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David Schindler, Alberta, Canada

Killam Memorial Chair and Professor of Ecology in the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta.

From 1968 to 1989, Dr. Schindler founded and directed the Experimental Lakes Project of the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans near Kenora, Ontario, conducting interdisciplinary research on the effects of eutrophication, acid rain, radioactive elements and climate change on boreal ecosystems. His work has been widely used in formulating ecologically sound management policy in Canada, the USA and in Europe. In May 2009 Dr. Schindler was presented with the Sandford Fleming award for his efforts to help the Canadian public and the world better understand science. The recognition comes from the Royal Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Science. Schindler was chosen for the award because he is, said Roy Pearson, president of the institute, “a scientist who is able to bridge the gap between the lab and people.”
Throughout his career Schindler has worked tirelessly to break new ground as a researcher on two subjects close to his heart: fresh water and the boreal forest. His credentials in the field and laboratory are matched by his status as an eloquent translator of complicated science.
To Schindler, being a conduit to the world of science is a welcomed and required part of the job. “The public supports all the luxurious things that university researchers do so certainly the public has a right to know the relevance of research that can affect their lives.”
For more complete information: http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/faculty/david_schindler, or read this article.

Shane Mahoney, Newfoundland, Canada

Executive Director of Sustainable Development and Strategic Science with the Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Founder and Executive Director of the Institute of Biodiversity, Ecosystem Science and Sustainability at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Born and raised in Newfoundland, Shane Mahoney is a biologist and writer, and is widely known internationally as a lecturer on environmental and resource conservation issues. A research biologist with broad experience, Shane has spent twenty years investigating phenomena as diverse as seabird breeding behavior, waterfowl parasites, and the predator prey relationships and population dynamics of black bears, lynx, moose and woodland caribou. He has published in a broad spectrum of scientific journals including Ibis, the Canadian Journal of Zoology, Wilson Bulletin, Alces, the Journal of Wildlife Management, Forest Ecology and Management, Rangifer, and the Journal of Molecular Ecology. In total he has authored or co-authored over 120 scientific and popular articles and reports.
In 1992 Shane was appointed head of Ecosystem Research and Inventory for all wildlife species in Newfoundland and Labrador and has been responsible for the creation and direction of a new Wildlife Research Unit in that province. He is currently cross-appointed at three universities in Atlantic Canada.
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Tyrone Hayes, Berkeley, California

Class of 43 Chair and Professor of Integrative Biology, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Endocrinology, Molecular Toxicology, and Energy and Resources Group.

Tyrone B. Hayes was born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina where he developed his love for biology. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Harvard University in 1989 and his PhD from the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley in 1993. After completing his PhD, he began post-doctoral training at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health and the Cancer Research Laboratories at UC Berkeley (funded by the National Science Foundation), but this training was truncated when he was hired as an Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley in 1994. He was promoted to Associate professor with tenure in 2000 and to full Professor in 2003.
Hayes' research focuses on developmental endocrinology with an emphasis on evolution and environmental regulation of growth and development. For the last ten years, the role of endocrine disrupting contaminants, particularly pesticides, has been a major focus. Hayes is interested in the impact of chemical contaminants on environmental health and public health, with a specific interest in the role of pesticides in global amphibian declines and environmental justice concerns associated with targeted exposure of racial and ethnic minorities to endocrine disruptors and the role that exposure plays in health care disparities.