Residence Ithaca, New York, U.S. | Fields Biology | |
Citizenship United States of America Notable awards Phi Beta Kappa (1978)
Rhodes Scholar (1979)
Fulbright Scholar, US DoS (1998)
Fellow, AAAS (2010)
Jefferson Science Fellowship, US DoS (2014)
Fellow, ESA (2016) Alma maters Sewanee: The University of the South, University of Oxford Known for Invasive species, Ecological forecasting Institutions University of Notre Dame, Cornell University, United States Department of State, University of Wisconsin-Madison | ||
David M Lodge (born April 1, 1957) is an American biologist. He is best known for his work on the interrelated problems of invasive species, land use, and climate change, and their synergistic impacts on water resources.
Biography
Lodge received his B.S., Summa cum Laude, in 1979 from Sewanee: The University of the South. As a Rhodes Scholar, he completed his D.Phil. from Oxford University in 1982. From 1983-1985, he taught at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. From 1985-2016, he served on the faculty of the University of Notre Dame as a Professor of Biology, the Director of the Notre Dame Center for Aquatic Conservation, and the Director of the Notre Dame Environmental Change Initiative. From 2011-2016, Lodge was the Ludmilla F., Stephen J., and Robert T. Galla Professor of Biological Sciences. Starting in May, 2016, Lodge is a member of the faculty of Cornell University where he holds the Francis J. DiSalvo Directorship of the David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future.
Lodge is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America. He advocates for scientific approaches to manage invasive species in lake ecosystems. In 2014, Lodge served as a Jefferson Science Fellow in the Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs at the United States Department of State.