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Christopher G. Boone

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Christopher G. Boone
Alma materQueen's University
University of Toronto
PredecessorSander van der Leeuw
SuccessorIncumbent

Christopher G. Boone is the Dean of the ASU School of Sustainability. President Michael M. Crow appointed him as dean in 2013.[1] Previously he served as Associate Dean (2010-2013) and was the Graduate Director when the school was established in 2006.[2]

Education

Boone received his Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Toronto in 1994 and holds a master degree from the same institution. In 1987, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree with honours from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. From 1993-1995, he was a post-doctoral fellow in the School of Environment at McGill University funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Research

His research expertise focuses on urbanization, sustainability, and environmental justice. He is an investigator for two Long Term Ecological Research Network projects based in Baltimore and Phoenix and funded by the US National Science Foundation. Both projects examine the structure and function of urban ecosystems and how to use that understanding to support sustainability initiatives in cities. He serves on the scientific steering committee of the Urbanization and Global Environmental Change Programme, a Future Earth project. For the Council of Environmental Deans and Directors, part of the National Council on Science and the Environment based in Washington. D.C., he serves on the executive committee.



References

  1. ^ "Boone appointed dean of School of Sustainability | ASU Now: Access, Excellence, Impact". Asunews.asu.edu. 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  2. ^ "Growing Leaders in Sustainability".
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