David Schindler
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August 3, 1940 Fargo, North Dakota |
| Residence | Edmonton, Alberta |
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| Thesis | Energy Relations at Three Trophic Levels in an Aquatic Food Chain (1966) |
| Known for | Experimental Lakes Area |
David William Schindler, OC AOE FRSC FRS, (born August 3, 1940) is an American/Canadian limnologist. He holds the Killam Memorial Chair and is Professor of Ecology in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta. He is notable for "innovative large-scale experiments" on whole lakes at the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) which proved that "phosphorus controls the eutrophication (excessive algal blooms) in temperate lakes leading to the banning of phosphates in detergents. He is also known for his research on acid rain In 1989, Dr. Schindler moved from the ELA to continue his research at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, with studies into fresh water shortages and the effects of climate disruption on Canada’s alpine and northern boreal ecosystems. Schindler’s has earned him numerous national and international awards, including the Gerhard Herzberg Gold Medal, the First (1991)(Sundbom 2010, p. 5), the Volvo Environment Prize (1998), and the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (2006).
Schindler was born August 3, 1940 in Fargo, North Dakota and grew up in Minnesota Lake, Minnesota. He holds dual-citizenship in Canada and the U.S.He earned his bachelor's degree at NDSU and PhD at the University of Oxford.
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