Mariah Meek
Associate Professor of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University
Meek is an associate professor of integrative biology at Michigan State University, a conservation biologist and molecular ecologist. Meek’s work is focused on understanding the ecological and evolutionary processes that generate and maintain diversity within and among populations. The following is a piece written by Meek and published on July 13 in The Conversation, titled “Trump Plan to Expand Land for Arctic Drilling Is an Ecological Disaster.” The largest tract of public land in the United States is a wild expanse of tundra and wetlands stretching across nearly 23 million acres of northern Alaska. It’s called the National Petroleum Reserve…
