Biography


Glen MacDonald is a Professor of Geography and of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA. 
He grew-up in California and has attended or worked at universities in California, Canada and 
England. He is a biogeographer and teaches and conducts research on topics of climate change,
drought, fire, vegetation dynamics, human-environment interactions, environmental restoration 
and resource management. He conducts research in the the Arctic regions of Canada and Russia,
the boreal forest of Canada, the western United States - including California, Hawaii and 
west Africa. He has won numerous awards for his research, presented his results to scholars, 
the general public and print, radio and television media and testified before government bodies
including the US Senate Appropriations Committee. He is an award winning teacher and speaker.

Educational Background Ph.D. Toronto Botany (Geol. Minor) M.Sc. Calgary Geography B.A. (Hon.) California, Berkeley Geography Thesis Title Ph.D., Postglacial Plant Migration and Vegetation Development in the Western Canadian Boreal Forest. M.Sc., Postglacial Palaeoecology of the Morley Flats and Kananaskis Valley Region, Southwestern Alberta. Hon., The Impact of 19th Century Redwood Logging on the Bolinas Lagoon Watershed, Marin County, California. Current Position Chair - UCLA Geography Full Professor - UCLA Geography Full Professor – UCLA Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professional Organizations American Association for the Advancement of Science American Geophysical Union American Quaternary Association Association of American Geographers International Biogeographical Society (Founding Treasurer) Geological Society of America

Guggenheim Fellow Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science UCLA Friends of Geography Atlas Award Discover Magazine Top 100 Science Story - 2005 Cowles Award for Excellence in Publication (AAG) - 2004 Astor Visiting Lecturer, Oxford University UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award Cowles Award for Excellence in Publication (AAG) - 1999 University of Helsinki Medal Elected as Visiting Fellow and Life Member, Clare Hall, Cambridge University McMaster University Award for Teaching Excellence McMaster Faculty of Science Award for Teaching Excellence McMaster Departmental Undergraduate Award for Teaching Excellence Graduation with Highest Honors and Distinction, University of California Member of University of California Scholastic Honor Society

Scholarly and Professional Activities President Canadian Association of Palynologists (1995) International Coordinator International Boreal Forest Research Association (Global Change) (1991 93) Chair PARCS – NSF Program (2001-) Biogeography Specialty Group of the AAG (1999-2001) IsoTrace Laboratories Board, Physics Department, University of Toronto (1993 1995) Committee on the Future of the Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (1989) Founding Treasurer International Biogeographical Society (2001-) Executive Board IsoTrace Laboratories, Physics Department, University of Toronto (1992 1995) Board/Committee Member Geography and Geology Nominating Committee AAAS (2005-) NSF PALE/PARCS Steering Committee (1998-) Panel to Develop a New PAGES Core Project on Arctic Climate Change (1995) Canadian Association of Geographers Global Change Committee (1991) North American Pollen Data Base (1991 1995 ) IsoTrace Laboratories, Physics Department, University of Toronto (1990 95) Hamilton Wentworth Archaeological Foundation Board of Directors (1991 92) Committee for the Professional Registration of Geoscientists (Ontario) (1990 92) International Panel on Boreal Forest Research (Moscow) (1990 91) Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (1987 1990) Invited Panel Member/Moderator/Workshop Participant Novartis – Royal Society Workshop on Evolution and the Quaternary (2004) Holocene Climate Change Research (2000) NSF Earth Systems History Panel (1998-2000) PALE Workshop on Laminated Sediments (1996) NSF Arctic Systems Sciences All Hands Workshop (1996) NSF ARCSS Russian Shelf Interface Planning Workshop (1996) Ontario Ministry of Environment Fire Workshop (1995) PAGES Multi Proxy Workshop (1994) NSF PALE Workshop (1993 95) NOAA Grant Selection Panel (1994) COHMAP Workshop (1994) Society of American Foresters Boreal Forest Plenary Session (Moderator) (1994) NATO World Biomass Burning Workshop (Moderator) (1994) Geological Survey of Canada 6ka Workshop (1991) Editorial Board / Advisory Board Annals of the American Association of Geographers (1996-2000 ) Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Researh (2000-) Ecological Applications (2000- ) Great Lakes Geographer (1993 1997 ) Physical Geography (2002-) Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology (1989 ) Quaternary International (1997- ) Guest Editor Journal of Paleolimnology (2000) Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology (1993) Canadian Geographer Focus Section (1988) Academic Reviewer Review of Geography Department of the University of Tennessee Review of the Graduate Program in Geography at York Univeristy Review and Selection of Chair for Geography at the University of Western Ontario Academic Review of the Geography Departments of York University and Atkinson College Scientific Reviewer NOAA NSERC NSF International Science Foundation National Geographic Research and Exploration National Institute for Global Environmental Change Fonds pour la formation de chercheurs et l'aide a'la recherche Arctic Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research Canadian Geographer Canadian Journal of Botany Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences Canadian Journal of Forest Research Catena Earth Surface Processes and Landforms Ecology Ecoscience Environmental Reviews Geographie physique et Quaternaire Holocene Journal of Biogeography Nature Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Palynology Quaternary Research Radiocarbon Swedish Government Water, Air and Soil Pollution Special Session Organizer American Geophysical Union (1998) INQUA (1995) American Association of Geographers (1990) Canadian Association of Geographers (1986) Fieldtrip Organizer Association of American Geographers (2002) Canadian Association of Geographers (1987) International Palynological Conference (1984) Science Advisor National Atlas of Canada (1989) Operation Raleigh Canadian Arctic Expedition (1988)