John A. McLachlan

John A. McLachlan graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a degree in liberal arts and received his doctoral degree in pharmacology from George Washington University.
McLachlan spent two decades at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences before coming to Tulane in 1995. He focused on woman’s health and the environment and formed programs for each. McLachlan was named Scientific Director of the NIEHS in 1989. He formed the nation’s first Center in Environmental Astrobiology and Mississippi River Research Program.
RiverSphere was formed in 1998 by McLachlan, director of the Center for Bioenvironmental research at Tulane and Xavier Universities, and an author that wrote about the 1927 Mississippi River flood.
RiverSphere is a place to gain technology about river communities on the New Orleans Mississippi riverfront.
McLachlan presents about 50 lectures during the year; he published 5 books, and had over 150 journal articles.