CV
DUCATION
Ph.D., Panjab University
1967 - Botany, India
Master of Science, Panjab University
1962 - Botany, India
Bachelor of Science, Panjab University
1960 - Botany, India
KEY POSITIONS HELD
University of Massachusetts
1996-PRESENT - Distinguished Professor of Biology, Boston, USA
University of Massachusetts
1981-1996 - Professor, Department of Biology, Boston
University of Massachusetts
1989-1992 - Chairman, Biology Department, Boston, USA
KEY LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
Foundation for Rehabilitation of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore, India, Member
1998-PRESENT- Advisory Council
Foundation for Rehabilitation of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore, India, Member
1998-PRESENT- Executive Board
WWF Program on Socio-Economic Root Causes of Biodiversity Loss, Member
1997-PRESENT- Program Advisory Committee
Economic Botany
1997-PRESENT- Associate Editor
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment, India
1996-PRESENT- Founder and Trustee
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment, Massachusetts
1996-PRESENT- Founder and Trustee
Journal of Sustainable Forestry
1992-PRESENT- Editorial Board
Plant Systematics and Evolution
1993-1998- Editorial Advisory Board
Evolutionary Trends in Plants
1987-1992- Editorial Board
Journal of Tree Sciences
1986-1991- Editorial Board
National Science Foundation, Member
1993- 1994- Advisory Panel on Population Biology
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy, Leader
1998- Review Team on Forest Genetic Resources
National Science Foundation, Member
1991- Advisory Panel on Conservation and Restoration Biology
National Research Council, Member
Forest Genetic Resources Work Group
KEY AWARDS & HONORS
Appointed Distinguished Professor
1996 - University of Massachusetts, Boston
Fellow
1991 - Pew Fellows Program in Conservation and the Environment
Guggenheim Fellowship
1987
Dean's Outstanding Achievement Award
1984 - University of Massachusetts, Boston
Chancellor's Award for Distinction in Scholarship
1981 - University of Massachusetts, Boston
ASSOCIATIONS
Association for Tropical Biology
President Elect, 1999
Ecological Society of America
Society for the Study of Evolution
Society of American Naturalists
Society for Conservation Biology
Society of Economic Botanists
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Bawa, K.S., Raven, P.H., and Seidler, R. 2004. Reconciling conservation paradigms. Conservation Biology 18(4): p.p. 859-860.
Bawa, K.S., S. Lele, K. S. Murali, and B. Ganesan. 1998. Extraction of non-timber forest products of Biligiri Rangan Hills, India: Monitoring of a community based project., Washington, D.C.. Measuring Conservation Impact: Proceedings from a Symposium at the 1996 Joint Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology and the Ecological Society of America, Providence, Rhode Island
Bawa, Kamaljit.S. Impact of Global Changes on the Reproductive Biology of Trees in Tropical Dry Forests. In: Biodiversity Conservation in Costa Rica: Learning the Lessons in a Seasonal Dry Forest. P.p. 38-47.
Bawa, K.S., Kang,Hyesoon, Grayum, Michael H. 2003 Relationships among Time, Frequency, and Duration of Flowering in Tropical Rain Forest Trees. In: American Journal of Botany 90(6):877-887
Kang, Hyesoon, Bawa, Kamaljit.S 2003 Effects of Successional Status, Habit, Sexual Systems, and Pollinators on Flowering Patterns in Tropical Rain Forest Trees. In: American Journal of Botany 90(6): 865-876
Bawa, K., J. Rose, K. N. Ganeshaiah, N. Barve, M. C. Kiran, and R. Umashaanker. 2002. Assessing biodiversity from space: an example from the Western Ghats, India. Conservation Ecology 6(2): 7. [online] URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol6/iss2/art7
Seidler, R. and Bawa, K.S. 2002. Uncertainty and biodiversity conservation. In: Precaution, Environmental Science, and Preventive Public Policy. Ed. Tickner, J. Island Press. Pp. 175-192
Sinha, A., and Bawa, K.S. 2002. Harvesting techniques, hemiparasites and fruit production in two nontimber forest tree species in south India. Forest Ecology and Management 168: 289-300.
Bawa, K. S. and R. Seidler. 1998. Natural forest management and conservation of biodiversity in tropical forests. Conservation Biology 12:46-55
Bawa, K.S. 1998. Conservation of genetic resources in the Dipterocarpaceae.
Bawa, K. S. and S. Dayanandan. 1997. Socioeconomic factors and tropical deforestation. Nature 386:562-563
Bawa, K.S. and S. Dayanandan. 1997. Climate change and tropical forest genetic resources. Climate Change 23:449-466
Bawa, K.S., and M. Gadgil. 1997. Ecosystem services in subsistence economies and conservation of biodiversity. In: Nature's Services: Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems (G. Daily ed.). Island Press, Washington, D.C., p. 295-310
Lele, S., K. S. Murali, and K. S. Bawa. 1997. Biodiversity conservation through community enterprise: An experiment in the BRT Sanctuary of Karnataka, India.. IIPA, New Delhi, p. 35462. Proceedings of the UNESCO Regional Wokshop on Community -Based Conservation: Policy and Practice
Chase, M.R., C.Moller, R.Kesseli, and K. Bawa. 1996. Distant gene flow in tropical trees. Nature 383:398-399
Wendland, A. and K.S. Bawa. 1996. Tropical forestry: The Costa Rican experience in management of forest resources. Journal of Sustainable Forestry 3:91-156
Bawa, K.S. 1993. Effects of deforestation and forest fragmentation on genetic diversity in tropical tree populations. In: Genetic Conservation and Production of Tropical Forest Seed. ASEAN-Canada Forest Tree Seed Centre, Chiang Mai, Thailand
