Achieve for Ecology: The Economy of Nature (1-Term Online)

Rick Relyea

Rick Relyea is the inaugural director of the Johnny Morris Institute of Fisheries, Wetlands and Aquatic Systems and an endowed professor in the School of Natural Resources at the University of Missouri. He received a BS in environmental forest biology from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, an MS in wildlife management from Texas Tech University, and a PhD in ecology and evolution from the University of Michigan. He has authored more than 220 scientific articles and book chapters and presented research seminars throughout the world.

Rick was a professor at the University of Pittsburgh for 15 years (1999–2014), where he was named the Chancellor’s Distinguished Researcher and received the Tina and David Bellet Teaching Excellence Award. From 2007–2014, he also served as Pitt’s director of the Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology. In 2014, he moved to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and served as director of the Darrin Freshwater Institute.

Rick has a strong interest in high school education, including hosting high school science teachers who conduct research in his laboratory. He is co-author of Environmental Science for the AP® Course, also published by BFW Publishers.