Claire Kremen
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Claire Kremen is an American biologist
, and professor of conservation biology at University of California, Berkeley
.
She graduated from Stanford University
with a B.S. in Biology in 1982, and from Duke University
with a PhD in Zoology in 1987.
She studies the impacts of deforestation in Madagascar
, on species distributions with a Web-based biodiversity database.
Biologist
A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of life. Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic research attempt to discover underlying mechanisms that govern how organisms work...
, and professor of conservation biology at University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
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She graduated from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
with a B.S. in Biology in 1982, and from Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
with a PhD in Zoology in 1987.
She studies the impacts of deforestation in Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
, on species distributions with a Web-based biodiversity database.
Awards
- 2007 MacArthur Fellows ProgramMacArthur Fellows ProgramThe MacArthur Fellows Program or MacArthur Fellowship is an award given by the John D. and Catherine T...
- 2007 Hellman Fellowship, American Academy of Arts & Sciences
- 2007 Chancellor's Partnership Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley