Dr. Tom Stohlgren

Dr. Tom Stohlgren

Tom Stohlgren, Ph.D., is a Research Scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, and has worked for the Department of the Interior for 33 years. Dr. Stohlgren has served as a Senior Scientist at the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory for over 21 years and has held an Affiliate Faculty position at Colorado State University since 1991. Tom is recognized as one of the top ten most productive scientists in the world in the field of biological invasions. He has published over 190 scientific papers and a textbook on methods of assessing plant diversity. He received a Bachelor's degree in Forestry from the University of California, Berkeley; Master's degree in Biology from California State University, Fresno; and, Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of California, Davis. Stohlgren has won several Departmental awards including two Partners in Conservation Awards, and the Meritorious Service Award.  He teaches graduate classes on philosophy of science, invasion ecology, and technical writing. Because of his expertise on biological invasions, he is invited around the globe to lecture on harmful invasive plants, animals, and diseases. Stohlgren is USGS Liaison to the National Ecological Observatory Network and helps on issues related to biological sampling and scaling. He also directs the National Institute of Invasive Species Science and dreams of developing a new center for Modeling Species Distributions and Ecological Forecasting.

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