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.
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| Born | (1940-03-19) 19 March 1940 (age 84) Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| 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 |
Fenchel holds PhD (1964) and Doctor of Science (1969) degrees, both from the University of Copenhagen.
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 Prizeofecology 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]