A. Joshua West (born 25 March 1977) is a dual citizen British-American Olympic rower and Earth Sciences professor.

[5] He participated in the 4-mile (6.4 km) Varsity Eights version of the Harvard-Yale Boat Race his senior year (1998) but lost to Harvard.

In 2000, West lined up against former Yale teammates Alexander Reid and Eirik Lilledahl, who were the stern pair of the victorious Oxford crew.

[5] West's most recent success came in the Eight rowing for Great Britain at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China,[8] where the British crew picked up a silver medal in a close finish behind the Canadians.

[10][11] His academic focus is on the chemical processes at the Earth's surface, and how they maintain a habitable planet that supports life.