Everything about Russell Mittermeier totally explained
Russell A. Mittermeier (born
November 8,
1949) is a
primatologist,
herpetologist and
biological anthropologist. He has written several books for both popular and scientist audiences, and has authored some 300
scientific papers.
Biography
Mittermeier received his B.A. (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) from
Dartmouth in 1971 and his Ph.D. from
Harvard in Biological Anthropology in 1977.
He has conducted fieldwork for over 30 years on three continents and in more than 20 countries in mainly
tropical locations, notably
Brazil,
Suriname and
Madagascar. Mittermeier's fieldwork has been focused on
primates, protected areas, and other conservation issues and he's considered an expert on such topics as biological diversity and its value to humanity, ecosystem conservation, tropical biology and species conservation.
Mittermeier has formally discovered several
monkey species. He was honored for his work in
Madagascar in 2006 with the naming of a newly discovered species of
mouse lemur Microcebus mittermeieri, or Mittermeier's Mouse Lemur. Russell Mittermeier is the author of
Lemurs of Madagascar, a comprehensive field guide on the country's
flagship species. He is also notable as one of relatively few scientists to argue in favor of serious study of the North American
Bigfoot phenomenon.
Mittermeier was named president of
Conservation International in 1989. In addition to his work at
CI, Mittermeier has served as Chairman of the
IUCN-World Conservation Union Species Survival Commission's Primate Specialist Group since 1977, and as the Chairman of the
World Bank's Task Force of Biological Diversity in 1988 and
1989. He also serves as President of the Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation and an Adjunct Professor at the
State University of New York at Stony Brook. Prior to coming to
Conservation International, he was Vice President for Science at the
World Wildlife Fund.
Familiy
Russell Mittermier has been married for 16 years to
Cristina Mittermeier a marine biologist by training and Executive Director of the
International League of Conservation Photographers (
ILCP).
Together they live in
Great Falls, Virginia where they're raising two of their children, Michael (16),who is currently attending the millbrook school and Juliana who takes an interest in acting, and sports(11). An older child, John Mittermeier, is an undergraduate student at
Yale University.
Awards and Honors
Mittermeier has received many awards, including:
Selected Bibliography
Among the many books coauthored by Russell Mittermeier,
Hotspots,
Wilderness Areas, and
Transboundary Conservation stand out.
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