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Dr.
Edward O. Wilson |
Dr.
Edward O. Wilson is the Curator of Entomology at the Museum of Comparative
Zoology at Harvard University. A Harvard Professor for over four
decades, biologist Edward O. Wilson has written 20 books, won two
Pulitzer prizes, and discovered hundreds of new species. Considered
to be one of the world's greatest living scientists, Dr. Wilson
is often called, "the father of biodiversity." Today he
is arguably one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth
century.
Dr. Wilson
is the recipient of the National Medal of Science, the International
Prize for Biology, the gold medal of the World Wildlife Fund, the
Distinguished Humanist Award from the American Humanist Association,
and the Crafoord Prize from the Swedish Academy of Sciences. His
career has encompassed studies in the biology of social insects,
ecology, biogeography, sociobiology, biodiversity, and environmental
conservation. Through his writings and lectures, Wilson has changed
the way both scientists and nonscientists view the natural world.
Through his
profound understanding of the intricacies of the natural world and
his gift of relating warmly to all, he has fueled our enthusiasm
for studying the life sciences and caring for our natural world.
Wilson's passionate concern for the preservation of our natural
heritage has placed him in the forefront of environmental activism.
In his most
recent book, “The Future of Life”, Wilson eloquently
describes the magnificence and immense value of the natural living
world that we are about to lose if we do not take action, and offers
a plan and guidance to protect life on earth. Dr. Wilson received
his Bachelor of Science in Biology at University of Alabama, Master
of Science in Biology at University of Alabama, and Ph.D. in Biology
at Harvard University.
For further
information, please see the following web pages:
http://www-museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/workers/EWilson.htm
http://dnr.metrokc.gov/swd/naturalconnections/edward_wilson_bio.htm
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Robert
Gardner |
Robert Gardner
is an internationally-renowned filmmaker and author whose works
have entered the permanent canon of non-fiction filmmaking. His
major films include Dead Birds (1964) a comprehensive and lyric
account of the Dugum Dani, a Stone Age society at one time living
an isolated existence in the Highlands of the former Netherlands
New Guinea. (Gardner was the leader of the Peabody Museum-sponsored
expedition to study the Dani in 1961-62); Rivers of Sand (1974),
a social commentary on the Hamar people of southwestern Ethiopia;
and Forest of Bliss (1984), a cinematic essay on the ancient city
of Benares, India.
Gardner's films
have received numerous awards, including the Robert J. Flaherty
Award for best nonfiction film (twice); the Golden Lion for Best
Film at the Florence Film Festival (three times); and First Prizes
at the Trento, USA Dallas, Melbourne, Nuoro, EarthWatch, Athens,
and San Francisco film festivals. In the 1970s Gardner produced
and hosted Screening Room, a television series of more than one
hundred 90-minute programs on independent and experimental filmmaking.
Robert Gardner
received Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from Harvard
University. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
and The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He has also
served as Director of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts,
and as Chairman of the Visual and Environmental Studies Department
at Harvard.
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Brian
D. Farrell |
Brian D. Farrell is a Professor of Biology at Harvard University
in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, and Associate
Curator in Entomology at Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology.
He is an expert in the field of evolutionary biology.
Much of his
research focuses on the connections between ecology and long-term
evolution of insects in temperate and tropical areas, and his work
spans North and South America, the Caribbean, Papua New Guinea,
and Australia. He is currently working on a project with the Dominican
Republic to identify and map with images the country’s entire
insect fauna. He is committed to application of his research to
critical issues such as the loss of one third of the world's grain
crop every year.
Brian serves
on numerous public service committees and is chair of the Field
Experiences for Biology Undergraduates and a member of the University
Committee on Undergraduate Education at Harvard. He received his
A.B. degree from the University of Vermont and his M.S. and Ph.D.
from the University of Maryland, and was a Sloan Foundation Postdoctoral
Fellow at Cornell University.
For further
information, please see the following web page:
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/farrell/people/farrell/
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Peter
Shaw Ashton |
Peter
Ashton is one of the foremost experts on tropical rainforests and
a long-time conservationist, and has written and spoken widely on
the role of biology in sound conservation practices. He has been
teaching at Harvard University for over twenty years and currently
is Charles Bullard Professor of Forestry with the Arnold Arboretum
of Harvard, and Faculty Fellow at the Center for International Development,
Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.
Peter has been
conducting research on collaborative forest ecological and botanical
research and training in the Asian tropics for forty-five years,
over 15 years of which he has resided in Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia,
Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Papua-New Guinea, India, Sri Lanka,
S. China.
He currently
is Senior Advisor in a joint, Harvard-Malaysian Forest Research
Institute, Global Environment Facility-funded research project,
to devise methodologies for assessing ecological and economic impacts
of logging on the biodiversity of tropical rain forest.
Peter has been
Director of the Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University; President
(U.S.) of the International Association of Botanical Gardens; Member
of the Board of Governors (U.S.) of the. Nature Conservancy; and
President (U.S.) Center for Plant Conservation, Inc. He
has received the Award for Environmental Achievement of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency. He is a Fellow of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Peter specializes
in forests of the Asian tropics and is the Forest Botanist to the
Sultan of Brunei's government. Peter received a Bachelor of Arts,
Master of Arts, and Doctoral degrees from Cambridge University;
Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University; and. Sri Lanka
Hon Sc.D.from University of Peradeniya.
He has written
over 200 articles and seven books, and recieved the Environmental
Merit Award of the Environmental Protection Agency, for contributions
to conservation in New England and Asia as well as, through UNESCO,
the Sultan Qaboos of Oman Prize, for research and training for improved
management of tropical forests, with Sri Lankan colleagues.
For further
information, please see the following web page: http://www.cid.harvard.edu
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Gabriela
Chavarria |
Dr.
Gabriela Chavarria is Vice President for Conservation Policy at
the Defenders of Wildlife. She is a leading expert in pollinating
insects, and earned a Ph.D. in biology from Harvard University under
the direction of Professor Edward O. Wilson and Dr. James M. Carpenter,
now at the American Museum of Natural History. Her
scholarly publications include articles on biodiversity, bird conservation,
invasive species, entomology and pollinators.
As Defenders
Vice President for Conservation Policy, Dr. Chavarria concentrates
on a number of critical issues, including invasive species polices,
control and eradication, migratory birds, state wildlife grants,
transportation, federal lands, conservation economics as they relate
to the Endangered Species Act, and wildlife disease and wildlife
trade.
Dr. Chavarria
serves on a number of boards and advisory councils, including the
Global Invasive Species Program, the North American Pollinator Protection
Campaign, the Entomological Society of Washington, the Black-Footed
Ferret Recovery Implementation Team, the Ecos Systems Institute,
and the Wildlife Center of Virginia.
She is also
a member of several professional societies, including the Association
for Women in Science, the Society for Conservation Biology, the
American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Wildlife
Society.
Born and raised
in Mexico City, Dr. Chavarria has a Bachelor of Science degree in
biology from the National University of Mexico, and a Masters and
Ph.D. in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology from Harvard University.
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William
Clark |
William
Clark is a Professor teaching environmental Policy at the Harvard
University Kennedy School of Government. He is one of the world’s
foremost experts on global climate change and advises the United
Nations, the United States, and other governments on climate change
and threats to ecosystems.
Clark is the
Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy
and Human Development. Trained as an ecologist, his research focuses
on the interactions of environment, development, and security concerns
in international affairs, with a special emphasis on the role of
science and technology in shaping those interactions. At Harvard,
among other positions, Clark is a member of the Belfer Center for
Science and International Affairs, and he directs the Sustainable
Development Program at the Center for International Development.
Clark leads
the Science, Environment and Development Group. The Group collaborates
on a variety of research projects and outreach activities that seek
to improve society's understanding of interactions between human
development and the natural environment, and to harness that understanding
in support of a transition toward sustainability.
Professor Clark
is a recipient of the MacArthur Prize, the Manuel Carballo Award
as the Kennedy School’s outstanding teacher (2001), and the
Humboldt Prize. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
He received his bachelor's degree from Yale University where he
graduated magna cum laude, with honors of exceptional distinction
in biology. His PhD. in ecology was granted by Canada's University
of British Columbia.
For further
information, please see the following web page:
http://ksgfaculty.harvard.edu/william_clark
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Meredith
Fisher |
Meredith
Fisher graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from
Mount Holyoke College (Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude). She
has five years of research experience in the biotech industry in
anti-viral and anti-bacterial drug discovery at Anadys Pharmaceuticals
and Idenix Pharmaceuticals as well as extensive collaborative experience
at Aventis Pharmaceuticals in France.
Meredith is
currently a 3rd year Doctoral Candidate at Harvard University in
the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology in environmental
microbiology specifically focusing on bioremediation and applied
sciences. She is an expert in deep sea vent organisms.
In addition,
Meredith is the recipient of EPA Star Fellowship for outstanding
graduate students in environmental sciences, the Rachel Brown Fellowship
and is a former intern at the Union of Concerned Scientists where
she worked for their Sound Science Initiative program.
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Jonathan
Haar |
Jonathan
Haar is a planner, city builder, and filmmaker. He is owner and
Principal of The Harbor Planning Group, Inc., a real estate development
company in Cambridge. The firm specializes in the permitting and
implementation of complex urban revitalization projects.
Among other
Boston projects, Haar developed Two Atlantic Avenue (100,000 SF),
the first office building and privately funded public park on Boston
Harbor since 1987, and permitted 33 Arch Street (1 million SF),
the first office tower on-line in Downtown Boston since the 1990
economic downturn.
Haar also is
a Principal of the Boston Planning Institute where he currently
is focusing the majority of his time on the Darwin Project. His
interest in ecology and conservation stems from his explorations
as a youth tracking turtles in Hell’s Half Acre wetland –
now a highway in Cambridge, to conducting scientific field research
in biology, to filming Jupiter’s moons for Dr. David Latham.
Haar is a documentary
filmmaker, an accomplished nature photographer, and mountaineer,
ice climber and wilderness leader. Haar received his Bachelor of
Arts degree in Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard College
with honors and was awarded summa cum laude on his thesis in ethnographic
filmmaking, and a Master of Business Administration from Wharton
at the University of Pennsylvania, and has been a teaching assistant
at both institutions.
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Linda
Mongelli Haar |
Linda Mongelli
Haar has working in the field of land use planning, environmental
planning, design, and development for over twenty-five years, and
is considered one of the top professional planners and zoning experts
in the U.S.
She was Director
of Planning for the Boston Redevelopment for fifteen of those years,
where she oversaw all aspects of land use planning, urban design,
and zoning during a period of unprecedented economic growth and
recovery in Boston. Among her planning accomplishments are the development
of the Harborpark Plan for Boston Harbor, the Empowerment Zone Plan
for Boston’s neighborhoods living in poverty for which the
City was awarded federal grants of $141 million, and restructuring
of Boston’s land use plans and zoning regulations for the
first time since the 1950’s.
She is President
and founder of the Boston Planning Institute whose mission is to
focus on environmental protection and sustainable development. Linda
lectures nationally and internationally on urban planning, has authored
several professional planning and design journal articles, and is
recipient of several public service and urban planning awards.
She received
her Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography from Boston University,
Master of Public Health from Harvard University School of Public
Health, and was a Loeb Fellow in Advanced Environmental Studies
at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Linda is on
the Board of the Boston Harbor Islands National Park Partnership
and Chair of its Planning Committee, an environmental activist,
and mountaineer.
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Alex
Krieger |
Alex Krieger, FAIA, is Chairman of the Department of Urban Planning
and Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and a Professor
in Practice in Urban Design. He in the design studio and lectures
on the design of the American city.
Krieger is a
co-founder and principal of Chan Krieger & Associates, whose
recent work includes master plans for several major American cities
including Boston, Minneapolis, Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh,
as well as for medical, educational, and cultural institutions.
His firm’s work has received prizes in eight national competitions,
two Progressive Architecture awards, and three AIA awards. Among
Alex’s publications are Mapping Boston and five monographs.
A former director
of the National Endowment for the Arts' Mayor's Institute in City
Design, from 1995 until 1998, and was one of the founding members
of the Boston Civic Design Commission. Alex is an authority on the
evolution of urban settlements has authored five monographs, including
Design Primer for Towns and Cities and Towns and Town Making Principles.
He is a frequent advisor to mayors and their planning staffs.
Alex currently
is a Fellow at the Institute for Urban Design in New York, and Director
of the National Leadership Institute for Planning Direction. He
received the Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University and
the Master of City Planning and Urban Design from the Harvard Graduate
School of Design. Alex’s design and planning projects are
numerous.
For further
information, please see the following web page:
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/people/faculty/krieger/index.html |
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Julie
Moir Messervy |
Julie
Moir Messervy is a renowned landscape designer, author of several
books including, Contemplative Gardens, The Inward Garden, and The
Magic Land, as well as of numerous articles and high-profile lectures
such as the recent Boston symposium “IDEAS”. Her
pioneering vision of landscape design is to create outdoor sanctuaries
that feed the spirit.
Her innovative
approach to composing gardens of beauty and meaning has triggered
a national dialogue that is furthering the evolution of landscape
design. Ms. Messervy’s column, “Inspired Design,”
appears bi-monthly in Fine Gardening. She lectures around the country
and in Canada and conducts weekend design retreats.
Her latest
projects include “The Toronto Music Garden,” designed
in collaboration with cellist Yo-Yo Ma; “Weezie’s Garden,”
a children’s garden for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society
at Elm Bank, Wellesley, MA; gardens at Praecis Pharmaceuticals Incorporated,
Waltham, MA; and numerous residential gardens in the Boston area.
She received
a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wellesley College and Master of Architecture
and Master in City Planning degrees from the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology.
Ms. Messervy
can be contacted through her website at: http://www.juliemoirmesservy.com
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Carly
Simon |
Carly
Simon is one of the most successful and creative vocal artists of
our time. Her singing career spans four decades, and she has had
both Grammy and Oscar winning songs. She has made a dramatic imprint
on popular music that can be best appreciated by listening rather
than by a text summary.
Ms. Simon’s
talents and passionate interests are not limited to song. She is
an advocate for social reform as exemplified by her work on reforming
prison laws in New York. It is her visual artistry and environmental
advocacy combined with her activism for social change that have
brought her to become an advisor to the Darwin Project.
Ms. Simon fondly
recalls childhood trips with her mother to the New York Botanical
Garden, and stated that she can think of nothing more wonderful
for Boston than a botanical garden welcoming to residents and visitor
throughout the year.
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Andrew
Torrance |
Andrew
Torrance has taught Biodiversity: Science, Policy, and Law in the
Biology Department at Harvard University since 1999, and has taught
Conservation Biology as a member of the faculty in Environmental
Science and
Public Policy.
With a formal
background in both biology and law, his research
interests are interdisciplinary, and encompass scientific, policy,
and legal
aspects of biodiversity issues.
Andrew has
served as attorney and advisor to the Environment Association of
Saint Thomas and Saint John to protect Botany Bay, one of the last
large tracts of undeveloped land in the Virgin Islands.
He has been
an invited speaker at Harvard Business School, both the Franklin
Park and Stone Zoos, and at the Harvard Biology Department's inaugural
symposium on Conservation Biology. Harvard University invited him
to serve as
the Hrdy Fellow in Conservation Biology in 2003. Andrew received
his B.Sc.
from Queen's University, and both his J.D. and Ph.D. from Harvard
University.
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Bruce
Stahnke |
Bruce
Stahnke has had an early and continuing interest in art and the
natural environment. He has practiced architecture in Boston for
twenty years designing such award winning commercial structures
as The Pilot House on Lewis Wharf and 303 Congress Street, residential
buildings such as 226 Causeway Street, and institutional projects
including Temple Emmanuel in Newton, while a principal at Finegold
Alexander + Associates, Boston.
An early proponent
of green design he established Stahnke + Kitagawa Architects with
a focus on sustainable architecture. Since 2001 the firm has designed
and consulted on many innovative “green buildings”.
He is a nationally
exhibited artist showing paintings, woodblock prints, and sculpture
in galleries and museums throughout the U.S.
He is the recipient
of design and artistic awards for excellence and has taught design
at the university level at a number of institutions. Bruce received
a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Architecture degree from
Washington University.
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William
Tomlinson |
William
Tomlinson is an Assistant Professor of Informatics and Drama at
the University of California, Irvine, where he teaches in the ACE
(Arts Computation Engineering) graduate program. He is a researcher
and animator of autonomous computational characters.
Previous interactive
projects have been shown at SIGGRAPH, Ars Electronica, the ZKM Future
Cinema exhibition and other venues, and have been reviewed by CNN,
the Wall Street Journal, Sculpture Magazine, Scientific American
Frontiers, the LA Times, Wired.com and the BBC. In addition his
animated film, Shaft of Light, screened at the Sundance Film Festival
and was distributed by the Anti-Defamation League in its Anti-Bias/Diversity
Catalog.
He holds an
A.B. in Biology from Harvard College, an M.F.A. in Experimental
Animation from CalArts, and S.M. and Ph.D. degrees from the MIT
Media Lab.
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Douglas
Zook |
Douglas
Zook is an Associate Professor of Science Education and Biology,
Boston University Director Master of Arts in Teaching Program in
Biology Education, Boston University. He is Director and Co-Founder
with Lynn Margulis of the Microcosmos Program, an international
effort originated in 1988 to make teachers, scientists, and the
citizenry more aware of the important roles of microorganisms in
our lives and in earth systems.
President,
International Symbiosis Society. He is a member of the National
Academy of Science's special committee to establish national science
standards which are being used as the basis for state frameworks
and standards in science. He is co-writer and co-host of life science
series geared for pre-college teachers, Essential Science, as sponsored
by the Annenberg Foundation and the Smithsonian Institute and shown
recently as an 8-part series on PBS.
He received
a Fulbright Fellowship in Biology research, 1984-86 at the University
of Tuebingen Germany. Zook completed his B.S. in Biology at Boston
University, Masters in Botany at Clark University, and Ph.D. in
Biology, Clark University and University Tuebingen, Germany.
For further
information, please see the following web page: http://people.bu.edu/iss/
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