Michael Lizotte, Director of Sustainability
Meet the Director
Dr. Michael Lizotte is serving as Interim Director of Sustainability. His responsibility is four-fold, bringing leadership to campus sustainability in operations, teaching, outreach and research. He reports to the Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs and to the Vice-Chancellor for Administrative Services.
Dr. Lizotte has been associated with UW Oshkosh since 1994, when he was hired as an Assistant Professor of Biology. He was instrumental in the 1990’s in establishing a new program in Environmental Studies, and has continued to teach courses in environmental science and ecology. Dr. Lizotte most recently served as the first director of the Aquatic Research Laboratory, and is recognized as a leader in state and local lake and watershed organizations. Dr. Lizotte was co-captain of the team that wrote the Campus Sustainability Plan in 2008, and has served on the Campus Sustainability Council in its initial year. This summer he was assigned to develop university grant proposals for projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Mike recieved his B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Massachusetts, a M.S. in Botany from Virginia Tech, and a Ph.D. in Marine Biology from the University of Southern California. He has worked as an industry consultant to NASA, research director for Bigelow Laboratoryy for Ocean Sciences, and has made 12 research expeditions to Antarctica and the Arctic to study life in ice, lakes and oceans.
His contact information is:
Michael Lizotte
Director of Sustainability
Office: Campus Services Center 101D
Phone: (920) 424-0848
E-mail: lizotte@uwosh.edu
