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U of M ecologist Robert Sterner appointed director of NSF division of environmental Biology
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL ( 6/1/2007 ) -- Robert Sterner, professor of ecology at the University of Minnesota, has been appointed director of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) division of environmental biology. "This is a very important position," said Robert Elde, dean of the College of Biological Sciences. "And it's another example of the leadership roles faculty in the department of ecology, evolution and behavior are playing at a national level." Sterner is an ecologist who studies interaction of the chemical elements and biological organisms that form aquatic ecosystems, including Lake Superior. His studies span understanding how these systems work under normal conditions and how human activities, such as agriculture and use of fossil fuels, can throw them out of balance. NSF's division of environmental biology supports basic research and education in ecology and evolutionary biology in such areas as biodiversity, molecular genetic and genomic evolution, population dynamics, ecosystem processes, conservation biology, restoration ecology and the ecological effects of global climate change. Among its programs are those on long-term ecological research, the ecology of infectious diseases and assembling the tree of life. Sterner's appointment begins July 2 and continues through September 2009. He will be based in Washington, D.C. for the term, but will return to the university periodically to monitor his research. Sterner has served on the board of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and is currently associate editor of the journal Ecology. He has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed articles and is co-author of the book "Ecological Stoichiometry: The Biology of Elements from Molecules to the Biosphere," which is available on Amazon. He received his doctorate degree in ecology from the University of Minnesota and did his postdoctoral research at the Max Planck Institute in Germany. ---------- |
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