WETLANDS and CLIMATE CHANGE

755 8th Avenue South,Naples FL 34102

12 April, 2022

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Learn about WETLANDS and CLIMATE CHANGE "The role of wetlands in the global carbon cycle and climate change” with legendary Dr. Bill Mitsch Renowned wetlands authority Dr. William J. Mitsch - Eminent Scholar and Director, Everglades Wetland Research Park, The Water School, FGCU and Stockholm Water Prize Laureate (2004) gives a presentation called “The role of wetlands in the global carbon cycle and climate change” Dr. William J. Mitsch is Eminent Scholar and Director, Everglades Wetland Research Park, The Water School, and Juliet C. Sproul Chair for Southwest Florida Habitat Restoration at Florida Gulf Coast University. Before moving to Florida in October 2012, he was at The Ohio State University for 27 years including 20 years as Director of the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park that he founded and 15 years as Distinguished Professor in the School of Environment and Natural Resources. Prior to these positions, he held professorships at Illinois Institute of Technology and University of Louisville. Dr. Mitsch holds a B.S. in mechanical/industrial engineering from University of Notre Dame and an M.E. and Ph.D. in environmental engineering science and systems ecology at University of Florida. Dr. Mitsch’s research and teaching have focused on wetland ecology and biogeochemistry, wetland creation and restoration, ecological engineering and ecosystem restoration, solving harmful algal blooms with nature-based solutions, and ecosystem modeling. Dr. Mitsch has authored or co-authored 780 research papers, abstracts, and other publications including 20 books. This includes the popular textbook Wetlands that is now in its 5th edition and has just been translated to Chinese. He founded and was editor-in-chief for 25 years of the international journal Ecological Engineering. Dr. Mitsch has completed 85 graduate students through thesis or dissertation at 5 institutions in his 47 years as a professor. Dr. Mitsch’s awards include: * An Einstein Professorship from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2010) * A Doctorate honoris causa from University of Tartu, Estonia (2010) * Ramsar Convention Award for Merit, Ramsar Convention, Puenta del Este, Uruguay (2015) * First Odum Award for Ecological Engineering, American Ecological Engineering Society (2018) * A Contributor to EMMY Award-winning ocean pollution movie “Troubled Waters: A Turtle’s Tale” produced by PBS station WLRN, Miami, Florida (2020) * 4 Fulbright Fellowships: University of Copenhagen, Denmark (1986); University of Botswana, Maun Botswana (2007); Bialystok University of Technology , Bialystok, Poland (2016); Bangor University, Bangor, Wales, UK (2019)