Benjamin Halpern
Benjamin S. Halpern[2] is a marine biologist and ecologist currently working at the University of California, Santa Barbara and was the recipient of the 2016 A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences.
Benjamin Halpern | |
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| Born | Benjamin S. Halpern |
| Education | Carleton College (B.A. 1995) University of California, Santa Barbara (Ph.D. 2003) |
| Employer | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Awards | 2016 A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences 2018 Ocean Award[1] |
| Website | benhalpernlab |
Early life and education
Halpern earned his B.A. from Carleton College in 1995 and earned a Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2003.[3]
Career
Halpern, who works at UCSB's Bren School of Environmental Science & Management was featured in Nature for his team's scientific collaboration on the southern tip of Australia's Great Barrier Reef in 2012.[4] He has also been published in Nature and is an advocate of integrating marine protected areas into networks.[2][5]
He is recognized for marine conservation and resource management and is the recipient of the 2016 A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences.[6]
References
- "2018 Ocean Awards". 9 May 2018.
- Halpern, Benjamin S. (February 13, 2014). "Conservation: Making marine protected areas work". Nature. 506 (7487): 167–168. Bibcode:2014Natur.506..167H. doi:10.1038/nature13053. PMID 24499821. S2CID 205237665.
- "Smith Fellows - Abstract - Benjamin Halpern". conbio.org. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
- Gewin, Virginia (July 9, 2015). "Collaborations: Recipe for a team". Nature. 523 (7559): 245–247. doi:10.1038/nj7559-245a. PMID 26161446.
- Stokstad, Erik (February 5, 2014). "Why Won't Simply Creating Lots of Marine Reserves Save Sea Life?". Science. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
- Cohen, Julie (September 6, 2016). "From Sea to Shining Sea". www.news.ucsb.edu. Retrieved September 6, 2016.