William H. Schlesinger (b. April 30, 1950) is a biogeochemist and the president of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, an independent not-for-profit environmental research organization in Millbrook, New York. He assumed this position after 27 years on the faculty of Duke University, where he served as the Dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences and James B. Duke Professor of Biogeochemistry.
Read more about William H. Schlesinger: Education, Career, and Honors, Contributions To Biogeochemistry, Work With Desert Ecosystems, 1991-2006, Forest-atmosphere Carbon Transfer and Storage, 1996-1999