Richard Lindroth, Ph.D.
West 1973
Richard L. Lindroth graduated form West High in 1973. He has a bachelor of science degree in wildlife biology from Iowa State University and a doctorate in ecology from the University of Illinois. He currently resides in Madison, Wis.
Richard is a professor in the departments of entomology and zoology, the environmental toxicology center, and the institute for environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He teaches and mentors students and conducts ecological research at the university. He is world-renowned for his scientific research in global environmental change and chemical ecology.
He and a group of scientists recently received a $5 million award from the National Science Foundation to study a new "Frontier in Integrative Biology" - spanning molecular genetics, evolution and ecology. In 1997 Richard received an international Fulbright Senior Scholar award for research in New Zealand on the ecological consequences of the ozone hole. He has received the Pound (1994) and Rommes (1996) awards for research excellence.
At the university, Richard has served as graduate advisor for 14 doctoral students and 11 postdoctoral students. He is the author of approximately 90 scientific journal articles and nine book chapters. He is a contributing author to key scientific reports on global environmental change and is an editor for two scientific journals.
Other fellowships and awards include the AgResearch Research Fellowship from the Grasslands Research Centre and the National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Environmental Biology. Richard has served on multiple science panels for the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture and has served on various university and department committees.
Richard has been awarded a number of research grants form organizations including the National Science Foundation, the British Ecological Society and the USDA. His presented lectures include insect ecology, general ecology and ecosystem ecology.