Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory Presents Award Of Excellence
Tuesday, October 21, 1997
FORT COLLINS--An international researcher and prominent
figure in U.S. science policy is the first recipient of Colorado
State's Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory's award of excellence
in ecosystem science.
Jerry Melillo, co-director of the Ecosystems Center at the
Marine Biology Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., was given the
honor today (Tuesday) at the national meeting of the Association
of Ecosystem Research Centers hosted by NREL at Colorado State
University. NREL is co-sponsoring the symposium as part of its
30th anniversary as one of the world's leading ecosystem research
centers.
Melillo was recently associate director for environment at
the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the White House,
where he directed programs on environmental monitoring of
ecosystem health. He is internationally recognized for his
contribution to the understanding of nitrogen and carbon cycles
and the effects of land use and climate change on temperate and
tropical forests. Melillo's work focused attention on the
production of trace gases by natural ecosystems and those
dominated by human activity. Melillo also has studied the effects
of trace gases on regional and global climate change.
"We are proud to have the first recipient of this award be a
scientist who has made so many contributions to ecosystem
science," said Diana Freckman, director of NREL and associate
dean for the College of Natural Resources at Colorado State.
Melillo is vice chairman of the International Geosphere-
Biosphere Program, a collaboration of thousands of scientists
worldwide studying global change. He is a member of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and serves on several
national and international science committees.
The Natural Resource Ecology Lab, based at Colorado State,
has instituted the award to recognize excellence in the field of
ecosystem science for those whose research has contributed to new
insights into ecosystems. For more information on NREL or the
award, call Freckman at (970) 491-1982.
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