David Pimentel, Ph.D.

David Pimentel is a professor of ecology and agricultural sciences at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. His Ph.D. is from Cornell University and had postdoctoral research at the University of Chicago, MIT, and fellowship at Oxford University (England). He was awarded a distinguished honorary degree from the University of Massachusetts. His research spans the fields of energy, population ecology, biological pest control, pesticides, sustainable agriculture, land and water conservation, livestock, and environmental policy. Pimentel has published 700 scientific papers and 37 books and has served on many national and government committees including the National Academy of Sciences; President's Science ... Read More