Bradley J. Cardinale named head of Department of Ecosystem Science & Management
December 16, 2020
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Bradley J. Cardinale, professor and director of the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research in the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan, has been named head of Penn State s Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, effective Jan. 4, 2021.
Cardinale will succeed David Eissenstat, professor of woody plant physiology. Eissenstat has served as interim department head since the June 2019 retirement of Michael Messina, who led the department and its forerunner, the School of Forest Resources, for more than a decade. In Bradley Cardinale, Penn State and the college are getting one of the foremost scholars in ecosystem science, with an impressive record of research and academic leadership, said Rick Roush, dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences. His experience positions him well to maintain and enhance the depart