Speakers
AbstractDr. Malcolm Bowman
Professor, Marine Science Research Center, Stony Brook University; and President, Stony Brook Environmental Conservancy
Malcolm Bowman is Professor of Physical Oceanography and Distinguished Service Professor at the Marine Sciences Research Center (MSRC), Stony Brook University. He obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees (hons.) in physics and mathematics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and his Ph.D. in engineering physics at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
He joined the Marine Sciences Research Center at Stony Brook University in 1971 and rose through the ranks to serve as Dean and Director during 1987-88. He is the principal investigator of the Stony Brook Storm Surge Research Group, which develops and tests modern coupled meteorological-ocean models to predict coastal surges and flooding from extreme weather events including nor’easters, hurricanes, and tsunamis. Of particular interest is the increasing threat to life and property in the New York metropolitan area in an era of global climate change and rising sea level.
Between 1996 and 1999, Dr Bowman took leave from Stony Brook University to accept an invitation to return to his native New Zealand as Founding Head of the School of Environmental and Marine Sciences at Auckland University. There he developed a keen awareness and interest in the role marine reserves and wilderness areas can play in marine conservation and fisheries rehabilitation.
He is a Director of the Environmental Defence Society (NZ), an honorary Professor of Physics at Auckland University, the Founder and current President of the Stony Brook Environmental Conservancy, and a Distinguished Member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars.
Links and Publications
http://alpha1.msrc.sunysb.edu/people/bowman.htm
