Professor Marc Mangel IntFRSE

Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz

Marc Mangel is an eminent Professor Emeritus of Mathematical Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Professor Emeritus of Biology in the Theoretical Ecology Group at the University of Bergen, Norway. His career began at the Operations Evaluation Group of the Center for Naval Analyses, where he applied operations research to naval problems. In 1980, he transitioned to academia at UC Davis, shifting his focus to real-world applications in fisheries and agriculture, and later joined UC Santa Cruz in 1996. Although he retired from teaching and administrative duties in 2013, he maintained an active research program -with external grant support continuing through 2022 – and remains engaged in research today. Marc’s work lies at the intersection of theory and application, using mathematical tools to tackle complex questions in biology, particularly in ecology, evolution, and behaviour. He is a leading figure in what Donald Stokes termed “Pasteur’s Quadrant”: research that seeks fundamental understanding while addressing pressing applied problems.

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