17 April
Jane Lubchenco
Student Nominated Speaker 2008
Wayne and Gladys Valley Professor of Marine Biology/Distinguished Professor of Zoology, Oregon State University
Oceans, Climate Change and the Pacific Northwest
Bio
Dr. Jane Lubchenco is a professor of marine biology at Oregon State University, where she is actively engaged in teaching, research, and the communication of scientific knowledge. Her expertise includes coastal ocean ecosystems and the interactions between humans and the environment, with special emphasis on biodiversity, climate change, sustainability science, and marine reserves. She is a past president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and has co-founded several organizations that advance ocean sciences, including (PISCO: the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans, COMPASS: the Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea, the Leopold Leadership Program, and Climate Central). Lubchenco is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and AAAS's Award for Public Understanding of Science and Technology. She served on the Pew Oceans Commission (now the Joint Oceans Commission Initiative) and is a trustee of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, SeaWeb, Environmental Defense, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and a former trustee of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' Beijer International Institute for Ecological Economics and the World Resources Institute.
Video
A video of the seminar is available in Windows Media Player (.wmv) format. Macintosh QuickTime users may also watch the video, but may need to install the free program, Flip4Mac:
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