Tom Wessels, Ph.D.
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER. Tom Wessels is a noted terrestrial ecologist and professor emeritus at Antioch University New England where he founded the master’s degree program in Conservation Biology. With interests in forest, desert, arctic, and alpine ecosystems, plus geomorphology, evolutionary ecology, complex systems science, and the interface of landscape and culture, Tom considers himself a generalist. He has conducted workshops on ecology and sustainability throughout the country for over three decades. His is the author of numerous book with his latest being Granite, Fire, and Fog: The Natural and Cultural History of Acadia.
