John Harte (scientist)

John Harte (born July 8, 1939) is an ecologist and Professor of the Graduate School in the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California at Berkeley[1][2] and an elected Fellow of the American Physical Society.[3] His work includes investigation into a maximum entropy theory of ecology and long-term experiments on the effects of climate change on alpine ecology.[4]

Academic career

Harte received his B.A. from Harvard University in 1961 and his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Wisconsin in 1965.[5] He was an Assistant Professor of Physics at Yale University from 1968-1973. During his time at Yale, he transitioned into the study of theoretical ecology, and joined the UC Berkeley faculty as an ecologist in the Energy and Resources Group in 1973.[6][7]

Honors and awards

He received the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1993 and the Leo Szilard prize from the American Physical Society in 2001.[8]

Selected publications
  • Harte, John. 1988. Consider a Spherical Cow Univ Science Books. ISBN 978-0-935702-58-3
  • Harte, John. 2011. Maximum Entropy and Ecology: A Theory of Abundance, Distribution, and Energetics. Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution. ISBN 978-0199593422
  • Harte, John. 1996. The Green Fuse: An Ecological Odyssey. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520205512
  • Harte, John. 1991. Toxics A to Z: A Guide to Everyday Pollution Hazards. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520072244
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See also

References
  1. Tobias, Michael Charles. "CLIMATE SHOCK: UC-Berkeley Scientist, Dr. John Harte, Puts the World on Notice". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  2. "Energy and Resources Group". Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  3. "Fellows of the American Physical Society". Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  4. Harte, J.; Shaw, R. (1995). "Shifting Dominance Within a Montane Vegetation Community: Results of a Climate-Warming Experiment". Science. 267 (5199): 876–880. doi:10.1126/science.267.5199.876. PMID 17813919.
  5. "ESPM UC Berkeley". Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  6. "Energy and Resources Group". Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  7. "Institute of Physics". Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  8. "2001 Leo Szilard Lectureship Award Recipient". Retrieved April 4, 2018.
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