Vince Lopes

Vince Lopes
Residence	San Marcos, TX, United States
Nationality	United States
Alma mater	University of Arizona
Known for	holistic science, consciousness, complexity, evolution, phenomenology, process philosophy, Texas State University, Institute of Noetic Sciences, American Geophysical Union
Scientific career
Fields	Hydrology, watershed science, ecophilosophy
Institutions	Texas State University, University of Arizona

Vicente L. "Vince" Lopes is an American environmental scientist and educator who is a professor of Environmental Studies at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. Trained as a watershed hydrologist, he later broadened his work toward cultural ecology and ecophilosophy, developing an integrative outlook he describes as "engaged ecology" that connects nature, people, and place through the study of watersheds.

Biography

Lopes earned his Ph.D. in hydrology and water resources science from the University of Arizona. He served as an associate professor at the University of Arizona before joining Texas State University in January 2005, where he was later promoted to full professor. He is based in San Marcos, Texas.

Work

Lopes's early research centered on watershed hydrology, with an emphasis on the mathematical and distributed modeling of water and sediment yield and catchment-scale erosion. His later work addressed the dynamics of interdependence in human and natural systems and mechanisms to facilitate social change and community development, promoting community-based, integrative approaches to watershed management across central Texas. Framing these themes as "engaged ecology," he has explored connections between ecology, systems theory, consciousness, and process philosophy, and has described his approach as directed toward integrating nature, people, and place using watersheds as context.

External links

• Vicente Lopes at Academia.edu
• Vicente Lopes at Google Scholar