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Lisa Curran
Tropical Forester | Class of 2006
Combining expertise in ecological processes with insights into the realities of forest communities to address deforestation and its environmental consequences in endangered areas around the world.

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Title
Tropical Forester
Affiliation
Yale University
Location
New Haven, Connecticut
Age
45 at time of award
Area of Focus
Plant Sciences and Forestry/Forest Science
Published September 1, 2006
ABOUT LISA'S WORK
Lisa Curran is a tropical biologist who combines expertise in ecological processes with keen insight into the realities of forest communities.  Focusing her research on the forests of Indonesian Borneo and the ecology of its most economically important family of timber, Dipterocarpaccae, Curran works across disciplines and sectors to devise new strategies to address deforestation and its devastating environmental consequences. Using satellite remote sensing, field ecology, ground-based surveys, and in-depth analyses of the social, political, and economic influences on land use, her findings are having immediate impacts on development and conservation in tropical settings. Her 2004 Science paper demonstrating the rapid decline due to logging of the Kalimantan protected forest in Borneo, like many of her other papers on land use and climate change, addresses immediate policy needs. By developing consensus and fostering communication between diverse stakeholders (e.g., local and national land use, conservation, and economic development agencies), she is substantially increasing protection efforts in endangered regions. Through diplomatic skill, cultural sensitivity, and rigorous scientific acumen, Lisa Curran synthesizes concepts from the natural and social sciences to forge new, practical solutions for sustainable natural resource extraction and development.  

BIOGRAPHY
Lisa Curran received an A.B. (1984) in anthropology from Harvard University and a Ph.D. (1994) in ecology and evolutionary biology from Princeton University. She was a Mercer Post-doctoral Fellow at Harvard University (1994-1996) and an assistant professor in the Department of Biology and the School of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Michigan (1996-2001). In 2001, she became an associate professor at Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and was promoted to professor in 2006; she also serves as the John Musser Director of Yale’s Tropical Resource Institute. In addition to her academic affiliations, Curran has worked as a consultant for numerous international organizations and governmental agencies in South and Southeast Asia.



丽莎-库兰
热带林学家｜2006级
将生态过程的专业知识与对森林社区现实的洞察力相结合，解决世界各地濒危地区的森林砍伐及其环境后果。

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标题
热带林学家
工作单位
耶鲁大学
工作地点
纽黑文，康涅狄格州
年龄
获奖时45岁
重点领域
植物科学和林业/森林科学
发表于2006年9月1日
关于莉莎的工作
丽莎-库伦是一位热带生物学家，她将生态过程的专业知识与对森林社区现实的敏锐洞察力相结合。 她的研究重点是印度尼西亚婆罗洲的森林和其最重要的经济木材家族Dipterocarpaccae的生态，Curran跨学科和部门工作，制定新的战略来解决森林砍伐及其破坏性环境后果。利用卫星遥感、野外生态学、地面调查以及对土地使用的社会、政治和经济影响的深入分析，她的发现对热带地区的发展和保护产生了直接影响。她在2004年发表的《科学》论文表明，婆罗洲的加里曼丹保护林因砍伐而迅速减少，就像她关于土地利用和气候变化的许多其他论文一样，解决了当前的政策需求。通过在不同的利益相关者（如地方和国家土地使用、保护和经济发展机构）之间达成共识和促进沟通，她正在大幅增加濒危地区的保护工作。通过外交技巧、文化敏感性和严谨的科学敏锐性，Lisa Curran综合了自然科学和社会科学的概念，为可持续的自然资源开采和发展制定了新的、实用的解决方案。

个人简历
丽莎-库伦在哈佛大学获得人类学学士学位（1984年），在普林斯顿大学获得生态学和进化生物学博士学位（1994年）。她曾在哈佛大学担任默瑟博士后研究员（1994-1996），在密歇根大学生物系和自然资源与环境学院担任助理教授（1996-2001）。2001年，她成为耶鲁大学林业和环境研究学院的副教授，并于2006年晋升为教授；她还担任耶鲁大学热带资源研究所的John Musser主任。除了她的学术关系，Curran还为南亚和东南亚的许多国际组织和政府机构担任过顾问。