Anthony J. Broccoli, Ph.D., is a professor in the department of environmental sciences. He is currently the director of the Center for Environmental Prediction, and co-organizer of the Rutgers Climate and Environmental Change Initiative. His primary research interest is climate modeling, with particular emphasis on the simulation of past climates and climate change.

He previously was a research meteorologist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in Princeton, one of the world's premier climate modeling centers.