John C. Priscu ( ro, Prișcu; born 20 September 1952,

Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...

), is a

Romanian-American Romanian Americans are Americans who have Romanian ancestry. According to the 2017 American Community Survey, 478,278 Americans indicated Romanian as their first or second ancestry, however other sources provide higher estimates, which are most ...

scientist who is the current Professor of Ecology in the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences at

Montana State University Montana State University (MSU) is a Public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Bozeman, Montana. It is the state's largest university. MSU offers baccalaureate degrees in 60 fields, master's degrees in 6 ...

. He is a principal investigator in the

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Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project.

Filmography/TV appearances

He appeared on documentary program ''Horizon'' in the episode "The Lost World of Lake Vostok".

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John Charles Priscu
''Montana State University''

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