Gene Likens
Gene Elden Likens (born January 6, 1935 in Pierceton , Indiana ) is an American limnologist and ecologist .
Likens is one of the leading experts in biogeochemistry and went to long-term ecological observations (for example in the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest ) and to sustainable land management (sustainable land management) deserve. Together with F. Herbert Bormann, he is particularly involved in research into acid rain and significantly influenced political decisions in connection with acid rain, such as the passage of the Clean Air Act .
Likens earned a bachelor's degree in zoology from Manchester College in 1957 and a masters degree in 1959 and a Ph.D. in 1962. , both from the University of Wisconsin – Madison , both in Zoology. From 1963 he was first on the faculty of Dartmouth College . Since 1969 he was at Cornell University , first as an associate professor , since 1972 as a full professor. Since 1984 he was professor of biology at Yale University , since 1985 also at Rutgers University . He has further academic connections to the University at Albany, The State University of New York (Adjunct Professor) and the University of Connecticut (Distinguished Visiting Research Professor) . From 1983 to 1993 he was Vice President of the New York Botanical Garden . From 1993 to 2007 he was founding president of the Institute of Ecosystem Studies (since 2007 the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies ).
In 2015, he and Adam Wilson published a study on vandalism in politically contested, popular English-language Wikipedia articles such as acid rain, global warming, evolution.
Gene Likens was married to Phyllis Irene Craig Likens (1951-2014) until her death. He has four children.
Awards (selection)
- 1965 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1972 Guggenheim scholarship
- 1979 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1981 member of the National Academy of Sciences
- 1988 Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- 1993 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
- 1994 Australian Prize
- 1994 Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences
- 1995 Naumann Thienemann Medal
- 2000 member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
- 2001 National Medal of Science
- 2003 Blue Planet Prize
- 2006 member of the American Philosophical Society
- 2016 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
- 2019 Benjamin Franklin Medal from the Franklin Institute
Likens holds honorary doctorates from Manchester College (1979), Rutgers University (1985), Plymouth State College (1989), Miami University (1990), Union College (1991), the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (1992), and the Marist College (1993), Wageningen University (1998), University of Connecticut (2004), Montclair State University (2012) and Uppsala University (2018).
Web links
- Dr. Gene E. Likens and curriculum vitae (PDF, 847 kB, as of August 2016) at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies (caryinstitute.org)
- Curriculum vitae (PDF, 9.1 MB, status 2003) at the Asahi Glass Foundation (af-info.or.jp)
Individual evidence
- ^ Gene E. Likens and F. Herbert Bormann : Acid Rain: A Serious Regional Environmental Problem. In: Science . Volume 184, No. 4142, 1974, pp. 1176-1179, doi: 10.1126 / science.184.4142.1176 .
- ↑ Philipp Hummel, Wiki Vandals Against Science , Spektrum.de, September 4, 2015
- ^ Likens, Wilson, Content Volatility of Scientific Topics in Wikipedia: A Cautionary Tale, PLoS ONE 10 (8): e0134454, Online
- ↑ Phyllis Irene Craig Likens's Obituary on Ithaca Journal. In: legacy.com. December 19, 2014, accessed September 24, 2017 .
- ↑ John Simon Guggenheim Foundation - Gene E. Likens. In: gf.org. Accessed September 24, 2017 .
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter L. (PDF; 1.1 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Accessed September 24, 2017 .
- ↑ Gene Likens. In: nasonline.org. Retrieved September 24, 2017 .
- ↑ Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien. In: kva.se. Retrieved September 24, 2017 .
- ^ Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement 1993. In: tylerprize.usc.edu. Retrieved April 13, 2019 .
- ↑ 1994 Australia Prize: Professor Eugene Likens (USA) ( Memento of October 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Royal Academy. In: royalacademy.dk. Retrieved September 24, 2017 (Danish).
- ^ Naumann-Thienemann Medals - International Society of Limnology (SIL). In: limnology.org. Accessed September 24, 2017 .
- ^ OeAW members detail. In: oeaw.ac.at. Retrieved September 24, 2017 .
- ^ The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details. In: nsf.gov. June 12, 2002, accessed September 24, 2017 .
- ^ Blue Planet Prize: The Laureates - The Asahi Glass Foundation. In: af-info.or.jp. Retrieved September 24, 2017 .
- ^ Member History of the American Philosophical Society (amphilsoc.org); accessed on September 24, 2017.
- ↑ Likens, Gene Elden. In: boku.ac.at. Retrieved September 24, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Likens, Gene |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Likens, Gene E .; Likens, Gene Elden |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American limnologist and ecologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pierceton (Indiana) |