John Vandermeer
John Harry Vandermeer (born 1940) is an American ecologist, a mathematical ecologist, tropical ecologist and agroecologist. He is the
Asa Gray Distinguished University Professor of
Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology and the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor at the
University of Michigan, where he has taught since 1971. His research focuses on the ecology of agricultural systems, and he has operated a plot of
coffee plants in
Mexico for his research for more than fifteen years. In 2016, the symposium "Science with Passion and a Moral Compass" was held to honor his career as a scientist and activist. The symposium, also known as VandyFest, was held in
Ann Arbor,
Michigan from May 6 to May 8.
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