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We have the nation's largest Long
Term Ecological Research (LTER) facility, where the complex interrelationship
of environmental factors such as wind, rain, terrain, sunlight, and various
animal and plant populations are routinely documented to support research
at UNM, and around the world.
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April 21, 2009
University of New Mexico Distinguished Professor of Biology Eric Charnov Honored as Fellow in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
 University of New Mexico Distinguished Professor of Biology Eric Charnov has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Professor Charnov's research combines ideas from ecology, economics, and evolution to understand the life history, reproductive, and foraging decisions of plants and animals, including humans. For the past 30 years Charnov has been a world scientific leader, and his ideas have produced many of the most cited publications in evolutionary ecology.
He is among 210 new Fellows and 19 Foreign Honorary Members elected in 2009 as leaders in the sciences, the humanities and the arts, business, public affairs, and the nonprofit sector. The Academy is one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies, and includes a center for independent policy research.
This year's scholars, scientists, jurists, writers, artists, civic, corporate and philanthropic leaders come from 28 states and 11 countries, and range in age from 33 to 83. They represent universities, museums, national laboratories, private research institutes, businesses, and foundations. The group also includes Nobel laureates and recipients of the Pulitzer and Pritzker prizes, MacArthur Fellowships, Academy, Grammy, and Tony awards, and the National Medal of Arts. Charnov received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1997.
The Academy, established in 1780 by founders of the nation, undertakes studies of complex and emerging problems. Current projects focus on science, technology and global security; social policy and American institutions; the humanities and culture; and education. The Academy’s membership of scholars and practitioners from many disciplines and professions gives it a unique capacity to conduct a wide range of interdisciplinary, long-term policy research.
“Since 1780, the Academy has served the public good by convening leading thinkers and doers from diverse perspectives to provide practical policy solutions to the pressing issues of the day,” said Leslie Berlowitz, Chief Executive Officer and William T. Golden Chair. “I look forward to welcoming into the Academy these new members to help continue that tradition.”
“These remarkable men and women have made singular contributions to their fields, and to the world,” said Academy President Emilio Bizzi. “By electing them as members, the Academy honors them and their work, and they, in turn, honor us.”
The new class will be inducted at a ceremony on October 10 at the Academy’s headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Since its founding in 1780 by John Adams, James Bowdoin, John Hancock, and other scholar-patriots, the Academy has elected as members the finest minds and most influential leaders from each generation, including George Washington and Benjamin Franklin in the eighteenth century, Daniel Webster and Ralph Waldo Emerson in the nineteenth, and Albert Einstein and Winston Churchill in the twentieth. The current membership includes more than 250 Nobel laureates and more than 60 Pulitzer Prize winners. |