Philip Camill to Deliver Rusack Professorship Inaugural Lecture Oct. 29

Story posted October 27, 2009

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Phil Camill.

Philip Camill, who joined the Bowdoin faculty as the Rusack Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology in July of 2008, will deliver the Rusack Inaugural Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 29, 2009, in Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center.

In his talk, titled "Journeys of a Global Change Scientist: Discoveries, Crossroads, and an Interdisciplinary Future," Camill will describe being on the front lines of global change research over the past 15 years and what that has meant personally and professionally. Using research examples from his work and the broader natural and social scientific communities, he will show how human impacts and the study of global change are changing rapidly, opening a critical need for interdisciplinary teaching and scholarship.

The talk is open to the public and admission is free. For more information call 207-725-3257.

Philip Camill is a global change ecologist and a leading expert on climate change in boreal and arctic ecosystems. In addition to his position as the Rusack Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology, he is the director of the Environmental Studies Program.

At Bowdoin, Camill is involved in developing collaborative teaching and research opportunities in earth system science, coastal studies, race and environment, campus sustainability, and environmental literacy. Visit Phil Camill's Global Change blog...

Before coming to Bowdoin, he was at Carleton College, where he conducted a National Science Foundation-funded research program on the impacts of climate warming on terrestrial, wetland, and lake ecosystem dynamics. His research has been featured in both Science and Nature and he has published extensively in professional journals.

Camill earned his B.A. at the University of Tennessee in 1993 and his Ph.D. at Duke University in 1999.

The Rusack Professorship in Environmental Studies and Biology was created by trustee Geoffrey Rusack '78, P'13, and his wife, Alison Rusack P'13. Income from the fund supports the compensation, research and teaching expenses, and sabbatical leaves of the Rusack Professor. The Rusacks' passion for Environmental Studies at the College is evident in their creation of and support for the Coastal Studies Fellowship program for undergraduates, the construction of a dock at the Coastal Studies Center, and, most recently, the Rusack Professorship.

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