page_title: Margaret D. Lowman
hierarchical_section_title: Margaret D. Lowman
caption_attribution_description: English: Margaret Lowman climbing a tree Español: Meg Lowman escalando árboles.
context_page_description: Margaret D. Lowman, Ph.D. a.k.a. Canopy Meg is an American biologist, educator, ecologist, writer, explorer, and public speaker. Her expertise involves canopy ecology, canopy plant-insect relationships, and constructing canopy walkways.
  Nicknamed the "real-life Lorax" and "Einstein of the treetops", Lowman pioneered the science of canopy ecology. She is known as the "mother of canopy research." For more than 30 years, she has designed hot-air balloons and walkways for treetop exploration to solve mysteries in the world's forests, especially insect pests and ecosystem health. She works to map the canopy for biodiversity and to champion forest conservation around the world.
  Lowman's academic training includes Williams College in 1976; Aberdeen University in 1978; Sydney University; and Tuck School of Business.
context_section_description: Margaret D. Lowman, Ph.D. a.k.a. Canopy Meg (born December 23, 1953) is an American biologist, educator, ecologist, writer, explorer, and public speaker. Her expertise involves canopy ecology, canopy plant-insect relationships, and constructing canopy walkways.
  Nicknamed the "real-life Lorax" and "Einstein of the treetops", Lowman pioneered the science of canopy ecology. She is known as the "mother of canopy research." For more than 30 years, she has designed hot-air balloons and walkways for treetop exploration to solve mysteries in the world's forests, especially insect pests and ecosystem health.  She works to map the canopy for biodiversity and to champion forest conservation around the world.
  Lowman's academic training includes Williams College (BA, Biology) in 1976; Aberdeen University (MSc, Ecology) in 1978;  Sydney University (Ph.D, Botany); and Tuck School of Business (Executive Management).
caption: Lowman climbing a tree
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