Ecologist Wins Inventors Prize
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Biology professor Daniel Janzen has received the 2003 John Scott Award from the City Trusts of Philadelphia for his pioneering contributions to the field of conservation biology.
Dr. Janzen, the Thomas E. and Louise G. DiMaura Endowed Term Professor in Conservation Biology, has been widely recognized for his work on the restoration of the Guanacaste Tropical Dry Forest in Costa Rica. He is a MacArthur Fellow and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He has received Japan’s prestigious Kyoto Prize, the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences’ Crafoord Prize in Biology, and the School’s Ira Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching.
The Scott Award recognizes a person whose invention has
made an outstanding contribution to mankind. It was established
in 1826 by Edinburgh pharmacist John Scott and has been awarded
for inventions in industry, agriculture, manufacturing, science,
and medicine. Professor Janzen joins the ranks of previous
recipients such as Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, Jonas Salk,
and the Wright brothers.
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Professor Janzen’s work in Costa Rica