Princeton's Simon Levin, a member of SFI's Science Board, has been awarded the 2014 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement for bridging ecological research and environmental policy, economics, and social science.
The award was established in 1973 at the founding of the environmental movement and is awarded by the international Tyler Prize Executive Committee with the administrative support of the University of Southern California. Levin will receive the prize at a ceremony April 25 in Los Angeles.
Levin, whose research has revealed the multifaceted relationships between species and ecosystems, has played a foundational role shaping environmental policy and advancing the study of complex ecosystems, according to the Tyler Prize Executive Committee.
Read the news release from Princeton University (March 25, 2014)
Read the interview with Levin in PNAS (May 6, 2014, subscription required)
Watch the video interview on Voice of America (May 8, 2014)
Watch the video news release from the Tyler Prize Committee (3 minutes, March 25, 2014)