 Dr. Theodore "Ted" Wong's career has included both field and theoretical
approaches to ecology, but his recent work has focused on the
application of computer simulations and GIS to ecological and
environmental-management problems. Ted recently founded Grassroots
Geography, a non-profit organization that develops simple, inexpensive
GIS tools and works with grassroots environmental organizations to
integrate these tools into their conservation, sustainability, and
environmental-justice activities.
In 1994 Ted received a Master's at
the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, where he studied
forest ecology and conservation biology. He received a PhD in Biological
Sciences in 2001 at Stanford University. His dissertation research
combined garden and computer-simulation studies to explain geographic
distributions and growth strategies of plants in variable and changing
climates. Ted has worked on rare-butterfly conservation at Stanford's
Center for Conservation Biology, urban forestry with the California
Department of Forestry, and rainforest ecology in Sri Lanka with Yale's
Tropical Resources Institute.
Ted has also taught ecology, computer modelling, and ecosystem
management at Bryn Mawr and Ursinus Colleges.
His latest project, a free online mapping service, is available at
http://www.mapsprout.net.
Email:
t.wong@conservationinstitute.org
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