Jane Lubchenco, Wayne and Gladys Valley Professor of Marine Biology and Distinguished Professor of Zoology at Oregon State University (OSU), is an expert on ocean ecosystems and the human/environment nexus, which includes biodiversity, climate change, sustainability science, ecosystem services, marine reserves, coastal marine ecosystems, the state of the oceans, and the state of the planet.
Dr. Lubchenco earned a B.A. in biology from Colorado College and an M.A. from the University of Washington and Ph.D. from Harvard University, both in marine ecology. With Dr. Bruce Menge, she heads the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO), a team of scientists from four institutions that studies near-shore marine ecosystems along the West Coast. Dr. Lubchenco is also involved in collaborative research in New Zealand, Chile, and South Africa to compare coastal upwelling ecosystems around the world. She is a founding principal of the Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea (COMPASS), a collaborative project among academic scientists, communication and media specialists (Sea Web), and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Center for the Future of the Oceans.
A past president of the International Council for Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Ecological Society of America, Dr. Lubchenco served two terms on the National Science Board and co-chaired the Synthesis for Business and Industry for the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Eight of her publications have been named ?Science Citation Classic Papers.? She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, European Academy of Sciences, Royal Society of London, and Academy of Sciences for the Developing World. Dr. Lubchenco is a past member of the Pew Oceans Commission and is currently a member of the steering committee of the Joint Oceans Commission Initiative and a director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, SeaWeb, and Environmental Defense, Trustee Emerita of 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. Her numerous awards include a MacArthur Fellowship, Pew Fellowship, eight honorary degrees, the 2002 Heinz Award in the Environment, 2003 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest, 2004 Environmental Law Institute Award, and 2005 American Association for the Advancement of Science Award for Public Understanding of Science and Technology.
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