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John H. Vandermeer is an American ecologist. He is the Asa Gray Distinguished University Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Arthur F. Thurnau Distinguished Professor at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Vandermeer is the author of over 160 scientific articles and 13 books. Vandermeer examines issues in theoretical ecology and tropical agroecosystems. Much of Vandermeer’s work focuses on spatial pattern formation in competitive communities and the capacity of ecological complexity to structure ecosystem pest control services in coffee agroecosystems. Vandermeer’s work is interdisciplinary in nature. It has implications for the structure of ecological communities, the maintenance of species diversity, and the social ecology of agricultural production.

Life

Born in 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, Vandermeer earned a B.S. degree in zoology from the University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana and a M.S. degree in zoology from the University of Kansas. In 1969, Vandermeer was awarded a Ph.D. degree in biology from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor based on laboratory and theoretical work with protozoa in a thesis entitled, “The Competitive Structure of Communities: A Theoretical and Empirical Approach with Protozoa.” After completion of postdoctoral work at the University of Chicago with Richard Levins, Vandermeer served as assistant professor at State University of New York at Stony Brook before returning to University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1971 as an assistant professor.