Simon Levin#
Photo: Princeton University
| Membership Number: | 6265 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Affiliated section(s): | MATHEMATICS |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
| Homepage(s): | http://slevin.princeton.edu/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-8216-5639 |
Present and Previous Positions
- Princeton University:
- 2019 - now Associated Faculty, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
- 2017 - now Associated Faculty, Princeton University Center for Human Values
- 2016 - now Associated Faculty, Program in Global Health and Health Policy, Princeton School of Public andInternational Affairs
- 2016 - now James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- 2001 - now Director, Center for BioComplexity, High Meadows Environmental Institute
- 1992 - 2016 George Moffett Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Cornell University:
- 1987 - 1990 Director, Center for Environmental Research
- 1985 - 1992 Charles A. Alexander Professor of Biological Sciences
- 1980 - 1987 Director, Ecosystems Research Center
- 1977 - 1992 Professor of Applied Mathematics and Ecology
Fields of Scholarship
- Ecology
- Mathematical epidemiology
- Theoretical Biology
- Evolution
- Mathematics
- Environmental and ecological economics
Honours and Awards
- 1988 MacArthur Award, Ecological Society of America
- 1992 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- 1992 Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1998 Eminent Ecologist Award, Ecological Society of America
- 2000 Member, National Academy of Sciences
- 2001 Okubo Lifetime Achievement Award, Society for Mathematical Biology and Japanese Society for Mathematical Biology
- 2003 Distinguished Landscape Ecologist Award, U.S. Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology (US-IALE)
- 2003 Member, American Philosophical Society
- 2004 A.H. Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences 2004, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2005 Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences, Inamori Foundation, Japan
- 2007 Distinguished Scientist Award, American Institute of Biological Sciences
- 2008 Foreign Member, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Venice, Italy
- 2009 Fellow, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
- 2010 Margalef Prize, Government of Catalonia
- 2012 Fellow, Ecological Society of America
- 2014 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
- 2014 U.S. National Medal of Science
- 2014 Foreign Member, Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere, Milan
- 2021 Fellow, American Mathematical Society
- 2022 BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award
