Pamela Matson
Pamela Matson | |
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| Nationality | United States National Academy of Sciences |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Ecology, Biology |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, NASA |
Pamela Anne Matson (born 1953)MacArthur Fellowship, also known as the "genius grant," and is considered to be a "pioneer in the field of environmental science."[2] She was appointed to the "Einstein Professorship" of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2011. She received an honorary doctorate from McGill University in 2017.[3] She is married to fellow scientist Peter Vitousek.[4]
Early life and education
Pamela Matson grew up in
postdoctoral research at the University of North Carolina.[6]
Work
Matson's first job was at the NASA
MacArthur Fellow, and in 1997 was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2002, she was named the Burton and Deedee McMurtry University Fellow in Undergraduate Education at Stanford. The "Matson Sustainability Science Research Laboratory" at Stanford is named after her.[7]
She was the editor of the journal Annual Review of Environment and Resources. from 2003 to 2008.[8][9]
Honors
- Ames Associate Fellow (1992)
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1992)[1]
- NASA Exceptional Service Medal (1993)
- United States National Academy of Sciences (1994)[10]
- MacArthur Fellowship(1995–2000)
- University of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireDistinguished Alumni Award (1996)
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science(1997)
- Oregon State University Distinguished Alumni Award (1998)
- McMurtrey Fellow for Undergraduate Education
References
- ^ a b "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter M" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ "Mānoa: Lectures by Pamela Matson, pioneer in environmental science field - University of Hawaii News". www.hawaii.edu.
- ^ "Chinese Academy of Sciences "Einstein Professor" Pamela Matson visited ISSAS----Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences". english.issas.cas.cn.
- ^ "Stanford Magazine - Article". alumni.stanford.edu.
- ^ Pamela Matson ESA President 2001-2002 Archived 2014-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Climate Central". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
- ^ "Matson Sustainability Science Research Laboratory - Stanford University". pangea.stanford.edu.
- ^ "EDITOR OF THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES - VOLUME 28, 2003". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Pamela Matson". Stanford Earth. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "Matson, Pamela A." National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
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