Scientist Emeritus
USDA Forest Service
Richard Pouyat received his Ph.D in ecology from Rutgers University in 1992 and an M.S. in forest soils and B.S. in forest biology at the College of Environmental Science and Forestry in 1983 and 1980, respectively. Dr. Pouyat is retired from the USDA Forest Service where he was the National Program Lead for Air and Soil Quality Research for Research & Development at the Washington DC headquarters and is now Scientist Emeritus with the Northern Research Station and works with the Office of Sustainability and Climate on a part-time basis. He served at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) during the Obama Administration and as President of the Ecological Society of America (ESA). Dr. Pouyat is an original co-principal investigator of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study; a Long Term Ecological Research site funded by the National Science Foundation.