Mr. Simon Levin
The James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Director of the Center for BioComplexity at Princeton University
Simon Levin is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University. He is former President of the Ecological Society of America, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and the recipient of many awards, most notably the Kyoto Prize for Basic Science, the Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences, the Margalef Prize for Ecology, the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement and the U.S. National Medal of Science. He has mentored well more than 100 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, and authored more than 600 publications.