Background
Lubchenco, Jane was born on December 4, 1947 in Denver, Colorado, United States.
federal agency administrator marine ecologist
Lubchenco, Jane was born on December 4, 1947 in Denver, Colorado, United States.
Bachelor in Biology, Colorado College, 1969. Master of Science in Zoology, University Washington, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology, Harvard University, 1975.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Drexel University, 1992. Doctor of Science (honorary), Colorado College, 1993. Doctor of Science (honorary), Bates College, 1997.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Unity College, 1998. Doctor of Science (honorary), Southampton College, 1999. Doctor of Science (honorary), Long Island University, 1999.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Princeton University, 2001. Doctor of Science (honorary), Plymotuh State College, 2002. Doctor of Science (honorary), Michigan State University, 2003.
Assistant professor ecology Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975—1977. Research associate Smithsonian Institute, 1978—1984. Assistant professor Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1977—1982, associate professor, 1982—1988, professor zoology, 1988—2009, chair, department zoology, 1989—1992, Distinguished professor zoology, 1993—2009, Wayne and Gladys Valley professor marine biology, 1995—2009.
Under secretary for oceans & atmosphere United States Department Commerce, Washington, since 2009, administrator National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, since 2009. Visiting professor University West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, 1976, Universidad Catolica, Santiago, Chile, 1986, Institute Oceanography, Academica Sinica, Qingdao, Puerto Rico China, 1987, University Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1995—1996, Christchurch, 1999—2000, Christchurch, 2002—2003. Principal investigator National Science Foundation, since 1976, Marine Ecosystem Dynamics Consortium, 1992—2007.
Executive committee Supervisory Control Of Program Execution, 1992—1995. Member roster of experts United Nations Environment Programme Scientific & Technology Advisory Panel, 1993—2000. Section co-coordinator United Nations Environmental Programme, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning, Global Diversity Assessment, 1993—1995.
Co-founder, chair Aldo Leopold Leadership program, 1993—2002, co-chair, 2003—2008. National science and technical council's National forum on Environment & Natural Resources, chair, biodiversity and ecosystem dynamics group White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, 1994. Member advisory committee Pew Fellows Program in Conservation and the Environmental, 1995—1998.
Trustee, member program committee Monterey Bay Aquarium, since 1995. Trustee. science advisory committee Environmental Defense, since 1995, co-chair, oceans committee, since 1997, member development committee, since 2002, vice president, since 2005. Member scientific advisory board United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1996—1999.
Member committee on education and human resources National Science Board, 1996—1997, member committee on programs and plans, 1997—2006, member task force on the environmental, 1998—2000, member international task force, 2000—2002, 2005—2006, member task force on science and engineering infrastructure, 2001—2003, member committee on strategy and budget, 2001—2006, member nominating committee, 2002, member subcommittee on polar issues, 2002—2006. United States Delegate, Unions XXV General Assembly International Council for Science, Washington, 1996, United States Delegate to First World Conference Science, Budapest, 99, National Academy of Sciences Delegate to the International Council for Science, XXXVI general assembly, Cario, 99, member committee on scientific programs and review, 2000—2002, member executive board, 2002—2007, president, 2002—2005, member XXXVII general assembly as president elect and chair of forum on sustainability science, 2002, president elect, 1999—2002. Executive chair of scientific and religious steering committee Religion, Science and the Environmental II: The Balck Sea as a Paradigm, 1996—1998.
Scientific and religious steering committee Religion, Science, and the Environmental III: The Danube, 1998—2000. Honorary committee Religion, Science, and the Environmental IV: The Adriatic, 2001—2003, Religion, Science, and the Environmental V. The Baltic, 2002—2003, Religion, Science, and the Environmental VI: The Caspian Sea, 2004—2005, Religion, Science, and the Environmental VII: The Amazon Basin, 2005—2006.
Member advisory board Sea Studios Foundation The Shape of Life Production, 1997—2001. Member scientific advisory committee Pacific Ocean Conservation Network, 1997—1998. Member Ecosystem Principles Advisory Panel National Marine Fisheries Service, 1997—2000.
Member, committee on biodiversity and ecosystems President's Council of Advisors on Science & Technology, 1997—1998. Member science panel Oregon State Environmental Report, 1998—1999. Member advisory forum Consultative Group on Biological Diversity, 1998.
Member advisory board Science and Technology News Network, since 1998. Member technical advisory committee National Geographic Society Sustainable Seas Expeditions, 1998—2001. Member World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland, 1998—2001, Davos, 2004—2005.
Member national council Earth Day 2000, 1999—2000. Lead principal investigator Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans, 1999—2009. Member Ecotrust Council, since 1999.
Principal Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea (COMPASS), 1999—2004. Member advisory board Forum on Religion and Ecology, since 1999, International Biodiversity Observation Year, 2000—2002. Member antarctic research program National Science Board Review Team, 2000.
Commissioner, member Pew Oceans Commission, 2000—2003. Director SeaWeb, since 2000. Member advisory board Sea Studios Foundation, Strange Days on Planet Earth production, since 2001.
Member Center for Informal Learning and Schools, since 2001. Invited presenter in field, 2002—2005. Ex-officio member Inter-Academy Panel, 2002—2005.
Member systheis team, South Africa Science in Kruger National Park, 2002. Member visiting committee Environmental Defense Marine Protected Area, Cuba, 2002. Member Managing for Resilience in Coastal Marine Ecosystems, 2004.
Co-chair Governor's Advisory Group on Global Warming, 2004. Task force member Joint Oceans Commission Initiative.
Trustee David and Lucile Packard Foundation, 2001—2004, trustee emeritus, 2004, member selection committee, interdisciplinary science program, 1998—2001. Member advisory commission on open space Corvallis City Council, 1995—1998. Member advisory committee Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, 2002.
Advisor Vulcan, 2000—2002. Member ten year review committee University Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratory, 2002. Board visitors University Washington, Department Biology, since 2002, member external review advisory board, since 2003.
Chair University Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratory Centennial Symposium Committee, 2003—2004. Co-chair Governor Oregon's Global Warming Advisory Group, since 2003. Member selection committee Pew Fellows in Marine Conservation, 1995—1998, Aldo Leopold Leadership program, 1998—2002, John B. Oakes award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism, 1999—2004.
Member selection committee for global and complex systems fellows James S. McDonnell Centennial Fellowships, 1997—1999. Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science (president 1997-1998, member Millennium Symposium 1998—2000, Science, editor-in-chief 1999—2000, 2005 American Association for the Advancement of Science Public Understanding of Science and Technical award 2006), Association for Women in Science. Member: National Academy of Sciences (member panel on adaption, policy implications of greenhouse warming 1989-1991, member temporary nominating group on global change 1996, member committee on creationism 1996, member robertson memorial lecture selection committee 1998, council 1999—2002, member council committee on scientific programs 1999—2002, member development committee 1999—2002, member council 1999—2002, member council committee on budget and internal affairs 1999—2002, member committee on class and section structure since 1999, first chair of newly created section environmental sciences and ecology 2000-2001, executive committee 2001-2002, member committee sustainability science 2002-2003), National Research Council (member board environmental studies and toxicology (BEST) 1989-1992, member committee to review Department Interior's mineral management service study liaison 1989-1992, BEST, chair of natural resources & applied ecology working group II 1990-1992, member ecological effects of human activity, planning meeting 1991, member committee on environmental research 1991-1993, member board environmental studies and toxicology (BEST) 1992-1995, member ocean studies board, workshop on biodiversity in marine systems 1994, member committee on ecosystem management and sustainable fisheries 1995-1997, member committee on biodiversity forum 1995-1997, member delegate to class membership committee 1997, member ecosystem panel since 1997, member biological systems & dynamics of global change working group 1998, member delegate to class membership committee 1998), Western Society Naturalists, International Congress Ecology, American Society Limnology and Oceanography, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy Sciences' Beijer Institute Environmental Economics (board director 1999—2004), Royal Society London (foreign member), British Ecological Society (honorary), Third World Academy Sciences (associate), European Academy Sciences, American Philosophical Society, American Institute Biological Science (member sub-committee, earth, environmental, agriculture and resources since 1999), American Society Zoologists, American Society Naturalists, Phycological Society of America (national lecturer 1987-1989), Ecological Society of America (member council 1982-1984, chair awards committee 1983-1986, nominating committee 1986, president 1992-1994, nominating committee 2001-2002, George Mercer award 1979, Distinguished Service award 1997), Golden Key National Honor Society (honorary).
Married; 2 children.