| Simon A. Levin | |
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| Born | April 22, 1941 U.S. |
| Residence | United States |
| Citizenship | American |
| Fields | Ecology |
| Institutions | Princeton University |
| Alma mater | The Johns Hopkins University |
| Notable awards | Kyoto Prize (2005) |
Simon Asher Levin (born April 22, 1941) is an American ecologist. He is a Moffett Professor of Biology in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at Princeton University. He specializes in using mathematical modeling and empirical studies in the understanding of macroscopic patterns of ecosystems and biological diversities.
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Levin received a B.A. in mathematics from Johns Hopkins University in 1961 and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Maryland in 1964.[1]
Levin is currently a Moffett Professor of Biology at Princeton University and the Director of the university’s Center for BioComplexity. His principal research interests are in understanding how macroscopic patterns and processes are maintained at the level of ecosystems and the biosphere, in terms of ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that operate primarily at the level of organisms, and in the interface between ecology and economics. Much of his work concerns the evolution of diversification, the mechanisms sustaining biological diversity in natural systems, and the implications for ecosystem structure and functioning. He has done much work on the modeling of epidemiological dynamics, including antibiotic resistance. Levin was the former Chair of the Board of the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics, President of the Ecological Society of America, and President of the Society for Mathematical Biology. He currently is Chair of the Council of IIASA, Co-Chair of the Science Board of the Santa Fe Institute, and Vice-Chair of the Committee of Concerned Scientists. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, as well as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.