Steven Neil Handel (born January 29, 1945, in Brooklyn) is an American educator and restoration ecologist.
He describes himself as a "nature-loving kid" who grew up in the Far Rockaway, Queens, neighborhood of New York City,[3] Handel received a Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences from Columbia University (1969) and a Master's degree (1974) and Doctor of Philosophy (1976) in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Cornell University.
Handel began his professorial career as a biology professor at the University of South Carolina, Yale University—where he also held the post of director of the Marsh Botanical Garden—and Rutgers University.
Handel was the lead ecologist for the restoration of Orange County Great Park in Irvine, California, and his other projects include Brooklyn Bridge Park, and the landscape for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
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