University of Connecticut
Edwin Way Teale Lecture Series on Nature and the Environment
Thursday, February 29, 2024 at 4:00pm (EST)
James Elser
Bierman Professor of Ecology & Director of the Flathead Lake Biological Station,
University of Montana
&
Research Professor & Director of the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance,
Arizona State University
"Phosphorous, Food, and Our Future"
Please join us for an in-person Teale lecture, on Thursday, February 29 at 4:00pm in the Konover Auditorium in the Dodd Center on the UConn Storrs campus.
Adapted from Elser’s website (https://flbs.umt.edu/newflbs/about-flbs/people/page-elements/flbs-people/people/jim-elser/):
Dr. James Elser is Bierman Professor of Ecology of the University of Montana and since March 2016 has been Director of UM’s Flathead Lake Biological Station at Yellow Bay. He also holds a part-time research faculty position in the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University where he directs the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance. Trained as a limnologist, Dr Elser is best known for his role in developing and testing the theory of ecological stoichiometry, the study of the balance of energy and multiple chemical elements in ecological systems, and, more recently, in advancing progress towards phosphorus sustainability.
Currently, Dr Elser's research focuses most intensively on Flathead Lake as well as other lakes of western Montana. Specific studies involve observational and experimental studies at various scales, including laboratory cultures, short-term field experiments and regional scale comparative studies. Previous field sites have included the Experimental Lakes Area in Ontario, Canada; lakes of the Arctic and of Patagonia; lakes, forests, and grasslands of the upper Midwest; and desert springs in Mexico's Chihuahuan Desert.
Dr Elser has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as well as a foreign member of the Norwegian Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2012 Elser received the G.E. Hutchinson Award of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), the world's largest scientific association dedicated to aquatic sciences. He has also served as ASLO's President (2014-2016)
Although the talk will be in-person, it is also available to watch (live) on WebEX. The live stream link is on the Teale Series web page: https://cese.uconn.edu/the-edwin-way-teale-lecture-series/
This event is free and open to the public. If you need accommodation to access or participate, please contact CSMNHinfo@uconn.edu
For more information, contact: Dr. Erin Kuprewicz at CSMNHinfo@uconn.edu