James Voogt is Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at the University of Western Ontario, in London, Canada. He is an urban climatologist who specializes in the measurement and modelling of urban surface temperatures.  He received his BSc in 1986 from Queen’s University and MSc (1989) and PhD (1995) from the University of British Columbia.  He has contributed to research projects on understanding the three dimensional surface temperature of cities, thermal anisotropy over urban areas, the use of remotely sensed surface temperatures in urban climate model evaluation, the climate performance of green roofs, and spatial variations in the heat impacts on urban residents.  Dr. Voogt is an Editorial Board member for the journals Remote Sensing of Environment and Anthropocene. He is past president of the International Association for Urban Climate and a co-author of the text ‘Urban Climates’ published by Cambridge University Press