Stephen Miles Uzzo

Co-Founder of the Woods Hole Institute

Stephen Miles Uzzo develops and leads large-scale design and research initiatives to study and integrate new science into teaching and learning; building communities of practice at the intersection of socioenvironmental systems, complexity, data science and engineering. Dr. Uzzo is also active in science and education policy. His background includes over 20 years experience in the research of connected systems and science teaching and learning; and prior to that, 10 years in video and computer imaging and communication systems engineering. His work includes developing and teaching graduate programs in the integration of science, technology, engineering and mathematics in teaching and learning. Dr. Uzzo’s research interests include the coupling of complex human and natural systems, evolution and scaling of complex networks, and the impact of big data on communities of need. He holds a terminal degree in network theory and environmental studies from Union Institute and serves on a number of institutional and advisory boards related to his interests. Having never lived very far from the ocean in New York, California and Massachusetts, Dr. Uzzo has been a lifelong advocate for marine conservation.