Professor Knute Nadelhoffer

Past Chair - University of Michigan

Knute Nadelhoffer is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan and retired (as of 2021) Director of the UM Biological Station in Pellston, Michigan, where he planned and conducted programs of research, training and outreach in environmental sciences. He has published more than 170 peer-reviewed journal articles, data sets, book chapters, and reports on ecosystem ecology, climate change impacts, and terrestrial biogeochemistry. He was founding Chair of ELPC’s Science Advisory Council (2007-2010) and is a leader in bringing together Midwest scientists to advocate strong policy actions for climate change solutions. Professor Nadelhoffer was a Senior Scientist at the Ecosystems Center of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Ecological Society of American (ESA). He was also a Fulbright Fellow at the Norwegian Institute for Water Research in Oslo (1996-97), a Program Director of the National Science Foundation’s Ecosystem Studies Program (2002-3), and a Guest Professor at The University of Copenhagen (2017).