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Glen Sproul dit MacDonald is an American academic and geographer. He is a distinguished professor and holds the Endowed Chair in Geography of California and the American West at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is Chair of the UCLA Canadian Studies Program and Director of the White Mountains Research Center.

Early life and education
MacDonald received his AB in geography from University of California, Berkeley and MS in geography from the University of Calgary. He received his PhD in Botany with a Geology Minor from the University of Toronto in 1984

Career
His area of study is on climate change and its impacts on ecosystems and society—with a focus on drought, water resources, coastal marshes, and wetlands

He also studies sustainability, in particular California and Southwestern agriculture, cities and ecosystems.

Select awards and recognition

 * University of Helsinki Medal  (1995)
 * Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2006)
 * 2008 Guggenheim Fellow (2008-2009)
 * UC Distinguished Professor (2011)
 * Rockefeller Bellagio Residency (2012)
 * Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (2015)
 * Member National Academy of Sciences (2015)
 * Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2016)
 * Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2019)