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American ecologist
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Stony Brook University
Binghamton University
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Valery E. Forbes is an American ecologist specializing in environmental toxicology who is a professor at the University of Minnesota. Her research expertise is in ecotoxicology and studies the effects of environmental stresses such as toxins on organisms at different levels of biological organization.
Education
1988 | Ph.D., Coastal Oceanography, State University of New York at Stony Brook |
1984 | M.S., Marine Environmental Science, State University of New York at Stony Brook |
1983 | B.A. Biology; B.A. Geology, State University of New York at Binghamton |
Professional positions
2015–present | Dean of the College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, USA |
2011 – 2015 | Director of School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln,NE, USA |
2011 - 2016 | Adjunct Professor, Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change, Roskilde University, Denmark |
2006 - 2010 | Founding Chair of Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change, Roskilde University, Denmark |
2007 - 2010 | Dean of Natural Sciences, Roskilde University, Denmark |
2001 - 2006 | Professor, Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, Denmark |
1996 - 2001 | Associate Professor, Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, Denmark |
1993 - 1996 | Assistant Professor, Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, Denmark |
1991 - 1993 | ResearchAssociate, National Environmental Research Institute, Department of Marine Ecology and Microbiology, Denmark |
1989 - 1991 | Research Assistant Professor, Odense University, Denmark |
1987 - 1988 | Research Assistant, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY |
1983 - 1986 | Graduate Council Fellow, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY |
Awards and honors
- Helmholtz International Fellow
- Fellow of the University of Minnesota Institute of the Environment
- Member of the Board of Directors, Minnesota Freshwater Society
- Fulbright Scholar, Odense University, DK
Professional activities
- Editorial Board, PeerJ, 2017–Present
- Editorial Board, Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 2018–Present
- Editorial Board, Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 2005–Present
- Editorial Board, Marine Environmental Research, 2000–Present
- Invited Member of the Spinoza Prize Selection Committee, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, 2013–16
- Editorial Board, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2004-13
- Director, Centre for Integrated Population Ecology, 2005–09
- Danish Natural Sciences Research Council Member, 2001–07
Representative publications
- Forbes, Valery E.; Galic, Nika; Schmolke, Amelie; Vavra, Janna; Pastorok, Rob; Thorbek, Pernille (2016). "Assessing the risks of pesticides to threatened and endangered species using population modeling: A critical review and recommendations for future work: Population modeling of pesticide risks to listed species". Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 35 (8): 1904–1913. doi:10.1002/etc.3440. PMID 27037541.
- Galic, Nika; Forbes, Valery E. (2017). "Effects of temperature on the performance of a freshwater amphipod". Hydrobiologia. 785 (1): 35–46. doi:10.1007/s10750-016-2901-9. ISSN 0018-8158.
- Forbes, Valery; Hall, Tilghman; Suter, Glenn W. (2016-04-18). "The Challenge: Bias is creeping into the science behind risk assessments and undermining its use and credibility". Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 35 (5): 1068. doi:10.1002/etc.3354. ISSN 0730-7268. PMID 27089439.
- Forbes, Valery E.; Galic, Nika (2016). "Next-generation ecological risk assessment: Predicting risk from molecular initiation to ecosystem service delivery". Environment International. 91: 215–219. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2016.03.002. ISSN 0160-4120. PMID 26985654.
- DeLong, John P.; Forbes, Valery E.; Galic, Nika; Gibert, Jean P.; Laport, Robert G.; Phillips, Joseph S.; Vavra, Janna M. (2016). "How fast is fast? Eco-evolutionary dynamics and rates of change in populations and phenotypes". Ecology and Evolution. 6 (2): 573–581. doi:10.1002/ece3.1899. ISSN 2045-7758. PMC 4729258. PMID 26843940.
- Reed, Melissa; Alvarez, Tania; Chelinho, Sónia; Forbes, Valery; Johnston, Alice; Meli, Mattia; Voss, Frank; Pastorok, Rob (2015-12-05). "A risk assessment example for soil invertebrates using spatially explicit agent-based models". Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 12 (1): 58–66. doi:10.1002/ieam.1713. ISSN 1551-3777. PMID 26411378.
- Hommen, Udo; Forbes, Valery; Grimm, Volker; Preuss, Thomas G; Thorbek, Pernille; Ducrot, Virginie (2015-10-29). "How to use mechanistic effect models in environmental risk assessment of pesticides: Case studies and recommendations from the SETAC workshop MODELINK" (PDF). Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 12 (1): 21–31. doi:10.1002/ieam.1704. ISSN 1551-3777. PMID 26437629.
- Forbes, VE; Brain, R; Edwards, D; Galic, N; Hall, T; Honegger, J; Meyer, C; Moore, DRJ; Nacci, D (2015-03-21). "Assessing pesticide risks to threatened and endangered species using population models: Findings and recommendations from a CropLife America Science Forum". Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 11 (3): 348–354. doi:10.1002/ieam.1628. ISSN 1551-3777. PMID 25655086.
- Son, Jino; Vavra, Janna; Li, Yusong; Seymour, Megan; Forbes, Valery (2015). "Interactions between suspension characteristics and physicochemical properties of silver and copper oxide nanoparticles: A case study for optimizing nanoparticle stock suspensions using a central composite design". Chemosphere. 124: 136–142. Bibcode:2015Chmsp.124..136S. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.12.005. ISSN 0045-6535. PMID 25550107.
- Ramskov, Tina; Forbes, Valery E.; Gilliland, Douglas; Selck, Henriette (2015). "Accumulation and effects of sediment-associated silver nanoparticles to sediment-dwelling invertebrates". Aquatic Toxicology. 166: 96–105. doi:10.1016/j.aquatox.2015.07.002. ISSN 0166-445X. PMID 26256765.
- Ramskov, Tina; Croteau, Marie-Noële; Forbes, Valery E.; Selck, Henriette (2015). "Biokinetics of different-shaped copper oxide nanoparticles in the freshwater gastropod, Potamopyrgus antipodarum". Aquatic Toxicology. 163: 71–80. doi:10.1016/j.aquatox.2015.03.020. ISSN 0166-445X. PMID 25863028.
- Dai, Lina; Banta, Gary T.; Selck, Henriette; Forbes, Valery E. (2015). "Influence of copper oxide nanoparticle form and shape on toxicity and bioaccumulation in the deposit feeder, Capitella teleta". Marine Environmental Research. 111: 99–106. doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.06.010. ISSN 0141-1136. PMID 26138270.
- Palmqvist, Annemette; Baker, Leanne; Forbes, Valery E; Gergs, André; von der Kammer, Frank; Luoma, Samuel; Lützhøft, Hans Christian Holten; Salinas, Edward; Sorensen, Mary (2015-03-26). "Nanomaterial environmental risk assessment". Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 11 (2): 333–335. doi:10.1002/ieam.1625. ISSN 1551-3777. PMID 25820312.
- Son, Jino; Vavra, Janna; Forbes, Valery E. (2015). "Effects of water quality parameters on agglomeration and dissolution of copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO-NPs) using a central composite circumscribed design". Science of the Total Environment. 521-522: 183–190. Bibcode:2015ScTEn.521..183S. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.03.093. ISSN 0048-9697. PMID 25835376.
- Forbes, Valery E. (2015-01-22). "The Real Trouble with Risk Assessment". BioScience. 65 (3): 227. doi:10.1093/biosci/biu228. ISSN 1525-3244.
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