CSIS director awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
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Jianguo “Jack” Liu, Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and director of the Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability was among 187 winners of the 2006 Guggenheim Fellowships, awarded to artists, scholars and scientists for distinguished past achievements and exceptional promise of future accomplishments.He also is a member of the Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior Program.
“Jack is an outstanding scholar and his research sheds new light on aspects of nature that are both fascinating and important for understanding the natural world in which we live and on which we depend,” says Richard Lenski, director of the Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior Program. “We are truly delighted to have him recognized for his outstanding research and scholarship.”
Liu will be using the award to write a book titled “Pandas, People, and Policies” that will synthesize his 10 years of research in China’s Wolong Nature Reserve.
Liu’s research interests include conservation and landscape ecology, systems modeling and simulation, and the effects of human population and activity on endangered species such as the giant panda in China. He is keenly interested in integrating ecology with socioeconomics as well as human demography and behavior for understanding biodiversity across ecosystems.
He has been on the MSU faculty since he completed his postdoctoral study at Harvard University in 1995. In recognition of his efforts and achievements in research, teaching and public service, Liu has been given a number of awards, including NSF's CAREER Award, Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellowship from the Ecological Society of America, Lilly Teaching Fellowship, and MSU’s Teacher-Scholar Award.
Fellowship winners of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation competition were selected from 3,000 applicants for awards totaling $7.5 million. Since 1925, the Guggenheim Foundation has granted more than $247 million in fellowships to more than 16,000 individuals. The grants are made freely with no special conditions so that fellows can work with as much creative freedom as possible.
The Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior Program at MSU is a multidisciplinary graduate program of study and research. It is affiliated with 13 departments, including the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and Department of Zoology.
