Pimentel, David
Professor Emeritus/aresearch
research and scholarship focus
- Basic population ecology
- Genetics
- Ecological and economic aspects of pest control
- Biological control
- Energy use and conservation
- Genetic engineering
- Sustainable agriculture
- Soil and water conservation
- Natural resource management and environmental policy
research areas
- biodiversity | collaborative research area (CALS)
- crop management or crop science | collaborative research area (CALS)
- ecology | collaborative research area (CALS)
- environmental sciences | collaborative research area (CALS)
- organic agriculture | collaborative research area (CALS)
- pesticide management | collaborative research area (CALS)
- pest management | collaborative research area (CALS)
- soil and crop science | collaborative research area (CALS)
- soil health | collaborative research area (CALS)
- sustainable agriculture | collaborative research area (CALS)
submitted impact statement
- Pesticide impact on the environment. | 2005 Impact statement
- ethanol study, privately funded | 2004 Impact statement
affiliations
emeritus faculty in
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) | Cornell department
- Entomology (ENTOM) | Cornell department
other Cornell affiliations
- Population and Development Program | research program
teaching
teaches
- ALS 6610 - Environmental Policy (R 02:30:PM-04:30:PM) | fall 2009 class
- BIOEE 6610 - Environmental Policy (R 02:30:PM-04:30:PM) | fall 2009 class
- BSOC 6610 - Environmental Policy (R 02:30:PM-04:30:PM) | fall 2009 class
- NTRES 6970 - Graduate Individual Study in Natural Resources (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ALS 6611 - Environmental Policy (R 02:30:PM-04:25:PM) | spring 2009 class
- BIOEE 6611 - Environmental Policy (R 02:30:PM-04:25:PM) | spring 2009 class
- BSOC 4612 - Environmental Policy (R 02:30:PM-04:25:PM) | spring 2009 class
- NTRES 6970 - Graduate Individual Study in Natural Resources (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- BIOEE 6610 - Environmental Policy (R 02:30:PM-03:20:PM) | fall 2008 class
- BSOC 4611 - Environmental Policy (R 02:30:PM-04:30:PM) | fall 2008 class
background
educational background
- Ph.D., Cornell University, 1951
- B.S., U. of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1948
featured in
- Cornell ecologist's study finds that producing ethanol and biodiesel from corn and other crops is not worth the energy | news release
- Eating less, eating local and eating better could slash U.S. energy use, CU study finds | News Release
- Organic farming produces same corn and soybean yields as conventional farms, but consumes less energy and no pesticides, study finds | Cornell news release
- Pimentel receives honorary doctorate from University of Massachusetts-Amherst | Cornell Chronicle feature
- Slow, insidious' soil erosion threatens human health and welfare as well as the environment, Cornell study asserts | Cornell Chronicle feature
- Water, air and soil pollution causes 40 percent of deaths worldwide, Cornell research survey finds | Cornell Chronicle feature
- Water, air and soil pollution causes 40 percent of deaths worldwide, Cornell research survey finds | Cornell Chronicle feature
publications
linked articles
- Soil erosion: A food and environmental threat | journal article
speaker at Cornell event
Keywords: ecology, energy, entomology, invasive species, pollution