Congratulations to Puget Sound Institute Visiting Scientist Marc Mangel for his recent honorary doctorate from the University of Guelph. Mangel was presented with the honor last month in Ontario in recognition for his “significant academic contributions combining mathematics and statistics with theoretical ecology and evolutionary biology.”

The presenters wrote: “You have profoundly influenced an entire generation of ecologists, environmental scientists and applied mathematicians on how to solve important practical problems and make the world a better place.”

Dr. Mangel was awarded the Doctor of Science, honoris causa. He is currently working at the Puget Sound Institute to apply mathematical principles to the population dynamics of Puget Sound forage fish and other species. Read an interview with Dr. Mangel about some of this work.