Leslie Kanat, Ph.D.

Dr. Leslie Kanat is currently a professor of Geology at Northern Vermont University in Johnson, Vermont. Prior to being at Northern Vermont University, Les was a professor of Geology at Johnson State College for 28 years. His educational background is Wayne State University (M.S.) and University of Cambridge (Ph.D.). In addition to being a valued science advisor for Fairewinds, Les is also on the board of the Vermont Geological Society, and is a leader with the Vermont Chapter of the National Fragile X Foundation. As an environmental educator, Les is passionate about Fairewinds mission, and we are grateful for his expertise and scientific analysis.

For more information about Dr. Leslie Kanat, you can visit his personal website here.

Robert Herendeen, Ph.D.

Robert is currently a fellow with the Gund Institute for Environment and adjunct professor with the Rubenstein School for the Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont. His educational background is Rensselear Polytechnic Institute (B.S., Physics) and Cornell University (Ph.D., Physics). Bob is a physicist who conducts economic input-output analyses to determine resource requirements and other impacts of consumption, following the parallels between economic and ecological systems and analysis of perturbed ecosystems. At the Gund, Bob writes about barriers to effective energy policy and how to surmount them. His projects cover details of energy accounting principles and net energy of energy-conserving retrofit construction. Past projects include studies on "Energy Cost Of Living", mitigating effects of energy taxes, and mathematics of trophic cascades in ecosystems. Fairewinds is thankful for the thorough and helpful advice of Dr. Herendeen.

To learn more about Dr. Herendeen and this published research, visit his profile here.

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