Background
Rich, Paul Martin was born on February 23, 1956 in Berkeley, California, United States. Son of Marvin and Jeannette Alice (Holmes) Rich.
biologist environmental studies educator
Rich, Paul Martin was born on February 23, 1956 in Berkeley, California, United States. Son of Marvin and Jeannette Alice (Holmes) Rich.
Bachelor in Biology with highest honors, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1979; Master of Arts in Biology, Harvard University, 1981; Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, Harvard University, 1985.
Teaching assistant, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1979-1983;
research associate Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1985-1986;
research assistant, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, 1981;
research assistant, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1983-1985;
postdoctoral fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1988-1990;
assistant professor environmental studies, systematics and ecology, U. Kansas, Lawrence, since 1991;
senior remote sensing/geographical information systems specialist, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, since 1991. Research consultant National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1985, 86-92. National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow University of California, Davis and Forest Research Institute, New Zealand, 1990-1992.
Editorial reviewer American Journal Botany, Biotropica, Ecology, Evolution, Tree Physiology, Pears. Reviewer Jessie Noyes Foundation, National Geographic Pew Charitable Trust. Seminars presented Carnegie Institution Washington, Costa Rica Institute Technology, Department Energy, Organisation for Tropical Studies La Selva Biological Field Station, Costa Rica, Pennsylvania State University, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, Davis and Santa Cruz, Harvard University, U. Washington.
Member American Society Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Association for Tropical Biology, Botanical Society of America, Ecological Society of America, Palm Society, Society for Study Evolution, Sigma Xi.