George Roderick

Dr. George Roderick holds the William Muriece Hoskins Chair as Distinguished Professor in Environmental Science, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley. He serves as Faculty Director of UC's Gump South Pacific Research Station and previously chaired ESPM (2014-2019). His research examines global change impacts on biodiversity, with focus on biological invasions and island biogeography across the Pacific Basin.

Educational background:

• PhD in Zoology, UC Berkeley
• AB in Biology, Dartmouth College

Research integrates:

• Genomic approaches to invasion biology
• Pacific Island ecosystem dynamics
• Environmental sustainability solutions
• Terrestrial arthropod ecology
• Data science applications in ecology

Recent publications address:

• DNA-based biodiversity monitoring
• Evolutionary mechanisms in invasions
• Biocontrol risk assessment
• Island conservation strategies

Honors include:

• Plumer Visiting Fellowship, Oxford
• Distinguished Professor appointment
• Fulbright Scholarship
• California Academy of Sciences Fellowship

Leads research initiatives:

• Moorea BioCode Project
• Island Digital Ecosystem Avatars
• NSF Hawaii Dimensions
• SERDP eDNA monitoring project