Patrick Kangas, Natural Resources Management

Patrick Kangas, Ph.D.

Office: 1455 Animal Sciences Building Laboratory: 0538 Animal Sciences Building Phone: 301.405.1198 Fax: 301.314.9023 Email: pkangas@umd.edu

Associate Professor
Natural Resources Management Program
Department of Environmental Science and Technology
University of Maryland, College Park

Education
Ph.D., Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida, 1983
M.S., Botany and Geography, University of Oklahoma 1978
B.S., Biology, Kent State University 1974

Research Interests
Systems ecology; design and operation of constructed ecosystems. especially microcosms, mesocosms, and living machines; tropical conservation and sustainable development; self organization in living and non-living systems.

Teaching Interests
General ecology; ecological design and engineering; travel-study coursework, especially in the tropics; field methods in ecology; ecological economics.