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Professor George Weiblen is the Science Director of the Bell Museum at the University of Minnesota. He holds tenure in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology and teaches in the College of Biological Sciences. He earned a Bachelor's Degree from Reed College in Portland, Oregon and Master’s and PhD degrees from Harvard University. 

He has focused on the biodiversity of Papua New Guinea since the 1990’s and is fluent in tok pisin. He and his collaborators at Binatang Research Center in Madang manage the largest long-term forest study in Oceania as part of the Forest Global Earth Observatories network. Forest GEO monitors how thousands of species and millions of trees are responding to global change. 

Professor Weiblen was recognized in 2017 as the University of Minnesota President's Community Engaged Scholar for his efforts in public engagement and science communication. He is a Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer and a Fellow of the Linnean Society. He is also an Eagle Scout, born and raised in Minnesota.