Background
Ulanowicz, Robert Edward was born on September 17, 1943 in Baltimore. Son of Edward Stanislaus and Mary Isabel (Bielat) Ulanowicz.
(The author's vision is that the concepts of growth and de...)
The author's vision is that the concepts of growth and development apply in a rigorous way to ecosystems, as well as to organisms. He describes ecosystems in terms of their networks of "who eats whom", and, using the pattern of connections and the strengths of the interactions, derives indices that quantify both system growth and development. The result is what is called the "principle of increasing ecosystem ascendency", which provides a preferred direction for system development, in stark contrast to the conventional neo-Darwinian theory of evolution.
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educator mathematical ecologist
Ulanowicz, Robert Edward was born on September 17, 1943 in Baltimore. Son of Edward Stanislaus and Mary Isabel (Bielat) Ulanowicz.
Bachelor in Engineering Science, Johns Hopkins University, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1968.
Research assistant, Martin Marietta Corporation, Orlando, Florida, 1962-1963;
laboratory assistant, Institute fuer Physikalische Chemie, Goettingen, Federal Republic Germany, 1964;
graduate assistant, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1964-1968;
assistant professor, Catholic U. American, Washington, 1968-1969;
professor mathematics ecology, U. Maryland., Solomons, since 1970. Member science commission on oceanographic research United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1977-1985. Member panel National Research Council, Washington, 1987-1988.
Crafoord symposium speaker Royal Swedish Academy.Scis., Stockholm, 1987.
(The author's vision is that the concepts of growth and de...)
Board of directors American Chestnut Land Trust, Port Republic, Maryland., 1988-1993. Member of advisory committee Battle Creek Cypress Swamp, Nature Conservancy, Prince Frederick, Maryland., 1980-1984. Member Pleasant Peninsula Planning Committee, Prince Frederick, 1974.
Member Parker's Creek Watershed Planning Committee, Prince Frederick, 1993-1994. Lector St. John Vianney Church, Prince Frederick, since 1975. Member Atlantic Estuarine Research Society (president 1980-1981), Estuarine Research Federation (executive secretary 1986-1987), Washington Evolutionary Systems Society, International Society for Ecological Modelling, EcoGreen Global Society (member selection board 1990-1995), Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Marie AntoinetteChmilewsky, July 1, 1967. Children: Anastasia, Peter, Vera.