Ruth DeFries | |
|---|---|
 DeFries in 2014 | |
| Born | October 20, 1956 |
| Alma mater | Washington University in St. Louis; Johns Hopkins University |
| Awards | MacArthur Fellowship |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Environmental geography |
| Institutions | Columbia University; University of Maryland, College Park |
| Doctoral students | B. Clark
A. Neelakantan N. Schwartz M. Agarwala M. Cattau M. Jain M. Fagan M. Marlier V. Gutierrez-Velez K. Wurster S. Zeigler D. Morton J. Dempewolf L. Anderson M. Songer |
Ruth S. DeFries (born October 20, 1956) is an environmental geographer who specializes in the use of remote sensing to study Earth's habitability under the influence of human activities, such as deforestation,[1][2][3] that influence regulating biophysical and biogeochemical processes.[4] She was one of 24 recipients of the 2007 MacArthur Fellowship,[5][6] and was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2006.[7]
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- ^ "An Improved Method For Monitoring National And Global Deforestation". ScienceDaily. 2001-06-05. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "Growth In Amazon Cropland May Impact Climate And Deforestation Patterns". ScienceDaily. 2006-09-22. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "Ruth DeFries biography". The Earth Institute, Columbia University. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "MacArthur Fellows 2007". The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ Roylance, Frank D.; Emery, Chris (2007-09-25). "'Genius' rewarded: Hopkins physician, UM geographer are among 24 awarded $500,000 MacArthur grants for research". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "A Conversation with UM's Ruth DeFries, Newly Elected to the National Academy of Sciences". University of Maryland. Archived from the original on 2008-12-19. Retrieved 2008-09-16.