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Professor Thomas Eisner
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.
Professor Thomas Eisner, Ph.D, has been the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Chemical Ecology at Cornell University since 1976, and has served as Director of the Cornell Institute for Research in Chemical Ecology since 1993. He is a world authority on animal behavior, ecology, and evolution, and is a founder of chemical ecology, the discipline dealing with the chemical interactions of organisms.
Prof. Eisner is a field biologist with working experience on four continents, and an active conservationist. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Union of Concerned Scientists, and has previously been a board member of the National Audubon Society and the Scientific Council of The Nature Conservancy. Prof. Eisner is member of the National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the Royal Society, and the recipient of numerous honors, including the National Medal of Science and the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement.
Prof. Eisner has published over 400 articles and nine books, and currently serves as an editorial board member of the Journal of Chemical Ecology and of Chemoecology. He is a well-known nature photographer, and has helped make award-winning film documentaries. Prof. Eisner holds a B.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University.
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