Hi, I'm Drew. Welcome to my artisanally-crafted, organic, low-sodium website! I am a postdoctoral associate at the Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment and an incoming assistant professor of environmental studies and sciences at Oberlin College; also, I have nothing to do with explosions. Be aware that this website is very large, and some of it is randomly generated. For the full experience, reload a bunch of times and navigate as follows:

• If you are interested in my SCIENTIFIC WORK: In my scientific research, I use satellite data to track pollution back to its source and monitor emissions in real time, and I maintain free open-source software that allows others to do the same. If you want to learn more, check out out my ongoing projects, research papers, conference presentations, and environmental datasets. Everything is open access, and you can find a general-audience explanation of each of the publications I led in my newsletter.
• If you are interested in my INTERDISCIPLINARY WORK: My interdisciplinary work imagines how humanity can democratically govern itself in an age of environmental crisis. With collaborators, I imagine the sorts of institutions and protocols that advance economic democracy within planetary boundaries, with an emphasis on connecting science with (1) social movements and (2) economic planning. This work has taken the form of books, video games, public writing, and academic publications.
• If you are interested in MY CV: you can download it here.
• If you are interested in MISCELLANEOUS: This website is big because I have had it since high school and I don't delete things. If you search for it, you can find ephemera I have made over the years, including original music.
• If you are interested in HUMAN CONTACT: I can be reached at drew [at] drewpendergrass [dot] com or at the academic address in my CV. For upcoming events, check out my events page. You can follow me on Bluesky or LinkedIn. The best way to follow my work is to subscribe to my newsletter below (expect emails every six months or so at most):

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Additional events, future and past, are available on my events page.

You can learn more about my research on the projects page, or you can read through all of our scientific papers and presentations on their respective pages.

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to my knowledge, there is no portrait of me that ages in my place ... you cannot prove I have sympathies for the former state of Burgundy ... I am not to my knowledge a victim of a mummy's curse ... I have never advocated on behalf of, or against, the Free Silver movement ... my mind's eye exists only in a figurative sense ... I keep the old gods ... I proudly possess object permanence ... I am a mammal ... I am not a substitute for a medical doctor ... I have absolutely no intention of running for Senate in the great state of Minnesota ... I hold no world records ... I am reluctant to resort to black magic ... I appreciate knowledge of the outcome of a given situation ... I am not a closed, non-orientable, boundary-free manifold ... I have never commanded an army composed of more than 100,000 soldiers ... I accept the axiom of choice ... I have no trouble distinguishing my right from my left ... I have never traveled to an exoplanet ...