to the agency.

He has contributed actively to committees at the National Academy of Science; over the last decade, he served as Chairman of the National Academy of Science's Committee on International Space Programs of the Space Studies Board that, in collaboration with the European Space Sciences Committee, jointly published in 1997 U.S.-Europe Collaboration in Space Science. In 1999, he completed his Chairmanship of the National Academy's Committee on Global Change Research with the publication of "Global Environmental Change: Research Pathways for the Next Decade." From 2004 to 2007, he co-chaired (with Rick Anthes, President of University Cooperation of Atmospheric Research) chaired the National Research Council decadal survey, "Earth Observations from Space: A Community Assessment and Strategy for the Future." Currently, he is a member of the Space Studies Board and Chair of its Committee of Earth Sciences.

Professor Moore chaired of the overarching Scientific Committee of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) from 1998 to 2002 and as such led the July 2001 Open Science Conference on Global Change in Amsterdam and is one of the four architects of the Amsterdam Declaration on Global Change.

At present, Professor Moore's professional serves include the following:
-- Chair, Committee of Earth Studies, Space Studies Board;
-- Member, Advisory Council, Jet Propulsion Laboratory;
-- Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Max Planck-Institute for Meteorology, Munich, Germany;
-- Chair, Steering Committee, Global Terrestrial Observing System (United Nations Affiliate);
-- Member, Board of Directors, University of New Hampshire Foundation;
-- Member, Science Advisory Team - The National Polar- Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS/NOAA).