An EconoTimes perspective

Bruce J. MacFadden

Distinguished Professor and Director of Thompson Earth Systems Institute (TESI), University of Florida

Distinguished Professor and Director of Thompson Earth Systems Institute (TESI), University of Florida I have been a professor at the University of Florida since 1977. I am the author of about 200 peer-reviewed publications and the recent book "Broader Impacts of Science on Society" (Cambridge, 2019). I am a Fellow of the AAAS, Geological Society of America, and Paleontological Society. I was President of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology from 1986 to 1988, and President of the Paleontological Society from 2018 to 2020. Over the past decade I have become increasingly interested in working with public school science teachers; in 2015 to 2016 I was a Visiting Scientist embedded in the Santa Cruz (California) Office of Education. I currently am the Director of a UF "moonshot" project called "Scientist in Every Florida School." I am passionate about the importance of scientists giving back to society as part of their social responsibility.