Dr. Harry W. Greene, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Cornell University, will present and discuss “Teaching Biodiversity & the Tree of Life.” The speech is open to students, faculty and The Amphibian Group, an interagency and inter-university organization.

Greene is the Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He also is senior scholar for the Center for Humans and Nature. He built his career as a herpetologist and researcher of evolutionary biology and vertebrate conservation.
Greene’s honors include Berkeley’s Distinguished Teaching Award; the Edward O. Wilson Naturalist Award; and being named one of Cornell’s “Top Ten Professors” by Business Insider in 2014. His book “Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature,” won a PEN Literary Award, garnered a two-page spread in Time magazine, and made the New York Times’ annual list of 100 Most Notable Books.