Telecouplings & Global Sustainability

A human–environment scientist and sustainability scholar, Dr. Jianguo "Jack" Liu holds the Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability, is University Distinguished Professor of fisheries and wildlife, and also serves as director of the Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability at Michigan State University (MSU).

His broad interests include the integration of ecology with social sciences. Dr. Liu takes a holistic approach to addressing complex human–environmental challenges through systems integration, which means he integrates multiple disciplines such as ecology and social sciences. His work has been published in journals such as Nature and Science, and has been widely covered by the international news media. Dr. Liu has served on various international and national committees and panels. He is a past president of the U.S. Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology (US-IALE). He also is a member of the Board of Reviewing Editors for Science and leads the International Network of Research on Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS-Net.org).

In recognition of his efforts and achievements in research, teaching, and service, Dr. Liu has received many awards, such as being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Guggenheim Fellowship Award, the CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation, the Distinguished Service Award from US-IALE, and the Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellowship from the Ecological Society of America.