Contributor: Simon Levin

International Advisory Board

The Encyclopedia of Earth

Dr. Simon Levin’s research is concerned with the evolution of diversification, the mechanisms sustaining biological diversity in natural systems, and the implications for ecosystem structure and functioning. His awards include the prestigous Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences, the Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences, the MacArthur Award from the Ecological Society of America, the Medallion of the Université de Montpellier, and the “Most cited paper in the field of Ecology and Environment for the 1990s” by the Institute for Scientific Information.

Dr. Levin is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Biodiversity. Dr. Levin holds a B.A. in Mathematics from The Johns Hopkins University, and a Ph.D. in Mathematics from The University of Maryland.