Steven Neil Handel (born January 29, 1945, in Brooklyn) is an American educator and restoration ecologist. Handel is currently Distinguished Professor of Ecology at Rutgers University and Visiting Professor at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
Steven Handel | |
|---|---|
| Born | Steven Neil Handel January 29, 1945 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Professor Ecologist |
| Spouse | Joan Gang (m. 1973)[2] |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Columbia University Cornell University |
| Thesis | Population Biology of Three Woodland Carex Species (1976) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of South Carolina Yale University Rutgers University |
| Main interests | Plant ecology Pollination Restoration ecology[1] |
Career edit
He describes himself as a "nature-loving kid" who grew up in the Far Rockaway, Queens, neighborhood of New York City,[3] Handel received a Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences from Columbia University (1969) and a Master's degree (1974) and Doctor of Philosophy (1976) in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Cornell University.
Handel began his professorial career as a biology professor at the University of South Carolina, Yale University—where he also held the post of director of the Marsh Botanical Garden—and Rutgers University. In 1996, he was promoted by Rutgers to a full professor of ecology and was named director of their Center for Urban Restoration Ecology.
Handel was the lead ecologist for the restoration of Orange County Great Park in Irvine, California, and his other projects include Brooklyn Bridge Park, and the landscape for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
Awards edit
- 2009 - American Society of Landscape Architects Honor Research Award[4]
- 2011 - Society for Ecological Restoration Theodore M. Sperry Award[5]
- 2015 - American Society of Landscape Architects Honor Communications Award[6]
References edit
- ^ "Steven Handel Ecology Evolution and Natural Resources".
- ^ https://www.ics.uci.edu/~dan/genealogy/krakow/families/hecht.html
- ^ Ginsburg, Elisabeth. "A Well-Traveled Ecologist", The New York Times, November 10, 2002. Accessed March 7, 2024. "As an urban ecologist, Steven N. Handel has traveled from a former landfill near Thoreau's Walden Pond to West Virginia strip mines, but he always returns to the Garden State.... Mr. Handel, who grew up in Far Rockaway, was a 'nature-loving kid,' he says."
- ^ "ASLA 2009 Professional Awards".
- ^ "Past Award Recipients - Society for Ecological Restoration".
- ^ "2015 Asla Professional Awards".
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