People Behind the Science Podcast

Science Podcast - Journey through the minds of today's brilliant scientists

  • About
    • About
    • Contact
  • Scientists
  • Resources
  • Podcasts
    • Podcasts
    • Special Episodes
  • Support

097: Dr. Ben Halpern: Conserving Our Seas with the Science of Ecosystem Services

July 12, 2014 By PBtS Leave a Comment

Listen to the Episode Below (00:37:24)
Play / pause
1x
1.5x
2x
0:00
0:00
00:37:24
volume
  • 097: Dr. Ben Halpern: Conserving Our Seas with the Science of Ecosystem Services
iTunesGoogle PlayShare
Leave a ReviewClammr ItListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSS
Sign up to receive bonus content about our guests and sneak peeks for a guest from the next week’s interviews!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS

Ben-Halpern-People-Behind-the-ScienceListen Free in iTunes

Listen Free on Stitcher Radio

Dr. Benjamin Halpern is a Professor in the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California Santa Barbara and Chair in Marine Conservation at Imperial College London. He also serves as the Director of the Center for Marine Assessment and Planning (CMAP) at UC Santa Barbara and as a Research Associate at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS). Ben received his PhD in Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology from the University of California Santa Barbara. Afterwards, he held a joint postdoctoral fellowship at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis and the Smith Fellowship Program sponsored by The Nature Conservancy. He then worked as a Research Biologist at the Marine Science Institute and was a Center Associate of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis before accepting his current positions. Ben is here with us today to tell us about his journey through life and science.

Ben was trained as a marine ecologist and has done field work around the world, primarily in coral reef, rocky intertidal, and rocky reef ecosystems. Over the last decade his research has become much more interdisciplinary. He regularly collaborate with economists, anthropologists, decision scientists, and conservation scientists, as well as ecologists and marine scientists. Topically he focuses his research on questions relevant to the science and application of marine protected areas (MPAs) and no-take marine reserves, ecosystem based management (EBM), and marine spatial planning (MSP). These interests have in turn focused Ben’s research on the science of ecosystem services provision/tradeoffs and conservation planning.

Filed Under: Podcast Episode

Search for previous science podcasts

Support the People Behind the Science Podcast

Follow @PBtScience

Listen to Stitcher
New subscribers and reviews REALLY help us grow this science podcast as well as improve our visibility on iTunes.

If you like our show, please consider helping everyone get inspired by these amazing scientists by subscribing and leaving a review! (With the added benefit of making us very happy - we do a little dance every time we hear from one of you).
Follow @PBtScience

Copyright © 2023 · Parallax Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in