UW Researcher named 2008 MacArthur Fellow

David Montgomery, 46, professor of geomorphology, University of Washington. He is making fundamental contributions to our understanding of the geophysical forces that determine landscape evolution and of how our use of soils and rivers has shaped civilizations past and present. Complete list of MacArthur fellows for 2008: http://chronicle.com/daily/2008/09/4703n.htm?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en