About
When I was a child I continually crawled into Lake Michigan before I could walk. I was always happiest swimming long distances. My first scuba dive was in Mexico when everyone panicked due to sharks, but me. I finished the dive happily. When I chose among vocations, marine science seemed ideal, doing research right away. I trained as a marine biologist, plant ecophysiologist and a chemical oceanographer. I worked throughout the tropical world teaching nations how to restore their seagrass helping with their nearshore pollution problems (Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Oceania, & Africa).
Seagrass restoration in large scale is a set of techniques I invented after nuclear power plants impacted SE Florida seagrass. My work on the rehabilitation of coastal ecosystems has a substantial influence on national & international conservation policies. For this restoration work I received awards from the United Nations Environmental Program Gold Medal in 1982, the UNEP Global 500 list in 1987. In 1991 I received the Earth Trustee Award from UNCED and was featured in UNEP's Who's Who Women in Environment in 2006. Also I received a Lifetime Legacy Award from Botanical Society of America, a Lindbergh Award numerous national and international awards and grants, including an honorary doctorate by the Philippines Women's University. I work with Yale's School of Forestry & Environmental Studies in the Institute of Sustainable Forestry Eco-physiological Labs. I have held a series of professorships at leading Universities (Univ. California Berkeley, Stanford Univ. Hopkins Marine Station, Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at the Univ. Miami, and Florida International University). See: Wikipedia Anitra Thorhaug
Joined
September 2016
