David Lopez-Carr

David Lopez-Carr

David Lopez-Carr is a geography professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara, where he directs the Human-Environment Dynamics Lab and is the Director of Latin American and Iberian Studies. He received a PhD from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in geography and a BA in Hispanic Literature with a minor in geology from Bates College. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He has lived, worked, and traveled extensively in Latin America and in over 70 countries worldwide and speaks six languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, and Q'eqchi Maya.[1][2]

Biography

David Lopez-Carr had a rural upbringing in New Hampshire that spurred an early fascination with nature and cartography. After attending Bates College, his focus on the human impact on the environment became more pronounced and he worked as a Legislative Assistant for former US Senate Majority Leader, George Mitchell, as a tour guide in the Ecuadorian Amazon, and as a translator to Spanish and to English of Latin American history, poetry, and environmental law. He went on to become a graduate researcher with the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina, where he earned a PhD in Geography and a post-doctoral fellowship in Biostatistics.

He has twice vanquished Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and credits the experience as both more challenging and rewarding than any previous job. He is married to fellow geographer Dr. Anna Lopez-Carr, with whom he has a 5 year old son, Xé.

His current research focuses on links among population, health, rural development, agriculture, and marine and forest resource use and conservation. He has ongoing projects in Latin America, Africa, and Asia and has collaborated extensively with conservation and development organizations, including the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Obama administration’s $63 billion six year Global Health Initiative. He was a lead author on the “Land” and ‘’Drivers’’ chapters for the United Nations Environment Program’s (UNEP) Global Environmental Outlook (Geo-5) published as the UN’s position statement for the Rio de Janeiro 2012 World Summit.

Professional Appointments

Latin American and Iberian Studies, UCSB. 2006–present.

for Demography. UCSB. 2010–present.

(MCR) Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTER). 2007–present. LTER. Lead Social Scientist 2010–present.

University of California, San Diego. 2010–present

Professional Membership

Professional Activities

- Scientific Steering Committee Member. 2008-2010. - Co-organizer of Open Meeting on Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change. Bonn, Germany, April 2009. -Task Force Member: World Health Organization (WHO) Project on Global Environmental Change and Human Health (GECHH). The task force is charged with launching an international research program to investigate the health risks associated with global environmental change and try to develop realistic solutions (2007-2010). First meeting: Bonn, 10 May 2007.

Awards and honors

Grants and Fellowships

National Institutes of Health

National Science Foundation

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Foundation Grants

University of California and University of North Carolina Grants and Fellowships

Publications

Aide, TM, M. Clark, R. Grau, D. López-Carr, D. Redo, M. Bonilla, M. Levy (2013). The deforestation and reforestation of Latin America and the Caribbean (2001-2010). Biotropica. 45(2): 262-271. http://tcel.uprrp.edu/images/publications/Aide%20et%20al%20Biotropica%202013.pdf

Other Publications

Books, Edited Volumes, Manuscripts

References

  1. ↑ "David López-Carr Named AAAS Fellow". The UCSB Current.
  2. ↑ "Geography Professor Named AAAS Fellow". The Daily Nexus.
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