Gene Likens Ph.D.
Gene Likens Ph.D.
National Medal of Science – Biological Sciences 2001
Name: Gene Elden Likens
Birth: 6 January 1935 Pierceton, Indiana USA
Title: Director and President and G. Evelyn Hutchinson Chair in Ecology
Affiliation: Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Citation: “For his discovery of acid rain in North America and his sustained leadership in developing the fields of ecology and ecosystem science.” Presented by President George W. Bush in a White House East Room ceremony on June 12, 2002.”
Patents: Likens has not patented his discoveries
Zoologist. Ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, acid rain, human impacts on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Linked fossil fuel combustion to acid rain. Founder, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
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The President’s National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Title: Director and President and G. Evelyn Hutchinson Chair in Ecology
Affiliation: Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Gender: Male
Award Discipline: Biological Sciences
Award Year: 2001
Citation: “For his discovery of acid rain in North America and his sustained leadership in developing the fields of ecology and ecosystem science.”
Presented by President George W. Bush in a White House East Room ceremony on June 12, 2002.