Dr. Bradley Cardinale

Biography

Bradley J. Cardinale is a professor and ecologist whose research focuses on conservation, restoration, biodiversity, and the management of natural systems. He has expertise in ecological design and freshwater ecosystem management. Cardinale has published over 130 peer-reviewed papers and received more than $38 million in grant funding. In 2014, he was ranked among the world's highly cited researchers in the area of Environment/Ecology. He is a fellow of both the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Ecological Society of America (ESA). Cardinale began his academic career as an assistant professor at the University of California-Santa Barbara in 2005, where he worked on conservation and management of biodiversity in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. In 2011, he joined the University of Michigan and founded the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, which collaborates with multiple stakeholders for the sustainable management of the Great Lakes. In 2021, he became the Head of the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management at Penn State University, where he oversees research, teaching, and extension activities involving over 50 faculty and 100 graduate students engaged in studying the sustainable management of natural and managed ecosystems.

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