Speakers

Jane Lubchenco is the Wayne and Gladys Valley Professor of Marine Biology and Distinguished Professor of Zoology at Oregon State University. An environmental scientist and marine ecologist, she specializes in interactions between humans and the environment, including biodiversity, climate change, sustainability science, ecosystem services, marine reserves, coastal marine ecosystems, and the state of the oceans and the planet. She leads an interdisciplinary team of scientists studying the marine ecosystem off the US West Coast and how humans can ensure continued benefit from ocean ecosystems. She also co-chaired Oregon’s advisory group on global warming, recommending actions the state could take to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. In 1993, she was named a MacArthur Fellow.