Lee Frelich

Lee E. Frelich is Director of the University of Minnesota Center for Forest Ecology. He is an internationally recognized expert in forest ecology, with a PhD in Forest Ecology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1986. Frelich was an early pioneer in the field of invasive earthworm impacts on forests and continues to conduct important research into this field. He has authored 220 publications with 345 co-authors from 26 countries, including collaborations with multiple Healthy Soil Collaborative researchers. Frelich has served on several Boards of Directors, including Green Again Madagascar; consulted for government and private organizations; and contributed two decades of community outreach and education. He is listed among the top one percent of all scientists in the world in the Ecology and Environment category by the Web of Science.