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David Campbell is a Professor at Grinnell College, affiliated with the departments of Biology, Environmental Studies, and Tropical Ecology. He holds the Henry R. Luce Professorship of Nations and the Global Environment and collaborates with Nanjing University and Hainan University as an adjunct professor.
- Ph.D. in Immunology & Infectious Disease (1984), The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
His research focuses on the ecology and species composition of tropical and subtropical forests across the Paleotropics and Neotropics. Key areas include the evolution of tropical botanical diversity, disturbance dynamics in forest ecosystems, tree demography, phytosociology, flooded vs. terra firme forests, allelopathy, and the economic botany of the Li and Miao tribes in southern China. He has also investigated the ecological legacy of the Maya Civilization in Belize through 1,200-year-old forest species composition.
Professor Campbell has mentored hundreds of Grinnell students on tropical research expeditions since 1991, utilizing a 25,000-specimen herbarium in his lab. His literary nonfiction works include The Ephemeral Islands, Islands in Space in Time, and A Land of Ghosts, alongside co-editing Floristic Inventory of Tropical Countries.
- Henry R. Luce Professor of Nations and the Global Environment
