Professor Stuart Hurlbert is Professor Emeritus of Biology at San Diego State University, where he has had a distinguished career as a scholar, teacher, and researcher. His work has focused primarily on lake ecology, biostatistics, and man-environment relations. He served as Director of San Diego State University’s Center for Inland Waters from 1996 to 2008 and is the Founding President of Scientists and Environmentalists for Population Stabilization.
Professor Hurlbert is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of several scientific societies. His contributions to science have been recognized with prestigious awards, including the 1984 G.W. Snedecor Award from the American Statistical Association and the 2003 Award for Scientific Reviewing from the National Academy of Sciences.
He holds a B.A. from Amherst College (1961) and a Ph.D. from Cornell University (1968). Throughout his career, he has also been a strong advocate for greater engagement by environmental scientists in addressing U.S. population growth and its environmental impacts.
