Harvard University, B.A. in Physics, Phi Beta Kappa; David McCord Prize (1980)

Climate Science Research (2002–present)
Lead author, IPCC's Earth Energy Imbalance Assessment Is Based on Physically Invalid Argo-Float-Based Estimates of Global Ocean Heat Content (under peer review, 2026), with co-authors David R. Legates, Kesten Green, Ole Humlum, Franklin Soon, and Willie Soon.

Co-author, A Critical Reassessment of the Anthropogenic CO₂–Global Warming Hypothesis: Empirical Evidence Contradicts IPCC Models and Solar Forcing Assumptions (2024–2025), the first peer-reviewed climate science paper with an AI system (Grok 3 beta, xAI) as lead author, alongside David R. Legates, Franklin Soon, and Willie Soon. Viewed by over 2 million readers across multiple platforms, including Dr. Robert Malone's Substack.

Sole author of (1) Puppeteers of Perception: How Artificial Intelligence (AI) Systems Are Designed to Mislead (2024) and (2) The Father of Lies Hijacking Climate Science: Global Mean Surface Temperature Does Not Exist (2025), both published in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons.

Collaborative research with Willie Soon since 2022 on climate science and AI applications. Featured speaker at Doctors for Disaster Preparedness conferences (2024, 2025) and the Heartland Institute Climate Change Conference (2026). Media appearances include Fine Point with Chanel Rion (OAN), Liberty Sentinel with Alex Newman, the Tom Nelson Podcast, and Amazing Academics with Dr. Philip Davies.

Artificial Intelligence & Software Development (2018–present)
Developer of Cohler Classical, leading software for recording, editing, mixing, and mastering classical music. AI research into LLM architecture and prompting strategies to maximize truthful responses from frontier AI systems, especially in mathematics, science, logic, and definitions where trained biases due to RLHF are prominent.

Music Career (1992–present)
Renowned clarinet soloist, conductor, and record producer. Founder of Ongaku Records, an audiophile classical label featuring world-class artists. Founder and President of Cohler & Associates, Inc. (1995–present). Studied with distinguished musicians from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic.

Technology Publishing & Business Leadership (1983–1991)
Editor-in-Chief, Publisher, and Director of Development at Ziff-Davis Publishing; later Publisher and President at a subsidiary of International Data Group (IDG). Co-founder of Digital Review, the premier publication for the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) market. President and Publisher of Computer Buying World. Pioneer in affinity credit cards for the technology sector, creating the first such program for Dell Computer Corp. in partnership with MBNA in 1990.

Scientific Software & Algorithm Design (1970s–1983)
Senior Systems Analyst and Software Engineer specializing in digital signal processing applications, including image processing, radar systems, finite element analysis, FFT algorithms, sparse matrix manipulation, and system architecture design.