About

Catherine Owen Koning is Professor of Environmental Science at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, NH.   She received her B.A. in Biology and Environmental Studies from Bowdoin College, her M.S. in Ecology from the University of California at Davis, and her Ph.D. in Environmental Studies from the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Koning teaches environmental science, wetland ecology, water resources and sustainability.  Her current research focuses on water quality management in lakes and wetlands. She has recently published a book about wetlands, Wading Right In: Discovering the Nature of Wetlands (University of Chicago Press) and has recently co-authored an on-line open-access education textbook for undergraduates, entitled Saving Biodiversity in a time of Climate Change, available at https://ecologyandevolution.org/SAVING_BIODIVERSITY.pdf  On the Franklin Pierce campus, she helped initiate the Institute for Climate Action, and she serves on the Board of the Monadnock Sustainability Hub; both organizations seek to find and implement solutions to the climate crisis. Dr. Koning lives in Keene NH with her husband Rob, child Lynx and 1 dog and 2 cats.