Dr. Peter Del Tredici:
Peter Del Tredici, Ph.D., is the Senior Research Scientist at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University and Lecturer in Harvard’s Department of Landscape Architecture.
Topic: Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast
Dr. Eric Chivian:
Eric Chivian, M.D., is the Founder and Director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School. In 1985, he shared the Nobel Peace Prize for being a co-founder of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, and in 2008, he was named by Time Magazine, as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.
Topic: How Human Health Depends on Nature
Dr. Peter Ashton:
Charles Bullard Research Professor of Forestry at Harvard University and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He received the 2007 Japan Prize for his work in the Tropical Forests of Asia.
Topic: Tropical Forest Tree Distribution
Dr. David R. Foster:
Director of the Harvard Forest and Senior Lecturer in the Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Department at Harvard. He has authored/edited four books and over 100 scientific articles.
Topic: Wildlands and Woodlands: A plan for the Conservation of Southern New England Forests
Jim Levitt:
Director, Program on Conservation Innovation, Harvard Forest and Research Fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He has edited two books including From Walden to Wall Street.
Topic: Conservation Finance in the 21st Century
Dr. Michael McElroy
Professor of Environmental Studies, Harvard University. The former Director of Harvard's Center for the Environment, he has authored some 200 scientific publications.
Topics: 1. Environmental Challenges for the New Millennium 2. Global Warming
Dr. Dale Jorgenson
Professor of Economics, Harvard University. A former recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal in Economics, he has authored and edited over 30 books.
Topic: Global Warming
