Doctoral Program
23rd Annual F&ES Doctoral Student Research Conference – February 23, 2007
Dr. Thomas Lovejoy, President of the Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, will be the keynote speaker for this year’s Doctoral Student Research Conference to be held on February 23rd, in Bowers Auditorium, 205 Prospect Street.
The conference is an all-day event where doctoral students, in all stages of their studies, give presentations on their research.
This event is free and open to the public. Please contact conference organizers Laura Robb (laura.robb@yale.edu) or Brent Frey (brent.frey@yale.edu) to register.
The preliminary program is below, and will be updated on this site periodically.
The conference is an all-day event where doctoral students, in all stages of their studies, give presentations on their research.
This event is free and open to the public. Please contact conference organizers Laura Robb (laura.robb@yale.edu) or Brent Frey (brent.frey@yale.edu) to register.
The preliminary program is below, and will be updated on this site periodically.
Program
Morning
8:30 – 8:45
12:00 – 1:00
Afternoon
1:00 – 2:20
Reception to follow (sponsored by the Office of Alumni Affairs)
Morning
8:30 – 8:45
- Welcome
- Forests, Ecology and Land Use
- Coffee break
- Water and Environmental Chemistry
12:00 – 1:00
- Lunch
Afternoon
1:00 – 2:20
- Air Quality, Economics and Industrial Ecology
- Coffee break
- Conservation Policy and Ecology
- Keynote address, Dr. Tom Lovejoy
Reception to follow (sponsored by the Office of Alumni Affairs)
Thomas E. Lovejoy has been President of The Heinz Center since May 2002. Before coming to The Heinz Center, he was the World Bank’s Chief Biodiversity Advisor and Lead Specialist for Environment for Latin America and the Caribbean and Senior Advisor to the President of the United Nations Foundation. Dr. Lovejoy has been Assistant Secretary and Counselor to the Secretary at the Smithsonian Institution, Science Advisor to the Secretary of the Interior, and Executive Vice President of the World Wildlife Fund–U.S. He conceived the idea for the Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems project (a joint project between the Smithsonian and Brazil's INPA), originated the concept of debt-for-nature swaps, and is the founder of the public television series Nature. In 2001 he was awarded the prestigious Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. Dr. Lovejoy served on science and environmental councils or committees under the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton administrations. He received his B. S. and Ph.D. (biology) degrees from Yale University.
