Valery E. Forbes

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Valery E. Forbes is an American ecologist and professor specializing in environmental toxicology. Since the start of the 2022-2023 academic season, she has been the Dean of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science at Florida Atlantic University.[1] Her research expertise is in ecotoxicology, where she primarily studies effects of environmental stresses on organisms at different levels of biological organization.

Education[edit]

As an undergraduate student, Forbes received B. A.'s in Biology and Geology at Binghamton University in 1983. She later attended Stony Brook University, completing her M.S. in Marine Environmental Sciences in 1984, and her PhD in Coastal Oceanography in 1988.[2]

Scientific contributions[edit]

Research in the Forbes lab is aimed at improving environmental management through increased understanding of how risks, such as exposure to toxins and temperature change, impact ecosystems. With over 350 peer reviewed publications and a google scholar citation index of 8658,[3] Forbes is an internationally recognized expert in assessing risks to complex ecosystems through population modeling. Her expertise led to her participation of an advisory council formed to advise SETAC-Europe about using mechanistic effect models for ecological risk assessment of chemicals.[4]

Professional positions[edit]

2022 - present Dean of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA[1]
2015 - 2022 Dean of the College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota (Twin Cities Campus), Saint Paul, MN, USA[5]
2011 - 2015            Director of School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
2011 - 2016 Adjunct Professor, Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change, Roskilde University, Denmark[6]
2006 - 2010 Founding Chair of Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change, Roskilde University, Denmark[6]
2007 - 2010 Dean of Natural Sciences, Roskilde University, Denmark[7]
2001 - 2006 Professor, Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, Denmark[7]
1996 - 2001 Associate Professor, Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, Denmark[7]
1993 - 1996 Assistant Professor, Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, Denmark[7]
1991 - 1993 Research Associate, National Environmental Research Institute, Department of Marine Ecology and Microbiology, Denmark[8]
1989 - 1991 Research Assistant Professor, Odense University, Denmark
1987 - 1988 Research Assistant, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
1983 - 1986 Graduate Council Fellow, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

Awards and honors[edit]

  • Helmholtz International Fellow[9]
  • Fellow of the University of Minnesota Institute of the Environment[10]
  • Member of the Board of Directors, Minnesota Freshwater Society[11]
  • Fulbright Scholar, Odense University, DK[12]

Professional activities[edit]

  • Editorial Board, PeerJ, 2017–Present
  • Editorial Board, Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management,[13] 2018–Present
  • Editorial Board, Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 2005–Present
  • Editorial Board, Marine Environmental Research,[14] 2000–Present
  • Invited Member of the Spinoza Prize Selection Committee, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, 2013–16
  • Editorial Board, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety,[15] 2004-13[16]
  • Director, Centre for Integrated Population Ecology, 2005–09
  • Danish Natural Sciences Research Council Member,[17] 2001–07

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Representative publications[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Welcome, Dr. Valery Forbes! | Charles E. Schmidt College of Science (FAU)". fau.edu. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  2. ^ Forbes, Valery, E. (1986). "Changes in feeding and crawling rates of Hydrobia truncata (Prosobranchia: Hydrobiidae) in response to sedimentary chlorophyll-a and recently egested sediment" (PDF). Mar Ecol Prog Ser. 33: 287–294. Bibcode:1986MEPS...33..287F. doi:10.3354/meps033287.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Valery Forbes".
  4. ^ Preuss, Thomas G.; Hommen, Udo; Alix, Anne; Ashauer, Roman; van den Brink, Paul; Chapman, Peter; Ducrot, Virginie; Forbes, Valery; Grimm, Volker; Schäfer, Dieter; Streissl, Franz (2009). "Mechanistic effect models for ecological risk assessment of chemicals (MEMoRisk)—a new SETAC-Europe Advisory Group". Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 16 (3): 250–252. Bibcode:2009ESPR...16..250P. doi:10.1007/s11356-009-0124-6. ISSN 0944-1344. PMID 19322598. S2CID 207266783.
  5. ^ "Valery Forbes | College of Biological Sciences". cbs.umn.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  6. ^ a b "Roskilde University | Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change (ENSPAC) | Highlights". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  7. ^ a b c d "Department of Science and Environment". RUC.dk. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  8. ^ 466999@au.dk. "Marine Ecology". bios.au.dk. Retrieved 2019-02-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "Another five scientists receive the Helmholtz International Fellow Award". MEDIZIN ASPEKTE (in German). 2017-12-18. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  10. ^ "Welcoming the 2018 class of IonE Affiliates". Institute on the Environment. 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  11. ^ "Board of Directors". Freshwater Society. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  12. ^ "Valery E. Forbes — Roskilde Universitets forskningsportal". forskning.ruc.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  13. ^ "Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management - Wiley Online Library". setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com. doi:10.1002/(ISSN)1551-3793. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  14. ^ Marine Environmental Research.
  15. ^ Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.
  16. ^ "Centre for Integrated Population Ecology (CIPE) — Roskilde University Research Portal". forskning.ruc.dk. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  17. ^ Archived July 8, 2022, at the Wayback Machine[dead link]
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