Tom Fenchel#
Membership Number: | 1890 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Main Country of Residence: | DENMARK |
Section: | ORGANISMIC & EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY |
Elected: | 1999 |

Present and Previous Positions
- Full Professor, Marine Biology; University of Copenhagen; 1987-
- Full Professor, Zoology and Ecology; university of Aarhus; 1970-1987
- Assistant and Associate Professor; University of Copenhagen 1965-1970
- Ph. Marine Biology University of Copenhagen 1964
Fields of Scholarship
- Marine biology
- Microbial ecology and physiology
- Evolutionary biology
- Fenchel's Law
Honours and Awards
- Ecology Institute Prize, 1986
- Huntsmann Medal for Excellence in Oceanography, 1986
- Lifetime Achievement Award, American Soc. Linology and Oceanography, 2006
- Member of the Danish Royal Academy of Science and Letters
- Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Science
- Member of the Royal Norwegian Academy of Science nd Letters
- Member of the Royal Society London
- Member of the Academia Europaea