Michael L. Pace

Education

Ph.D. University of Georgia, 1981

Biography

Michael Pace is the W.W. Corcoran Emeritus Professor of Natural History at the University of Virginia. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Ecology from the University of Geogia. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at McGill University, an Assistant Professor of Oceanography at the University of Hawaii, and a Scientific Staff member at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in New York prior to becoming a faculty member at the University of Virginia. He studies the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems and the causes and consequences of environmental change. He is currently conducting research on resilience and state change in aquatic ecosystems using whole lake manipulations. He has received several awards including the G. Evelyn Hutchinson Medal and the A. C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography as well as the Naumann-Thienemann Medal from the International Society of Limnology. 

Publications

See my Google Scholar Link for my most up-to-date publication list.

Teaching

Ecosystem Ecology (EVSC 4250/7559)
Study of the flows of energy and the cycling of elements in ecosystems and how these concepts connect the various components of the Earth system

Limnology: Inland Water Ecosystems (EVSC 4290/7290)
This course will focus on lakes, rivers, streams, and reservoirs as ecosystems. The goal of the course is to provide an understanding through lectures and discussions of the main physical, chemical, and biological processes that determine similarities and differences among inland waters. Major human impacts on inland waters will also be considered.

Professional Development (EVSC 7559)