Jane Lubchenco
Dr. JANE LUBCHENCO
Wayne and Gladys Valley Professor of Marine Biology
OSU Distinguished Professor of Zoology
Department of Zoology
Phone: (541) 737-5337
Cordley 3029
Fax: (541) 737-3360
Oregon State University
Email:
lubchenco@oregonstate.edu
Corvallis, OR 97331
Dr. Jane Lubchenco is an environmental scientist and marine ecologist who is actively engaged in teaching, research, synthesis and communication of scientific knowledge. She grew up in Colorado, received her PhD. and taught at Harvard University. Twenty-seven years ago, she moved to Oregon State University where she is Valley Professor of Marine Biology and Distinguished Professor of Zoology. Her research interests include biodiversity, climate change, sustainability science and the state of the oceans. She has received numerous awards including a MacArthur Fellowship,
a Pew Fellowship, eight honorary degrees (including one from Princeton University), the 2002 Heinz Award in the Environment and the Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 2003.
Current Primary Leadership Activities
International Council for Science , President
National Science Board, Member (twice nominated by President Clinton and twice confirmed by the US Senate)
PISCO, 1 of 13 PI's, Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans: A Long-Term Ecological Consortium
Aldo Leopold Leadership Program, Co-Chair; advanced leadership and communication training program for environmental scientists
Pew Oceans Comission, Commissioner; independent group of American leaders conducting a national dialogue on the policies needed to restore and protect marine ecosystems in US waters
David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Trustee
National Academy of Sciences, Member, elected 1996
Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea (COMPASS), Principal
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' Beijer Institute of Environmental Economics, Board of Directors
Environmental Defense, Trustee
SeaWeb, Director
Monterey Bay Aquarium, Trustee
Other Honors, Offices
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), President, 1997-98
Ecological Society of America, President, 1992-94
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Member
American Philosophical Society, Member, elected 1998
James D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellow, 1993-98
Heinz 2002 Environmental Award
Golden Plate Award, 2001
Howard Vollun Award, 2001
David B. Stone Award, 1999
Honorary Degrees: Drexel University, 1992; Colorado College, 1993; Bates College, 1997; Unity College, 1998; Southampton College, Long Island University, 1999; Princeton University, 2001; Plymouth State College, 2002
8 Science Citation Classics Papers
Pew Scholar Award, 1992-95
Research Interests
sustainability science
marine reserves
evolutionary ecology of individuals, populations and communities
biodiversity, conservation biology, and global change
community structure, organization and stability
biogeography
foraging strategies and life histories
plant-herbivore interactions
rocky intertidal communities
chemical ecology, algal ecology, marine ecology
molluscs, echinoderms, seaweeds
Science, Conservation, and Education Interests
science and the environment
public understanding of science
marine conservation biology
ecosystem services
ecological causes and consequences of global change
Recent Representative Publications
Lubchenco, Jane, R. Davis-Born, B. Simler, 2002. Lesson from the Land for the Protection of the Sea: The Need for a New Ocean Ethic . Open Spaces 5:10-19.
Lubchenco, Jane, S.R. Palumbi, S.D. Gaines, S. Andelman, 2002. Plugging a Hole in the Ocean: The Emerging Science of Marine Reserves. Ecological Applications Special Issue, in press.
Allison, G.W., S.D. Gaines, J. Lubchenco, H.P. Possingham, 2002. Ensuring persistence of marine reserves: Catastrophes require adopting an insurance factor. Ecological Applications, in press.
Menge, B.A., E. Sanford, B.A. Daley, T.L. Freidenburg, G. Hudson, and J. Lubchenco, 2002. An Inter-hemispheric comparison of bottom-up effects on community structure: insights revealed using the comparative-experimental approach. Ecological Research 17:1-16.
Naylor, R.L. et. al., 2000. Effect of aquaculture on world fish supplies. Nature 405:1017-1024.
Dasgupta, P., S. Levin, J. Lubchenco, 2000. Economic pathways to ecological sustainability: Challenges for the new millenium. Bioscience 50:339-345.
Daily, G.C. et al., 1999. The Value of Nature and the Nature of Value. Science 289: 395-396.
Menge, B.A., B.A. Daley, J. Lubchenco, E. Sanford, E. Dahlhoff, P.M. Halpin, G. Hudson, and J. Burnaford, 1999. Top-down or bottom-up regulation of New Zealand rocky intertidal communities. Ecological Monographs 69:297-330.
National Science Board, 1999. Environmental science and engineering for the 21st Century: The role of the National Science Foundation. Report NSB 99-133.
http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/tfe/nsb99133 . (J. Lubchenco chaired the Task Force, which drafted the report).
Allison, G.W., J. Lubchenco, and M. Carr, 1998. Marine reserves are necessary but not sufficient for marine conservation. Ecol. Applications 8:S79-S92.
Lubchenco, J., 1998. Entering the century of the environment: A new social contract for science. Science 279:491-497.
http://sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/279/5350/491
Naylor, R., R. Goldburg, H. Mooney, M. Beveridge, J. Clay, C. Folke, N. Kautsky, J. Lubchenco, J. Primavera, M. Williams, 1998. Nature's subsidies to shrimp and salmon farming. Science 282:883-884.
Vitousek, P.M., H.A. Mooney, J. Lubchenco, and J.M. Melillo, 1997. Human domination of earth's ecosystems. Science 277:494-499.
NOAA Chief is a PEW fellow !!
