Richard H. Gammon, Ph.D., is professor of chemistry and oceanography, and Adjunct Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington. Gammon serves also as Co-Director of the University's Program on the Environment.

Gammon received a BA in chemistry from Princeton University and an MA and Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Harvard University. He was a co-author of the 1990 Scientific Assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC. From 1982 to 1984, he served as chief of the carbon dioxide program, geophysical monitoring for climate change, directing the U.S. program to globally monitor atmospheric carbon dioxide, at the NOAA Environmental Research Laboratories in Boulder, Co.

Gammon currently teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in chemistry, oceanography, atmospheric science, and environmental studies. His research focuses on the study of atmospheric trace gases critical to climate change, and he works extensively on improving public understanding of climate change.