Alan Betts, Ph.D., since 1979 has been an atmospheric researcher living in Pittsford, Vt. From 1971 to 1979, Betts was an Assistant and Associate Professor in Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University, in Fort Collins, Co.

Betts is author or co-author or more than 120 peer reviewed papers in journals such as the Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, Journal of Climate, monthly Weather Review, Journal of Hydrometeorology, Journal of Geophysical Research, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, and other journals. He is President-elect of the Vermont Academy of Science & Engineering and is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, American Geophysical Union, Royal Meteorological Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Betts got his B.A. in Natural Sciences in Cambridge, England, and his Ph.D. in Meteorology at University College, London, and he did post-doctoral work at Colorado State University. He has been honored as a Lord Kelvin Scholar, Peterhouse, Cambridge and as an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow.