Tom Fenchel

Tom Michael Fenchel (born 19 March 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[1] and known for, among other things, Fenchel's Law.

Tom Fenchel FRS
Born	19 March 1940 Copenhagen, Denmark
Awards	ECI Prize A.C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement Award
Known for	Fenchel's Law Microbial loop
Scientific career
Thesis	The ecology of marine microbenthos IV : structure and function of the benthic ecosystem, its chemical and physical factors and the microfauna communities with special reference to the ciliated protozoa (1969)
Website	www1.bio.ku.dk/english/research/marinebiology/staff/?pure=en%2Fpersons%2F105357

Education

Fenchel holds PhD (1964) and Doctor of Science (1969) degrees, both from the University of Copenhagen.

Awards and honours

He is a foreign member of the Royal Society[2] and a reviewing editor of the scientific journal Science.[3] He was the 1986 recipient of the ECI Prize of ecology and wrote the book [4] in the ECI Prize laureate series Excellence in Ecology. He served as president 2004-2008 of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (he has been a member since 1976). In 2006 he was awarded the A.C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography.

He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters[5] and of the American National Academy of Sciences[6]

References

1. ISI Highly Cited
2. "Tom Fenchel | Royal Society".
3. Science Editorial Board Archived August 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
4. Ecology - Potentials and Limitations (1987) Full text
5. "Gruppe 5: Biologi" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
6. "Newly elected foreign associates". National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on May 7, 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
7. IPNI.  Fenchel.