Cutler J. Cleveland is the founding Editor-in-Chief of The Energy Library.  Dr. Cleveland is currently a Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at Boston University, with joint appointments in the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies and the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future.  He also is a Senior Fellow at the National Council for Science and the Environment in Washington D.C.

Dr. Cleveland is also Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy--winner of an American Library Association award, and the Dictionary of Energy, and is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth, named as the 2008 Best Geoscience Website by the Geoscience Information Society.  Dr. Cleveland is a member of the American Statistical Association’s Committee on Energy Statistics, an advisory group to the Department of Energy.  He is the recipient of the Adelman-Frankel Award from the United States Association of Energy Economics for “unique and innovative contributions to the field of energy economics.” Dr. Cleveland is Chairman of the Environmental Information Coalition, the governing body of the Earth Portal.  He has won publication awards from the International Association of Energy Economics, the American Library Association, and the National Wildlife Federation.  He has won teaching awards from the University of Illinois and the Honor’s Program in the College of Arts and Sciences of Boston University.

Dr. Cleveland's research on the valuation of ecosystem services, funded by the National Science Foundation, is highlighted in NSF's Top Discoveries series.

Dr. Cleveland has been a consultant to numerous private and public organizations, including the Asian Development Bank, the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, Charles River Associates, the Technical Research Centre of Finland, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  The National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the MacArthur Foundation have supported his research. 

Dr. Cleveland holds a B.S. in Ecology from Cornell University, a M.S. in Marine Science from Louisiana State University, and a Ph. D. in Geography from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Reference Works and Books

Cleveland, Cutler J., Editor-in-Chief. 2004. Encyclopedia of Energy (six volumes). (Elsevier Science, Oxford, UK).

Named an Outstanding Academic Title for 2004 by the American Library Association

Reviews of the Encyclopedia of Energy:

"Highly recommended-all libraries -" CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries
"...a timely information resource as rising energy costs and consumption engenders a renewed focus on the subject -" Library Journal
"...an invaluable resource for people whose profession relates to the energy industry -" Petroleum Economist
"...provides introductory access to much of the knowledge about the essence of life and its intersection with the forces that sustain it. It is an important work that should find its way into academic and large public libraries throughout the world -" Reference Reviews
"...this is a brave and largely worthwhile venture. Perhaps its chief attraction is the scope and hence the potential for learning and surprise -" The Times Higher Education Supplement

"...the encyclopedia is one of most valuable pieces of literature covering all aspects of energy. -" Energy and Buildings 

Cleveland, Cutler J. and Christopher Morris. 2005. Dictionary of Energy (Elsevier Science, Oxford, UK).

Reviews of the Dictionary of Energy:

• "Elsevier’s Dictionary of Energy is all you could want in a book of this kind. Comprehensive and readable, it is a treat for fact-checkers and casual browsers alike" - Nature
• "Some of us have waited a long time for a publication like this"- Mark Jaccard, Simon Fraser University
• "The Dictionary of Energy, produced by the same team as the remarkable Encyclopedia of Energy, promises to bring some terminological order and clarity to this fast-moving, diverse, often confusing, yet vitally important discipline"- Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute
• "A major contribution to a field of unmatched importance given the links between energy and global climate change"- James Gustave Speth, Yale University

Cleveland, Cutler J., Editor-in-Chief, Encyclopedia of Earth (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment).

Named as the 2008 Best Geoscience Website by the Geoscience Information Society for its "outstanding standards of content, design, organization, and overall site effectiveness."

Reviews of the Encyclopedia of Earth:

• "An encyclopedia on EVERYTHING (environmental)" - WeeklyDig.com
• "...an excellent research tool if you're studying or just want more information on the environment, the climate, or general earth sciences." - GoodCleanTeach.com
• " This well-organized Web site is free of clutter, with a number of features sure to capture users' interest...it creates a "pile of great content" out of the Web's "great piles of content." - CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries

Kaufmann, Robert K. and Cleveland, Cutler J. 2007. Environmental Science (McGraw-Hill, Debuke, IA).

"Unlike any other introductory environmental science text, Robert Kaufmann and Cutler Cleveland's Environmental Science takes a fresh approach to the subject by weaving themes of energy and materials, economic systems, and policy throughout the entire text. A story of real science is simply told through examples of cutting-edge content, real-world applications, and a distinctive conceptual illustration program."

Selected Journal Articles and Book Chapters

• Cleveland, Cutler and Robert Kaufmann (Lead Authors); Tom Lawrence (Topic Editor). 2008. Fundamental principles of energy. In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment).
• Cleveland, Cutler (Lead Author); Peter Saundry (Topic Editor). 2008. Energy transitions past and future. In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment).
• Cleveland, Cutler J. 2007. Energy Quality, Net Energy and the Coming Energy Transition, In Jon D. Erickson and John M. Gowdy, Eds., Frontiers in Ecological Economic Theory and Application, (Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK), pp. 268-284.
• Cleveland, Cutler J., Margrit Betke, Paula Federico, Jeff D. Frank, Irma Gomez, Thomas G. Hallam, Jason Horn, Thomas H. Kunz, Juan D. López Jr, Gary F. McCracken, Rodrigo A. Medellín, Arnulfo Moreno-Valdez, Chris Sansone, John K. Westbrook. 2006. Estimation of the Economic Value of the Pest Control Service Provided by the Brazilian Free-tailed Bat in the Wintergarden region of South-Central Texas. Frontiers of Ecology and the Environment 4(5): 238–243.
• Cleveland, Cutler J. 2005. Net energy from oil and gas extraction in the United States, 1954-1997. Energy, 30: 769-782.
• Hall, Charles Pradeep Tharakan, John Hallock, Cutler Cleveland and Michael Jefferson. 2003. Hydrocarbons and the Evolution of Human Culture. Nature, 426: 318-322.
• Najam, Adil and Cutler J. Cleveland. 2003. Energy and Sustainable Development at Global Environmental Summits: An Evolving Agenda. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 5: 117-138.
• Kaufmann, R. K. and C. J. Cleveland. 2003. Oil Supply and Oil Politics: Déjà Vu All Over Again. Energy Policy, 31: 485-489.
• Kaufmann, R. K. and Cleveland, C. J. 2001. Oil Production in the lower 48 states: economic, geological. and institutional determinants. Energy Journal, 22: 27-49.
• Cleveland, Cutler J. and Matthias Ruth. When, Where, and By How Much Do Biophysical Limits Constrain the Economic Process? The Contribution of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen to Ecological Economics. Ecological Economics, 22: 203-223 (1997).
• Cleveland, Cutler J. Energy Surplus and Energy Quality in the Extraction of Fossil Fuels in the U.S. Ecological Economics, 6: 139-162 (1992).
• Cleveland, Cutler J. and Robert Kaufmann. Forecasting Ultimate Oil Recovery and Its Rate of Production: Incorporating Economic Forces Into the Models of M. King Hubbert. The Energy Journal, 12: 17-46 (1991). (Winner of "Outstanding Paper for 1991" Award, International Association of Energy Economists)
• Cleveland, Cutler J., Robert Costanza, Charles A.S. Hall, and Robert Kaufmann. Energy and the U.S. Economy: A Biophysical Perspective. Science 225: 890-897 (1984). (Winner of the 1985 National Wildlife Federation and American Petroleum Institute's Environmental Publication Award, and a Sigma Xi Publication Award)
• Pimentel, David, M.A. Moran, S. Fast, G. Weber, R. Bukantis, L. Baillet, P. Boveng, C. Cleveland, S. Hindman, and M. Young. Biomass Energy From Crop and Forestry Residues. Science 212: 1110-1115 (1981).
• Hall, Charles, and C.J. Cleveland. Petroleum Drilling and Production in the U.S.: Yield Per Effort and Net Energy Analysis. Science 211: 576-579(1981).