Simon Levin has been a professor of biology for over 10 years at Princeton University. He is the 21st professor to receive the award.
PRINCETON - A university professor will be honored at a White House ceremony early next year for his research.
Simon Levin, a professor of biology at Princeton University is one of nine recipients of the National Medal of Science, the highest scientific honor in the country.
He will travel to Washington D.C. to receive the award at the White House during a ceremony next year, according to a press release from Princeton University.
Levin researches ecology and evolutionary biology, studying how behavioral and evolutionary factors in individual organisms affect large-scale patterns.
"His work uses observational data and mathematical models to explore topics such as biological diversity, the evolution of structure and organization, and the management of public goods and shared resources," the university wrote.
Lars Hedin, the chair of ecology and evolutionary biology said Levin was well deserving of the award.
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"His work on ecological theory and on how macroscopic patterns emerge from local interactions among organisms has influenced a generation of scientists, and is continuing to influence the way we think about biodiversity, complexity and human agency," Hedin said in the release.
Levin has been a professor at Princeton University for over a decade; he left Cornell University in 1992 to take the position.
He's won multiple awards in the years since, including the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, the Eminent Ecologist Award and the 2005 Kyoto Prize in Biological Sciences.
He is the 21st Princeton University professor to receive the award.
