At UC San Diego, Victor was previously co-founder of the Laboratory on International Law and Regulation (ILAR)[3] Victor is also a professor (adjunct) in Climate, Atmospheric Science & Physical Oceanography at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, as well as (affiliated) professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at the Jacobs School of Engineering.
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[7] He is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Energy,[8] where his research and work focuses on natural gas as a transition fuel to deep decarbonization.
[10] In 2014, Victor was chosen to act as Chairman of the Community Engagement Panel (CEP) for decommissioning of the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant.
[12] In 2018, Victor filed a report [13] as an expert witness on behalf of the federal government in the Juliana v. United States[14] climate case, arguing[15] that in light of other political pressures, the executive branch of the United States government had no control[16] over the timing and rise of emissions from the US production of fossil fuels and that, due to the global nature of the problem, the rise in historical emissions could not be attributed to U.S national action.