F. Stuart Chapin III, Date of Birth

    

F. Stuart Chapin III

American academic

Date of Birth: 02-Feb-1944

Profession: ecologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About F. Stuart Chapin III

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  • Stuart Chapin III (born February 2, 1944) is a professor of Ecology at the Department of Biology and Wildlife of the Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska.
  • He was President of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) from August 2010 until 2011.The grandson of sociologist F.
  • Stuart Chapin, Chapin III is better known to students and colleagues as 'Terry.' Chapin also serves as principal investigator of the Bonanza Creek Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program, and has a background in plant physiological ecology and ecosystem ecology.
  • His current research interests focus on the resilience of social-ecological systems.
  • As director of the graduate educational program in Resilience and Adaptation at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Chapin studies human-fire interactions in the boreal forest.
  • As President of ESA, he plans to address the "critical issue" of planetary stewardship.
  • With Mary Power and Steward Pickett, Chapin is leading a Planetary Stewardship initiative “whose goal is to reorient society toward a more sustainable relationship with the biosphere.”

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