Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ernst-Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Dean, Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California Santa Barbara, USA
Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker was born in 1939.
After studying physics and zoology in Hamburg
and Freiburg, he was professor for biology (University
of Essen), President of the University of
Kassel and then became Director at the UN Centre
for Science and Technology for Development, New
York. Subsequent appointments included: Director,
Institute for European Environmental Policy,
Bonn-London-Paris; President, Wuppertal Institute
for Climate, Environment, Energy; Member of
the German Parliament, and Member, World Commission
on the Social Dimensions of Globalisation.
Since 2006, Prof. von Weizsäcker is Dean of
Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and
Management, UCSB. He has published numerous
English-language books mainly on ecological
topics and received the following honours: Premio
de Natura; Honorary Professor, University of
Valparaiso, Chile; Duke of Edinburgh Gold Medal;
Honorary degree, Soka University, Tokyo; Takeda
Award.