F. Stuart Chapin III (or Terry Chapin) (born February 2, 1944) is a professor of

Ecology Ecology () is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms and their Natural environment, environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community (ecology), community, ecosystem, and biosphere lev ...

at the Department of Biology and Wildlife of the Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska. He was President of the

Ecological Society of America The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is a professional organization of ecological scientists. Based in the United States and founded in 1915, ESA publications include peer-reviewed journals, newsletters, fact sheets, and teaching resources. I ...

(ESA) from August 2010 until 2011. The grandson of sociologist F. Stuart Chapin, Chapin III is better known to students and colleagues as 'Terry'. Chapin also serves as principal investigator of the Bonanza Creek Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program, and has a background in plant physiological ecology and

ecosystem ecology Ecosystem ecology is the integrated study of living ( biotic) and non-living ( abiotic) components of ecosystems and their interactions within an ecosystem framework. This science examines how ecosystems work and relates this to their components ...

. His current research interests focus on the resilience of social-ecological systems. As director of the graduate educational program in Resilience and Adaptation at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Chapin studies human-fire interactions in the

boreal forest Taiga or tayga ( ; , ), also known as boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by pinophyta, coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches. The taiga, or boreal forest, is the world's largest land biome. I ...

. As President of ESA, he plans to address the "critical issue" of planetary stewardship. With Mary Power and Steward Pickett, Chapin is leading a Planetary Stewardship initiative "whose goal is to reorient society toward a more sustainable relationship with the

biosphere The biosphere (), also called the ecosphere (), is the worldwide sum of all ecosystems. It can also be termed the zone of life on the Earth. The biosphere (which is technically a spherical shell) is virtually a closed system with regard to mat ...

."ESA Urban Ecology Section newsletter June 2010, retrieved January 26, 2011.
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Retrieved 27 September 2016.) In 2019 Terry Chapin won the Volvo Environment Prize. The jury citation states: "Professor Terry Chapin is not only a world-leading ecologist, he is also one of the world's most profound thinkers and actors on stewardship of the Earth System. ..His work will have a long-lasting impact on the ways we seek to build a sustainable future, with the concept of Earth Stewardship supporting the deep institutional and structural change required to meet the challenges ahead."

Academic career

Awards, grants, and honors

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, 1979–1980 * Kempe Award for Distinguished Ecologists, 1996 * Hill Professor, 1995 (Univ. of Minnesota) * Member Ecology Institute (Germany) 1986- * Usibelli Award (top researcher in all fields; Univ. of Alaska) 2000 * Fellow of the

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2000 * Member Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry 2000 * Outstanding faculty member, University of Alaska (selected by students) 2002 * Fellow of

American Academy of Arts and Sciences The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (The Academy) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. It was founded in 1780 during the American Revolution by John Adams, John Hancock, James Bowdoin, Andrew Oliver, and other ...

2002 * Member

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2004 * Oosting lecture, Duke University 2004. US Forest Service Wilderness Research Award on behalf of the Resilience and Adaptation Program. * Sustainability Science Award, 2008 (F. Stuart Chapin, III and Colleagues).

* Volvo Environment Prize 2019

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Personal website
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Academic career

Awards, grants, and honors

Notable publications

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