- Co-principal investigator
- Director, Edna Lawrence Nature Lab
- Rhode Island School of Design
- Phone: 401.454.6166
- Email: noverstr@risd.edu
Research
Neal Overstrom has focused his work on promoting environmental education and literacy through informal learning experiences. Prior to coming to RISD, he held senior posts for exhibit development, zoological management, and aquatic animal research at the Mystic Aquarium. His interests involve investigating biological influences on design, particularly the ways in which pattern, form and living elements in the built environment can reinforce the human-nature connection.
Education
M.A., Zoology, Connecticut College
M.L.A., Landscape Architecture, University of Massachusetts/Amherst
B.S., Biology, University of Connecticut.
RI NSF EPSCoR is supported in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation under EPSCoR Cooperative Agreements #OIA-2433276 and in part by the RI Commerce Corporation via the Science and Technology Advisory Committee [STAC]. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. National Science Foundation, the RI Commerce Corporation, STAC, our partners or our collaborators.