Dr. Kenneth A. Rose has joined the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Horn Point Laboratory faculty as its first France-Merrick Foundation Professor in Sustainable Ecosystem Restoration.
The endowed professorship was established to maintain Maryland’s leadership in restoring our ecosystems in the face of growth and a changing climate. Dr. Rose will apply his expertise toward the restoration and sustainability of Maryland’s environment, including the nation’s largest and most important estuary, the Chesapeake Bay.
"We searched far and wide for someone with Dr. Rose's scientific breadth and proven record of leadership to fill the Professorship,” University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science President Don Boesch said. “I am certain that he will he will help our whole community of scientists contribute effectively to restoring ecosystems in a rapidly changing environment."
Dr. Rose comes to UMCES’ Horn Point Laboratory from the College of the Coast & Environment at Louisiana State University, where has been serving as Associate Dean for Research. He previously held the position of Abraham Distinguished Professor and was a research staff member at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
"I am very excited about this opportunity to continue my career working with the faculty and staff of UMCES and with the graduate students in the Marine Estuarine and Environmental Sciences program. The France-Merrick Professorship gives me an opportunity to greatly expand on existing—and make new—collaborations, and to teach and advise excellent students who are the next generation of scientists in ocean and marine sciences,” Dr. Rose said. “The Chesapeake Bay is an iconic system to work on, and I hope I can contribute to furthering its effective management and restoration and to exchange lessons learned with scientists, managers, and stakeholders at other ecosystems worldwide."
We are delighted to have a world-class scientist like Dr. Kenny Rose join our faculty. His vast experience in ecosystem restoration will be a tremendous asset to improving and maintaining the health of Chesapeake Bay.
Dr. Rose’s research centers on using mathematical and computer simulation modeling to predict and better understand fish population and food web dynamics in estuaries, lakes, reservoirs, and oceans.
“We are delighted to have a world-class scientist like Dr. Kenny Rose join our faculty,” said Mike Roman, director of UMCES’ Horn Point Laboratory. “His vast experience in ecosystem restoration will be a tremendous asset to improving and maintaining the health of Chesapeake Bay.”
Dr. Rose is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the American Fisheries Society and recently earned an Award of Excellence for Lifetime Achievement from the American Fisheries Society. He has authored more than 160 peer-reviewed publications and served on more than 30 national and international advisory committees and editorial boards.
He earned is Ph.D. and M.S. in fisheries from University of Washington, and his B.S. in Biology and Mathematics from State University of New York at Albany.
Numerous individuals and foundations matched a $750,000 grant from the France-Merrick Foundation to make the France-Merrick Foundation Professor in Sustainable Ecosystem Restoration possible. The endowment for this fund now stands at more than $1,700,000.
