2003 - Dr. Robert Naiman, University of Washington
The first H.B.N. Hynes River Lecture was given on December 2, 2003 by Robert Naiman entitled "The ecology of interfaces: new perspectives from Pacific coast riparian zones."
Dr. Naiman is a world-renowned river ecologist focusing on the structure and dynamics of stream ecosystems, riparian vegetation, and the role of large animals in influencing ecosystem dynamics. He is a professor in the College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington.
He has been a research scientist and director of the Matamek Research Program at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, director of the Center for Water and the Environment at the University of Minnesota, and director of the Center for Streamside Sudies at the University of Washington.
