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RICHARD A. CELLARIUS
Emeritus Member of the Faculty (since 1999)
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
Graduate Advisor (since 2000)
Master of Arts Program (MAP), Prescott College, Prescott, AZ
Education:
- B.A. (Physics), Reed College, Portland, Oregon, 1958
- Ph.D. (Biological Science), The Rockefeller University, New
York, New York, 1965
- Postdoctoral Study (Biophysics), The University of Chicago,
Chicago, Illinois, and The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan,
1965-66.
Academic Honors:
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Sigma Xi
- U.S. Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health,
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 1965-66
Previous Position:
Director, Graduate Program in Environmental Studies (1996-1999) and
Member of the Faculty (Plant Biology; Biophysics; Environmental Policy)
(1972-1999), The Evergreen State College
Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, The University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI, 1966-72 (Promoted to Associate Professor, 1972)
Academic and Teaching Interests:
Bioenergetics, biology, biophysics, biophysical chemistry, botany,
conservation, environmental studies (resource assessment; environmental
history, philosophy, policy), forest ecology, forest management,
geographic information systems (GIS), history and philosophy of
science, photobiology, plant biology,
plant physiology, photobiology, scientific computing (applications),
statistics, technical writing.
Memberships:
American Institute of Biological Sciences, Northwest Association for
Environmental Studies, Northwest Scientific Association, Sierra Club,
U.S. Association
for the Club of Rome.
Service:
- Director (national), Sierra Club (16 years between 1974 &
1995); President, 1988-90; Vice President for Science and Research,
1974-76; Vice President for International Affairs, 2000-present. Also
served as member and chair of the Sierra Club's Publications (Books),
International amd US-Canada International Committees at various times
from 1972 to the present.
- Trustee, Northwest Scientific Association, 1987-88;
President-Elect, 1996-97; President, 1997-98; Past President, 1998-99.
- Trustee, The Sierra Club Foundation, 1988-96, 1997-2003.
- Head
of Sierra Club Delegations, IUCN—The World
Conservation Union, 18th
General Assembly, Perth,
Australia,
November-December 1990, Second World
Conservation Congress, Amman,
Jordan,
October, 2000, and Third World Conservation Congress,
Bangkok, Thailand, November 2004.
- Member,
IUCN—The World Conservation Union
Commission
on Environmental Strategy and Planning, 1990-1996; Commission
on Environment, Economics, and Social Policy and the Working Group on
Sustainable Livelihoods, 2003-.
Publication List (selected):
R.A. Cellarius and D. Mauzerall (1966). A model for the photosynthetic
unit: Photochemical and spectral studies on pheophytin a
adsorbed
to small particles. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 112:
235-255.
H.N. Christensen and R.A. Cellarius (1972). Introduction to
Bioenergetics: Thermodynamics for the Biologist. (W.B. Saunders,
Philadelphia) 224
pp.
R.A. Cellarius and J. Platt (1972). Councils of Urgent Studies. Science
177: 670-676. Reprinted in Current, No. 144: 4-14 (1972) as
"Needed: A general staff for humanity;" in Thrust 3(5):
28-37
(May 1974); and in R.H. Stephens, ed., Management of Science and
Technology. (Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Washington,
D.C., 1976) 141-155.
R.A. Cellarius (1986). U.S. can help save the tropical forests. The
Seattle Times, July 18, 1986 p. A9.
R.A. Cellarius (1987). Environmental Action: Education and Citizen
Responsibility. In Environmental Education: Transition to an
Information Age. Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Conference of
the North American Association for
Environmental Education [1986], J.M. Stone, ed. (North American
Association
for Environmental Education, Troy, OH), pp. 219-220 (Summary).
Cellarius, R.A., and D.S. DeBell (1988). Effect of irrigation on
growth and photosynthesis in alder and cottonwood plantations. Northwest
Sci. 62: 70 (Abstract).
Cellarius, Richard (1989). Wilderness: Rejuvenation and
Responsibility. Wilderness 1990: Sierra Club Engagement Calendar.
(Random House,
New York).
Cellarius, R.A. (2000). Review of J. Woodward, Waterstained
Landscapes: Seeing and Shaping Regionally Distinctive Places.
Environmental Practice 2: 327.
Theses Supervised:
Ph.D.: 1 (University of Michigan); Masters: 25 (The Evergreen State
College and Prescott College).
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