Tom Fenchel

Tom Fenchel

Tom Michael Fenchel (born March 19, 1940 in Copenhagen) is a Danish marine ecologist and professor first at the University of Aarhus, later at the University of Copenhagen. He is a highly cited scientist [ [http://hcr3.isiknowledge.com/author.cgi?id=836&cb=7639 ISI Highly Cited] ] and known for, among other things, Fenchel's Law. He is PhD (1964) and Dr.Sc. (1969), both from the University of Copenhagen.

He was the 1986 recipient of the ECI Prize of ecology and wrote the book ["Ecology - Potentials and Limitations" (1987) [http://www.int-res.com/articles/eebooks/eebook01.pdf Full text] ] in the ECI Prize laureate series "Excellence in Ecology".He is the president (since 2004) of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (member since 1976).

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