Villy Christensen named Fellow of the American Fisheries Society
August 19, 2021
Dr. Villy Christensen, a professor at the UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries has been named as a Fellow of the American Fisheries Society (AFS).
AFS is the world’s oldest and largest organization devoted to advancing fisheries science, and this is the Society’s highest award for scientific achievement. AFS designates as Fellows certain members who have made outstanding or meritorious contributions to the diversity of fields that are included in the American Fisheries Society. Contributions can include, but are not restricted to, efforts in leadership, research, teaching and mentoring, resource management and/or conservation, and outreach/interaction with the public.
Dr. Villy Christensen is the core developer of the world’s most widely used ecosystem modelling approach, Ecopath with Ecosim. The development and support of this approach is among his most outstanding contributions to fisheries science. It has become the most widely used approach for ecosystem-based management, and is freely used by thousands of scientists from throughout the world. The importance of Ecopath was recognized by NOAA in 2009 as one of ten major scientific breakthroughs in the organization’s 200-year history.
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