Simon Asher Levin

Background

Levin, Simon Asher was born on April 22, 1941 in Baltimore. Son of Theodore S. and Clara G. Levin.

Education

Bachelor in Mathematics, Johns Hopkins University, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics (National Science Foundation fellow), U. Maryland., 1964; Doctor of Science (honorary), Eastern Michigan U., 1990.

Career

Teaching assistant, U. Maryland., 1961-1962; research associate, U. Maryland., 1964; visitor, U. Maryland., 1968; National Science Foundation fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 1964-1965; assistant professor mathematics, Cornell Univercity, 1965-1970; associate professor applied mathematics, ecology, theoretical and applied mathematics, Cornell Univercity, 1971-1977; professor applied mathematics and ecology, Cornell Univercity, 1977-1992; Charles A. Alexander professor biology, Cornell Univercity, 1985-1992; Adjunct Professor, Cornell Univercity, since 1992; chairman of the section ecology and systematics division biological science, Cornell Univercity, 1974-1979; director Ecosystems Research Center, Cornell Univercity, 1980-1987; director Center for Environmental Research, Cornell Univercity, 1987-1990; George Moffett professor biology, Princeton University, since 1992; associated faculty applied mathematics, Princeton University, since 1992; director, Princeton Environmental Institute, 1993-1998. Visiting scholar U. Washington, 1973-1974. Visiting scientist Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel, 1977, 80.

Honorary professor of University B.C., 1979-1980. Lansdowne lecturer U.Victoria, 1981. Distinguished visiting scientist State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1984.

Visiting fellow All Souls College, U. Oxford, 1988. Ostrom lecturer Washington State University, Pullman, 1994. Lecturer Third Annual Stanislaw Ulam Memorial, Santa Fe Institute, 1996.

Co-chairman Gordon Conference on Theoretical Biology, 1970, chairman Gordon Conference on Theoretical Biology and Biomath., 1971. C hmn. American Mathematics Society/ Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics Committee on Mathematics in Life Sciences, 1973-1979. Member core panel on mathematics in biological science, program committee International Congress Mathematicians, 1977-1978.

Co-convenor Biomath. Conference, Oberwolfach, West Germany, 1978. Co-director International Center for Theoretical Physics Autumn Course on Mathematics Ecology, Trieste, Italy, 1988, 92, 96. Member of advisory committee division environmental science Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1978-1981.

Vice chairman mathematics Committee Concerned Scientists, New York City, since 1979. Member science panel Hudson River Foundation, 1982-1986, chairman, 1985-1986, board directors, since 1986. Member Commision on Life Sciences, National Research Council, 1983-1989, member committee ecosystem mgmt.of sustainable marine fisheries ocean studies board, since 1995.

Member Health and Environmental Research Advisory Committee Department of Energy, 1986-1990. Principal lectr.Conf. Board on Mathematics Sciences course on mathematics ecology, 1985.

Member oversight review board United States National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program. Speaker commencement address Eastern Michigan U., 1990. Science board Santa Fe Institute, since 1991.

Board directors Beijer Institute, since 1994. Board directors The H. John Heinz III Ctr.for Science, Economics and the Environment, since 1994.

Achievements

• Simon Asher Levin has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematician, ecologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Studies in Mathematical Biology: Part 1, Cellular Behavior and Development of Pattern (Volume 15 Part 2, Populations and Communities)
  • Encyclopedia of Biodiversity
  • Mathematical Ecology: Proceedings of the Autumn Course (Lecture Notes in Biomathematics 54)

Membership

Board of directors New Jersey chapter Nature Conservancy, 1995-1997. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (board directors 1994-1998), American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member Ecol.Soc. American (chairman Mercer awards subcommittee 1976, member county 1975-1977, ad hoc commission to evaluate ecological consequences of nuclear war 1982-1983, president-elect 1989-1990, president 1990-1991, MacArthur award 1988), Society and Industrial and Applied Mathematics (member county 1977-1979, county Executive Committee 1978-1979, county representative to board of trustees 1978-1979, chairman human rights committee 1980-1983, mng.editor Journal Applied Mathematics 1975-1979), American Institute Biological Sciences, American Mathematics Society (director short course on mathematics population biology 1983), American Society.Naturalists, Society Mathematics Biology (president 1987-1989), British Ecological Society, Society Study Evolution, United States Committee for Israel Environmental, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Carole Lotte Leiffer, August 4, 1964. Children: Jacob, Rachel.

Father:

Theodore S.

Mother:

Clara G. Levin

Spouse:

Carole Lotte Leiffer

child:

Jacob Levin

child:

Rachel Levin