Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
John Vandermeer has been involved in research and teaching in food and agriculture related topics for the past 50 years. His research has concentrated on the ecology of the coffee agroecosystem in Mexico, elaborating the complex ecological structures involved in complicated dynamics of the pest control system there. He has authored 15 books, mainly concerned with agroecosystems and more than 200 publications in theoretical ecology, tropical ecology and agroecology. He is a founding member of the New World Agriculture and Ecology Group. Currently he teaches Bio/Environ 101 – Food, Energy and Environmental Justice as well as The Ecology of Agricultural Ecosystems.