Anwar Maun

Anwar Maun attended Punjab University in Lahore, where he received a Merit Scholarship as well as both a BSc and MSc (agricultural botany). After completing another MSc at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon he won the Graduate Exchange Scholarship to Washington State University where he completed his PhD in crop ecology. In 1968 Anwar moved to the University of Western Ontario as a postdoctoral fellow, and in 1971 he was appointed to Assistant Professor, rising to the rank of...See more

Anwar Maun attended Punjab University in Lahore, where he received a Merit Scholarship as well as both a BSc and MSc (agricultural botany). After completing another MSc at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon he won the Graduate Exchange Scholarship to Washington State University where he completed his PhD in crop ecology. In 1968 Anwar moved to the University of Western Ontario as a postdoctoral fellow, and in 1971 he was appointed to Assistant Professor, rising to the rank of Professor in 1986. Anwar was the author of more than 100 scientific papers and articles, with the majority focused on sand dune ecology, a field in which he became recognized as a world expert. For many years Anwar was an Associate Editor of the Canadian Journal of Botany , in addition to being on the editorial board of the Journal of Coastal Research . Anwar retired from UWO in 2000 and sadly passed away in September 2007. See less