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The American Computer Museum proudly announces the Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Technology Pioneer Awards which were launched by Dr. Wilson in person on April 9 & 10, 2009 in Bozeman, Montana to honorees whose scientific discoveries, inventions or work have helped advance the biodiversity of life on Earth.
Dr. Edward O. Wilson is Pellegrino University Research Professor in Entomology for the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University.
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2009 HONOREES 2009 Sponsors include Montana State University's President's Office College of Letters & Science College of Engineering Humanities Institute NSF/EPSCoR Phi Kappa Phi
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Dr. Jane Lubchenco Wayne and Gladys Valley Professor of Marine Biology Distinguished Professor of Zoology, Oregon State University For exemplary scientific and public outreach work Dr. Lubchenco is an environmental scientist, marine ecologist and biologist. She is actively engaged in teaching, research, synthesis and communication of scientific knowledge. A graduate from Colorado College, she received her Ph.D. from Harvard University in marine ecology and has been on the faculty at Oregon State University since 1978. Her full expertise includes interactions between humans and the environment: biodiversity, climate change, sustainability science, ecosystem services, marine reserves, coastal marine ecosystems, the state of the oceans and of the planet. Her numerous awards include a MacArthur ("genius") Fellowship, a Pew Fellowship, eight honorary degrees (including Princeton Univ.), the 2002 Heinz Award in the Environment, and the 2005 American Association for the Advancement of Science's Award for Public Understanding of Science and Technology. Dr. Lubchenco is the head of NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) |
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Dr. Benoît Mandelbrot Sterling Professor Emeritus of Mathematical Sciences Mathematics Department - Yale University IBM Fellow Emeritus T. J. Watson Research Center International Business Machines Corporation For seminal and exemplary mathematical work with the development and applications of fractals Best known as the founder of fractal geometry – the first broad attempt to investigate quantitatively the ubiquitous notion of roughness. Dr. Mandelbrot and his work was recently profiled in the PBS show Nova, Hunting the Hidden Dimension Dr. Mandelbrot graduated from the Paris Ecole Polytechnique with a M.S. and from the California Institute of Technology with an Ae.E. in Aeronautics. He received his doctoral degree, Docteur ès Sciences Mathématiques, from the University of Paris and was a post-doctoral member — under John von Neumann of the School of Mathematics of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society and a Foreign Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. |
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Dr. Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Princeton University For seminal and exemplary engineering work with Ecohydrology Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Dr. Rodriguez-Iturbe received his C.E. from the Universidad del Zulia in 1963, his M.S. from the California Institute of Technology in 1965 and his Ph.D. from Colorado State University in 1967. He is one of the world's foremost experts in the field of Ecohydrology. His research interests include Surface Hydrology, Hydroclimatology and Dynamics of Fractal Processes. His Academic recognitions include the Robert E. Horton Medal from the American Geophysical Union, the Ven Te Chow Award from the Environmental Water Resources Institute/American Society of Civil Engineers, the Stockholm Water Prize in 2002 and professional memberships including the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Dr. Rodriguez-Iturbe has authored and co-authored hundreds of scientific papers and books. |
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Dr. Steve Running Professor & Director, Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group (NTSG), College of Forestry & Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT For pioneering and seminal scientific work with climatology, global warming and other aspects of atmospheric science Dr. Running's primary research interest is the development of global and regional ecosystem biogeochemical models by integration of remote sensing with climatology and terrestrial ecology. He is a Team Member for the NASA Earth Observing System, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer and is responsible for the EOS global terrestrial net primary production and evaporative index datasets. He has published over 240 scientific articles. He is a Co-Chair of the National Center for Atmospheric Research Community Climate System Model Land Working Group, and the World Climate Research Program, Global Terrestrial Observing System. Dr. Running, as a chapter Lead Author for the 4th Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. Prof. Running is an elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. |
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Dr. Michael Soulé Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz For exemplary scientific and public outreach work Dr. Soulé was born, raised, and educated in California. After spending much of his youth in the canyons, deserts, and intertidal of San Diego and Baja California, and after graduating from San Diego State, he went to Stanford to study population biology and evolution under Paul Ehrlich. Dr. Soulé was a founder of the Society for Conservation Biology and The Wildlands Project and has been the president of both. He has written and edited 9 books on biology, conservation biology, and the social and policy context of conservation. He has published more than 170 articles on population and evolutionary biology, fluctuating asymmetry, population genetics, island biogeography, environmental studies, biodiversity policy, nature conservation, and ethics. |
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Professor of
Microbial Ecology,
Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences Dr. Ward received his B.S. in Microbiology from Ohio State University in 1971 and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin in 1975. Dr. Ward's numerous education and outreach activities involve changing the way Yellowstone National Park tourists think about microorganisms via the planning and development of resource materials, brochures, videos signage and visitor center content with the Yellowstone Division of Interpretation, the World Foundation for Environment and Development and the NASA Astrobiology Institute. Dr. Ward's scientific research includes the development and refinement of molecular approaches for understanding microbial diversity, ecology and evolution, including integration of principles of ecology and evolution into microbiology. |
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