Christopher Craft

Christopher Craft is the Janet Duey Professor of Rural Land Policy, Indiana University, where he teaches courses in environmental science, applied ecology, wetlands ecology and restoration ecology. His introduction to wetland science began in 1983 when, as a new Ph.D. student, he began studying the show more ecosystem development of tidal marshes that had been created and restored along the North Carolina coast in the 1960s and 1970s. Since that time, Chris worked on restoration projects in freshwater wetlands of the Florida Everglades, Upper Klamath Lake (Oregon) and the agricultural landscapes of Midwest and in estuarine wetlands of the southeast (Sapelo Island GA), New England and New York-New Jersey harbor. Professor Craft served as President of the Society of Wetland Scientists from 2008-2009. In 2012, he received the National Wetlands Award for Science Research, given annually by the Environmental Law Institute and six US governmental agencies. His research interests extend to the effects of eutrophication and climate change and his work carries to Europe, China and South America. In 2015, Professor Craft was selected as a Fellow of the Society of Wetlands Scientists, the highest recognition of membership bestowed by the Society. show less