Open AccessMontgomery chosen as MacArthur Fellow
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2008eo400003
Subject(s) - foundation (evidence) , environmental ethics , history , archaeology , philosophy
David Montgomery, a professor in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington, Seattle, was selected as a MacArthur Fellow, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced on 23 September. A geomorphologist, Montgomery was cited for “making fundamental contributions to our understanding of the geophysical forces that determine landscape evolution and of how our use of soils and rivers has shaped civilizations past and present.”