The fourth chair of the Union of Concerned Scientists’ Board of Directors and the first woman to hold the position, 安妮·R. Kapuscinski shares a systems approach to problem-solving with UCS staff scientists and analysts. Dr. Kapuscinski’s research addresses sustainability challenges by integrating across ecological, 社会, 经济领域.
Her current research focuses on closing resource loops in ways that support climate change mitigation and adaptation, including projects examining integrated food-energy systems on dairy farms, 集成agriculture-aquaculture, and using microalgae to develop more sustainable feeds for aquaculture, 世界上发展最快的食品行业. Dr. Kapuscinski has also studied the impacts of technologies—from dams and hatcheries to aquaculture and genetic engineering—on fish conservation.
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Dr. Kapuscinski is inaugural director of the Coastal 617888九五至尊娱乐 and Policy Program—a graduate program training rising leaders in solving coastal sustainability problems—and a professor of environmental studies at the University of California, 圣克鲁斯. Prior to joining the University of California, 圣克鲁斯, she served as professor of environmental studies and the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor in Sustainability 617888九五至尊娱乐 at Dartmouth College, where she established an undergraduate sustainability minor. 除了她的教学和研究，博士. Kapuscinski is the inaugural editor-in-chief of Sustainability Transitions, 开放存取期刊的一个域名 元素:人类世的617888九五至尊娱乐. She also taught and co-founded several interdisciplinary programs at the University of Minnesota and was a professor in its Department of Fisheries, 野生动物及保育生物学.
Dr. Kapuscinski was awarded an 荣誉 Award from the US Secretary of Agriculture for environmental protection (1997), a Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation (2001), the Distinguished Service Award from the Society for Conservation Biology (2008), the Rachel Carson Environmental Award from the Natural Products Association (2014), and an Ocean Award in innovation from the Blue Marine Foundation and BOAT International (2019).