Robert W. Howarth, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Professor of Ecology and Environmental Biology at Cornell University
- Position:
- None Found to the question "Can Alternative Energy Effectively Replace Fossil Fuels?"
- Reasoning:
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None found as of Nov. 11, 2011
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Director, Agriculture, Energy, & Environment Program, Cornell University, 2010-present
- Adjunct Senior Scientist, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, 2000-present
- David R. Atkinson Professor of Ecology & Environmental Biology, Cornell University, 1993-present
- Founding Editor, Biogeochemistry, 1983-present (Editor-in-Chief, 1983-2004)
- Visiting Professor, Institute of Pierre and Marie Curie, University of Paris, 2009
- Director, Agricultural Ecosystems Program, Cornell University, 2005-2009
- Oceans Program Director and Senior Scientist, Environmental Defense, 2000-2001
- Director, Program in Biogeochemistry & Environmental Change, Cornell University, 1995-2000
- Senior Fellow, and Coordinator for the Initiative in Earth, Atmospheric, & Aquatic Sciences, Center for the Environment, Cornell University, 1992-1995
- Professor, Section of Ecology & Systematics, Cornell University, 1990-1993
- Associate Professor, Section of Ecology & Systematics, Cornell University, 1985-1990
- Assistant and Associate Scientist, Marine Biological Lab, Woods Hole, 1980-1985
- Noyes Postdoctoral Fellow, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, 1979
- Education:
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- PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Biological Oceanography, 1979
- BA, magna cum laude, Amherst College, 1974
- Other:
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- Dr. Howarth was selected by ISIWeb of Science (Scientific Citation Index) as one of 250 most cited scientists globally in ecology and environmental science disciplines, 2006-2010
- Recipient, Zayed International Prize for the Environment, 2007
- Recipient, Lindeman Award in Ecology, University of Minnesota, 2003
- Recipient, Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow, Ecological Society of America, 2000
- Recipient, “Eminent Ecologist” award, Kellogg Biological Station of Michigan State University, 2000
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