Interdisciplinary thinking and collaboration for higher education | Changwoo Ahn | TEDxGeorgeMasonU

Changwoo Ahn is an Associate Professor in Environmental Science and Policy, and an affiliated faculty member with Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering and Biology at GMU. In this talk, Dr. Ahn shares his motivation to teach undergraduates the value of approaching ecology through new medium.
Changwoo Ahn is an Associate Professor in Environmental Science and Policy, and an affiliated faculty member with Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering and Biology at GMU. Ahn is a wetland ecosystem ecologist and an ecological engineer. He teaches Wetland Ecology and Management, Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis, Ecological Sustainability, Ecological Engineering and Ecosystem Restoration. To date, Ahn has published over 100 peer-reviewed abstracts and journal articles, authored several book chapters, and been serving as a book editor for Ecological Engineering-the Journal of Ecosystem Restoration. Ahn is a founder and director of the EcoScience + Art at GMU, a new interdisciplinary initiative started in 2013 to bring together individuals working across the boundaries of ecosystem science, engineering, art, and design fields.
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