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Gene E. Likens

American ecologist · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1935 · age 91

Gene Elden Likens is an American limnologist and ecologist. He co-founded the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in 1963, and founded the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, New York in 1983.

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A life in dates

2019Benjamin Franklin MedalAward2016BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge AwardAward2014A.C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement AwardAward2012Fellow of the Ecological Society of AmericaAward2003Blue Planet PrizeAward2001National Medal of ScienceAward1995Eminent Ecologist AwardAwardNaumann-Thienemann MedalAward1993Tyler Prize for Environmental AchievementAward1992Honorary Doctorate of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, ViennaAward1988ECI PrizeAward1982G. Evelyn Hutchinson AwardAward1935Born6 January 1935

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Awards

Benjamin Franklin Medal2019
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award2016
A.C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement Award2014
Fellow of the Ecological Society of America2012
Blue Planet Prize2003
National Medal of Science2001
Eminent Ecologist Award1995
Naumann-Thienemann Medal1995
Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement1993
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna1992
ECI Prize1988
G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award1982
Guggenheim Fellowship
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Honorary Doctor of Rutgers University
Honorary Doctor of the University of Uppsala
Australia Prize

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Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1935 · age 91