Nils Christian Stenseth

Nils Christian Stenseth

Nils Christian Stenseth (born 29 July 1949 in Fredrikstad, Norway) is a biologist with a focus on ecology and evolution. He is the leader of the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES, Senter for fremragende forskning) at the University of Oslo. He is also the Chief Scientist at the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research in Norway. In December 2006, CEES was given Centre of Excellence status by the Research Council of Norway.

Stenseth finished his first degree in 1972 with main topics biology, zoology and mathematics. He then became a student of John Maynard Smith, still working mostly on the theoretical aspects of evolution and ecology. Major publications from this period is his work on the Red Queen Hypothesis (Van Valen, 1973; Stenseth, 1979; Stenseth and Maynard-Smith, 1984) in addition to his work on population cycles Norwegian Lemming.[citation needed] A dr.philos. since 1978, he was appointed as a professor of population ecology and zoology at the University of Oslo in 1980.[1] He later turned to more empirical investigations, and as chair of CEES he continues to be a well-known and respected scientist within biology. He is an ISI Highly Cited researcher within Ecology/Environment.[2]

In 2010 he is the praeces of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[3] He is also a visiting scholar for the Chinese Academy of Sciences,[4] a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, the French Academy of Sciences and the Academia Europaea. He holds an honorary degree at the University of Antwerp.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Hjermann, Dag Øystein (2007). "Nils Christian Stenseth". In Henriksen, Petter (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Nils_Christian_Stenseth. Retrieved 11 March 2009. 
  2. ^ http://hcr3.isiknowledge.com/author.cgi?&link1=Browse&link2=Results&id=4885
  3. ^ Toft, Martin (23 January 2009). "Hærførarar for vitskapen" (in Norwegian). Uniforum. http://www.uniforum.uio.no/nyheter/2009/01/herforarar-for-vitskapen.html. Retrieved 11 March 2009. 
  4. ^ "Nils Christian Stenseth er blitt Albert Einstein-professor" (in Norwegian). Uniforum. 15 March 2006. http://www.uniforum.uio.no/nyheter/2006/03/nils-christian-stenseth-er-blitt-albert-einstein-professor.html. Retrieved 11 March 2009. 
  • Stenseth, N. C. (1979). "Where Have All the Species Gone - Nature of Extinction and the Red Queen Hypothesis." Oikos 33(2): 196-227.
  • Stenseth, N. C. and J. M. Smith (1984). "Coevolution in Ecosystems - Red Queen Evolution or Stasis." Evolution 38(4): 870-880.
  • Van Valen, L. (1973). "A new evolutionary law." Evolutionary Theory 1(1): 1-30.



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