Sven Erik Jørgensen (29 August 1934 – 5 March 2016) was an

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and

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from Denmark.

Biography

Also a well known biathlon person.

Academic degrees and honors

In 1958, he was awarded

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chemical engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of the operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials ...

from the

Technical University of Denmark The Technical University of Denmark (), often simply referred to as DTU, is a polytechnic university and school of engineering. It was founded in 1829 at the initiative of Hans Christian Ørsted as Denmark's first polytechnic, and it is today ran ...

, then Doctor of Environmental Engineerin (

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; ) is both a German public research university in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, and a research center of the Helmholtz Association. KIT was created in 2009 when the University of Karlsruhe (), founde ...

) and

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in ecological modelling (

University of Copenhagen The University of Copenhagen (, KU) is a public university, public research university in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in Scandinavia, after Uppsala University. ...

). He taught courses in ecological modelling in 32 countries. After his retirement, he became professor emeritus in environmental chemistry at the University of Copenhagen. He was an honourable doctor at

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, Portugal and at

University of Dar es Salaam The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) (Swahili: ''Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam'') is a public university located in Ubungo District, Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania. It was established in 1961 as an affiliate college of the University of London. ...

, Tanzania He received several awards:

Ruđer Bošković Roger Joseph Boscovich (, ; ; ; 18 May 1711 – 13 February 1787) was a Croatian physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, theologian, Jesuit priest, and a polymath from the Republic of Ragusa.Prigogine Prize,

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Medal, Einstein professorship at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Santa Chiara Prize for multidisciplinary teaching. In 2004, together with William J. Mitsch, he was awarded the

Stockholm Water Prize The Stockholm Water Prize is an annual award that recognizes outstanding achievements in water related activities. Over the past three decades, Stockholm Water Prize Laureates have come from across the world and represented a wide range of profes ...

Works

In 1975 he founded a journal, ''

Ecological Modelling ''Ecological Modelling'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the use of ecosystem models in the field of ecology. It was founded in 1975 by Sven Erik Jørgensen and is published by Elsevier. The current editor-in-chief is Brian ...

'', and in 1978 he founded ISEM, the International Society of Ecological Modelling. He published 366 papers of which 275 were in peer-reviewed international journals, and edited or authored 76 books, of which several have been translated into other languages (Chinese, Russian, Spanish, and Portuguese). In 2011, he authored a textbook in ecological modeling “Fundamentals of Ecological Modelling”, which was published as a fourth edition together with Brian D. Fath of the Department of Biological Sciences,

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. It has been translated into Chinese and Russian (third edition). He was co-editor in chief of the "Encyclopedia of Ecology" published in 2008, and of the "Encyclopedia of Environmental Management" published during December 2012. He co-authored the textbook “Introduction to Systems Ecology, published in English in 2012 and in Chinese in 2013. He was the editorial board member of 18 international journals in the fields of ecology and environmental management. He was the president of ISEM and was elected to the

European Academy of Sciences and Arts The European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA, ) is a transnational and interdisciplinary network, connecting about 2,000 recommended scientists and artists worldwide, including 38 Nobel Prize laureates. The European Academy of Sciences and ...

, for which he was chairman of the Section for Environmental Sciences. Sven Erik Jorgensen and Irene Tarimo and Tolly Mbwette

Personal life

He married in 1970 and had one son. Jørgensen died during 2016 in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

."Ecological Models that Adapt", Denmark.dk, Retrieved May 4, 2009.
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Awards

, 2004 for the pioneering development and global dissemination of ecological models of lakes and wetlands, widely applied as effective tools in sustainable water resource management by the University of Copenhagen School of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Dermank.

References

External links

Sven Erik Jørgensen's Web page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jorgensen, Sven Erik 1934 births 2016 deaths Technical University of Denmark alumni Karlsruhe Institute of Technology alumni University of Copenhagen alumni Academic staff of the University of Copenhagen University of Dar es Salaam Danish ecologists Thermodynamicists Systems ecologists