Benjamin Halpern

Benjamin Halpern
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
Website benhalpernlab.org

Benjamin S. Halpern[1] 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.

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.[2]

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.[3] He has also been published in Nature and is an advocate of integrating marine protected areas into networks.[1][4]

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.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Halpern, Benjamin S. (February 13, 2014). "Conservation: Making marine protected areas work". Nature. 506. doi:10.1038/nature13053. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Smith Fellows - Abstract - Benjamin Halpern". conbio.org. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  3. ↑ Gewin, Virginia (July 9, 2015). "Collaborations: Recipe for a team". Nature. 523. doi:10.1038/nj7559-245a. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  4. ↑ Stokstad, Erik (February 5, 2014). "Why Won't Simply Creating Lots of Marine Reserves Save Sea Life?". Science. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  5. ↑ Cohen, Julie (September 6, 2016). "From Sea to Shining Sea". www.news.ucsb.edu. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
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