Nils Christian Stenseth

Nils Christian Stenseth in 2014

Nils Christian Stenseth (born 29 July 1949 in Fredrikstad, Norway) is a Norwegian biologist with a focus on ecology and evolution. He is the director of the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES) at the University of Oslo, CEES was given Centre of Excellence status by the Research Council of Norway in December 2006. He is also the Chief Scientist at the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research in Norway, and Honorary Professor of Tsinghua University.[1]

In 2019, he was awarded the ECI Prize of the International Ecology Institute.[2] In 2020, he was awarded the Chinese International Science and Technology Cooperation Award.[3]

  1. ^ "Norwegian scholar Nils Christian Stenseth conferred Honorary Professorship of Tsinghua-Department of Earth System Science,Tsinghua University". Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  2. ^ "ECI Prixe Winners". Inter-Research Science Publisher. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  3. ^ 江巍. "China's top scientific award for foreign scientists given to 10 - Chinadaily.com.cn". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 11 January 2020.