Notable FigureFemale
Ruth DeFries
born 1956
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryRuth S. DeFries is an American environmental geographer who specializes in the use of remote sensing to study Earth's habitability under the influence of human activities, such as deforestation, that influence regulating biophysical and biogeochemical processes. She was one of 24 recipients of the 2007 MacArthur Fellowship, and was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2006.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
October 20, 1956
Citizenship
United States
Occupations & fields
geographerbiologistenvironmentalistuniversity teacher
Awards & honours
MacArthur Fellows ProgramFellow of the Ecological Society of AmericaFellow of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceCorresponding Fellow of the British Academy
- Field and occupation
- americká geografka a vysokoškolská pedagožka zaměřená na environmentální geografii a dálkový průzkum Země
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