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==Education and Career==
==Education and Career==
Ellis received an A.B. in Biology in 1986 and a Ph.D. in Plant Biology from [[Cornell University]] in 1990. After receiving his Ph.D., Ellis taught English at [[Nanjing Agricultural University]] in 1990/1991, and returned to China to study nitrogen cycling in China's village landscapes from 1993-1996.<ref name=touch/><ref name=trad>{{cite journal|last1=Ellis|first1=Erle|last2=Wang|first2=Si Ming|title=Sustainable traditional agriculture in the Tai Lake Region of China|journal=Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment|date=1997|volume=61|pages=177-193|doi=10.1016/S0167-8809(96)01099-7|url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-8809(96)01099-7}}</ref> From 1996 to 2000, he worked with Stephen Gliessman at the [[University of California, Santa Cruz]].
Ellis received an A.B. in Biology in 1986 and a Ph.D. in Plant Biology from [[Cornell University]] in 1990. After receiving his Ph.D., Ellis taught English at [[Nanjing Agricultural University]] in 1990/1991, and returned to China to study nitrogen cycling in China's village landscapes from 1993-1996.<ref name=touch/><ref name=trad>{{cite journal|last1=Ellis|first1=Erle|last2=Wang|first2=Si Ming|title=Sustainable traditional agriculture in the Tai Lake Region of China|journal=Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment|date=1997|volume=61|pages=177–193|doi=10.1016/S0167-8809(96)01099-7|url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-8809(96)01099-7}}</ref> From 1996 to 2000, he worked with Stephen Gliessman at the [[University of California, Santa Cruz]].
In 2000 he was hired as an assistant professor in the department of Geography and Environmental Systems of the [[University of Maryland, Baltimore County]]; he was promoted to professor in 2015.
In 2000 he was hired as an assistant professor in the department of Geography and Environmental Systems of the [[University of Maryland, Baltimore County]]; he was promoted to professor in 2015.
He is a fellow of the [[Global Land Project|Global Land Programme]] (Scientific Steering Committee 2012-2017) of [[Future Earth]] and the [http://quaternary.stratigraphy.org/working-groups/anthropocene/ Anthropocene Working Group] of the [[International Commission on Stratigraphy]] and a Senior Fellow at the [[Breakthrough Institute]]. He has taught ecology as a visiting professor at the [[Harvard Graduate School of Design]] (2013-2015) and was a visiting professor at the [[Carnegie Institution|Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology]] (2006/2007).
He is a fellow of the [[Global Land Project|Global Land Programme]] (Scientific Steering Committee 2012-2017) of [[Future Earth]] and the [http://quaternary.stratigraphy.org/working-groups/anthropocene/ Anthropocene Working Group] of the [[International Commission on Stratigraphy]] and a Senior Fellow at the [[Breakthrough Institute]]. He has taught ecology as a visiting professor at the [[Harvard Graduate School of Design]] (2013-2015) and was a visiting professor at the [[Carnegie Institution|Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology]] (2006/2007).


==Work==
==Work==
Ellis' research has explored long-term ecological changes in China's villages,<ref name=touch>{{cite journal|last1=Mervis|first1=Jeff|title=Field research also needs the human touch|journal=Science|date=1995|volume=270|pages=1145|doi=10.1126/science.270.5239.1145|url=http://science.sciencemag.org/content/270/5239/1145.summary}}</ref><ref name=trad/><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ellis|first1=Erle|last2=Neerchal|first2=Nagaraj|last3=Peng|first3=Kui|last4=Xiao|first4=Hong Sheng|last5=Wang|first5=Hongqing|last6=Yan|first6=Zhuang|last7=Li|first7=Shou Cheng|last8=Wu|first8=Jun Xi|last9=Jiao|first9=Jia Guo|last10=Ouyang|first10=Hua|last11=Cheng|first11=Xu|last12=Yang|first12=Lin Zhang|title=Estimating long-term changes in China’s village landscapes|journal=Ecosystems|date=2009|volume=12|pages=279-297|doi=10.1007/s10021-008-9222-4}}</ref> and in 2008, he produced the first global map of [[anthropogenic biomes]] together with [[Navin Ramankutty]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ellis|first1=Erle|last2=Ramankutty|first2=Navin|title=Putting people in the map: anthropogenic biomes of the world|journal=Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment|date=2008|volume=6|pages=439-447|doi=10.1890/070062|url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1890/070062}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Madrigal|first1=Alexis|title=Mapping the Humanized World|url=https://www.wired.com/2007/11/mapping-the-hum/|website=Wired|date=2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Holden|first1=Constance|title=Humankind's global footprint|journal=Science|date=2007|volume=318|pages=1839|doi=10.1126/science.318.5858.1839c|url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.318.5858.1839c}}</ref>
Ellis' research has explored long-term ecological changes in China's villages,<ref name=touch>{{cite journal|last1=Mervis|first1=Jeff|title=Field research also needs the human touch|journal=Science|date=1995|volume=270|pages=1145|doi=10.1126/science.270.5239.1145|url=http://science.sciencemag.org/content/270/5239/1145.summary}}</ref><ref name=trad/><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ellis|first1=Erle|last2=Neerchal|first2=Nagaraj|last3=Peng|first3=Kui|last4=Xiao|first4=Hong Sheng|last5=Wang|first5=Hongqing|last6=Yan|first6=Zhuang|last7=Li|first7=Shou Cheng|last8=Wu|first8=Jun Xi|last9=Jiao|first9=Jia Guo|last10=Ouyang|first10=Hua|last11=Cheng|first11=Xu|last12=Yang|first12=Lin Zhang|title=Estimating long-term changes in China’s village landscapes|journal=Ecosystems|date=2009|volume=12|pages=279–297|doi=10.1007/s10021-008-9222-4}}</ref> and in 2008, he produced the first global map of [[anthropogenic biomes]] together with [[Navin Ramankutty]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ellis|first1=Erle|last2=Ramankutty|first2=Navin|title=Putting people in the map: anthropogenic biomes of the world|journal=Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment|date=2008|volume=6|pages=439–447|doi=10.1890/070062|url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1890/070062}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Madrigal|first1=Alexis|title=Mapping the Humanized World|url=https://www.wired.com/2007/11/mapping-the-hum/|website=Wired|date=2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Holden|first1=Constance|title=Humankind's global footprint|journal=Science|date=2007|volume=318|pages=1839|doi=10.1126/science.318.5858.1839c|url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.318.5858.1839c}}</ref>


Ellis has published more than 100 scientific articles relating to global and local ecological changes caused by humans.<ref>[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=V7pvcboAAAAJ Google Scholar Report]</ref>. He has also written a number of articles and opinions communicating his work and other matters relating to humans as agents of ecological change, at [[Nature (journal)|Nature]]<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ellis|first1=Erle|last2=Maslin|first2=Mark|last3=Boivin|first3=Nicole|last4=Bauer|first4=Andrew|title=Involve social scientists in defining the Anthropocene|journal=Nature|date=2016|volume=540|issue=7632|pages=192–193|doi=10.1038/540192a|url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/540192a}}</ref>, [[New Scientist]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ellis|first1=Erle|title=Time to forget global tipping points|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21729070-200-time-to-forget-global-tipping-points/|work=NewScientist|issue=2907|date=March 9, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ellis|first1=Erle|title=Forget Mother Nature: This is a World of Our Making|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028165-700-forget-mother-nature-this-is-a-world-of-our-making/|work=NewScientist|issue=2816|date=June 14, 2011}}</ref> the [[New York Times]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ellis|first1=Erle|title=Overpopulation Is Not the Problem|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/14/opinion/overpopulation-is-not-the-problem.html|work=The New York Times|date=September 13, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/11/opinion/sunday/science-people-environment-earth.html|title=Opinion {{!}} Science Alone Won’t Save the Earth. People Have to Do That.|last=Ellis|first=Erle|date=August 11, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-08-16|year=|language=en}}</ref>, Breakthrough Journal<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ellis|first1=Erle|title=Nature for the People: Toward A Democratic Vision for the Biosphere|journal=Breakthrough Journal|date=2017|issue=7|pages=15-25|url=https://thebreakthrough.org/index.php/journal/past-issues/issue-7/nature-for-the-people}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ellis|first1=Erle|title=The Planet of No Return: Human Resilience on an Artificial Earth|journal=Breakthrough Journal|date=2011|issue=2|pages=39-44|url=https://thebreakthrough.org/index.php/journal/past-issues/issue-2/the-planet-of-no-return}}</ref>, and other venues. His first book, ''Anthropocene: A Very Short Introduction''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ellis|first1=Erle|title=Anthropocene: A Very Short Introduction|date=2018|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780198792987|doi=10.1093/actrade/9780198792987.001.0001}}</ref>, was published in 2018.
Ellis has published more than 100 scientific articles relating to global and local ecological changes caused by humans.<ref>[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=V7pvcboAAAAJ Google Scholar Report]</ref> He has also written a number of articles and opinions communicating his work and other matters relating to humans as agents of ecological change, at [[Nature (journal)|Nature]],<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ellis|first1=Erle|last2=Maslin|first2=Mark|last3=Boivin|first3=Nicole|last4=Bauer|first4=Andrew|title=Involve social scientists in defining the Anthropocene|journal=Nature|date=2016|volume=540|issue=7632|pages=192–193|doi=10.1038/540192a|url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/540192a}}</ref> [[New Scientist]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ellis|first1=Erle|title=Time to forget global tipping points|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21729070-200-time-to-forget-global-tipping-points/|work=NewScientist|issue=2907|date=March 9, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ellis|first1=Erle|title=Forget Mother Nature: This is a World of Our Making|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028165-700-forget-mother-nature-this-is-a-world-of-our-making/|work=NewScientist|issue=2816|date=June 14, 2011}}</ref> the [[New York Times]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ellis|first1=Erle|title=Overpopulation Is Not the Problem|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/14/opinion/overpopulation-is-not-the-problem.html|work=The New York Times|date=September 13, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/11/opinion/sunday/science-people-environment-earth.html|title=Opinion {{!}} Science Alone Won’t Save the Earth. People Have to Do That.|last=Ellis|first=Erle|date=August 11, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-08-16|year=|language=en}}</ref> Breakthrough Journal,<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ellis|first1=Erle|title=Nature for the People: Toward A Democratic Vision for the Biosphere|journal=Breakthrough Journal|date=2017|issue=7|pages=15–25|url=https://thebreakthrough.org/index.php/journal/past-issues/issue-7/nature-for-the-people}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ellis|first1=Erle|title=The Planet of No Return: Human Resilience on an Artificial Earth|journal=Breakthrough Journal|date=2011|issue=2|pages=39–44|url=https://thebreakthrough.org/index.php/journal/past-issues/issue-2/the-planet-of-no-return}}</ref> and other venues. His first book, ''Anthropocene: A Very Short Introduction'',<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ellis|first1=Erle|title=Anthropocene: A Very Short Introduction|date=2018|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780198792987|doi=10.1093/actrade/9780198792987.001.0001}}</ref> was published in 2018.


==References==
==References==
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Erle Christopher Ellis (born 11 March 1963 in Washington, DC) is an American environmental scientist. Ellis's work investigates the causes and consequences of long-term ecological changes caused by humans at local to global scales, including those related to the Anthropocene. As of 2016 he is a professor of Geography and Environmental Systems at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County where he directs the Laboratory for Anthropogenic Landscape Ecology.

Education and Career

Ellis received an A.B. in Biology in 1986 and a Ph.D. in Plant Biology from Cornell University in 1990. After receiving his Ph.D., Ellis taught English at Nanjing Agricultural University in 1990/1991, and returned to China to study nitrogen cycling in China's village landscapes from 1993-1996.[1][2] From 1996 to 2000, he worked with Stephen Gliessman at the University of California, Santa Cruz. In 2000 he was hired as an assistant professor in the department of Geography and Environmental Systems of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County; he was promoted to professor in 2015. He is a fellow of the Global Land Programme (Scientific Steering Committee 2012-2017) of Future Earth and the Anthropocene Working Group of the International Commission on Stratigraphy and a Senior Fellow at the Breakthrough Institute. He has taught ecology as a visiting professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (2013-2015) and was a visiting professor at the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology (2006/2007).

Work

Ellis' research has explored long-term ecological changes in China's villages,[1][2][3] and in 2008, he produced the first global map of anthropogenic biomes together with Navin Ramankutty.[4][5][6]

Ellis has published more than 100 scientific articles relating to global and local ecological changes caused by humans.[7] He has also written a number of articles and opinions communicating his work and other matters relating to humans as agents of ecological change, at Nature,[8] New Scientist,[9][10] the New York Times,[11][12] Breakthrough Journal,[13][14] and other venues. His first book, Anthropocene: A Very Short Introduction,[15] was published in 2018.

References

  1. ^ a b Mervis, Jeff (1995). "Field research also needs the human touch". Science. 270: 1145. doi:10.1126/science.270.5239.1145.
  2. ^ a b Ellis, Erle; Wang, Si Ming (1997). "Sustainable traditional agriculture in the Tai Lake Region of China". Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 61: 177–193. doi:10.1016/S0167-8809(96)01099-7.
  3. ^ Ellis, Erle; Neerchal, Nagaraj; Peng, Kui; Xiao, Hong Sheng; Wang, Hongqing; Yan, Zhuang; Li, Shou Cheng; Wu, Jun Xi; Jiao, Jia Guo; Ouyang, Hua; Cheng, Xu; Yang, Lin Zhang (2009). "Estimating long-term changes in China's village landscapes". Ecosystems. 12: 279–297. doi:10.1007/s10021-008-9222-4.
  4. ^ Ellis, Erle; Ramankutty, Navin (2008). "Putting people in the map: anthropogenic biomes of the world". Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 6: 439–447. doi:10.1890/070062.
  5. ^ Madrigal, Alexis (2007). "Mapping the Humanized World". Wired.
  6. ^ Holden, Constance (2007). "Humankind's global footprint". Science. 318: 1839. doi:10.1126/science.318.5858.1839c.
  7. ^ Google Scholar Report
  8. ^ Ellis, Erle; Maslin, Mark; Boivin, Nicole; Bauer, Andrew (2016). "Involve social scientists in defining the Anthropocene". Nature. 540 (7632): 192–193. doi:10.1038/540192a.
  9. ^ Ellis, Erle (March 9, 2013). "Time to forget global tipping points". NewScientist. No. 2907.
  10. ^ Ellis, Erle (June 14, 2011). "Forget Mother Nature: This is a World of Our Making". NewScientist. No. 2816.
  11. ^ Ellis, Erle (September 13, 2013). "Overpopulation Is Not the Problem". The New York Times.
  12. ^ Ellis, Erle (August 11, 2018). "Opinion | Science Alone Won't Save the Earth. People Have to Do That". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  13. ^ Ellis, Erle (2017). "Nature for the People: Toward A Democratic Vision for the Biosphere". Breakthrough Journal (7): 15–25.
  14. ^ Ellis, Erle (2011). "The Planet of No Return: Human Resilience on an Artificial Earth". Breakthrough Journal (2): 39–44.
  15. ^ Ellis, Erle (2018). Anthropocene: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/actrade/9780198792987.001.0001. ISBN 9780198792987.
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