Larry Rockwood is a Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Department of Biology at George Mason University. Dr. Rockwood has taught Ecology, Population Ecology and Tropical Ecology at GMU for 40 years. He recently agreed to serve as Acting Chair of the Department of Environmental Science and Policy for the 2022-23 academic year, while a search for a new department chair is conducted.
His research interests include population and tropical ecology, and plant-animal interactions. He collaborates with scientists at the Smithsonian Institution on a variety of research topics. He is the author of a recent textbook (An Introduction to Population Ecology, 2nd Edition, 2015, Blackwell) and is co-author of an Ecology Laboratory Manual. He also edited the book (with Ronald Stewart and Tom Dietz) Foundations of Environmental Sustainability: The Coevolution of Science and Policy, published in June 2008 by Oxford University Press.