Valery E. Forbes
 | This biographical article is written like a résumé. (July 2020) |
Valery E. Forbes is an American ecologist and professor specializing in environmental toxicology. Since the start of the 2022-2023 academic season, she has been the Dean of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science at Florida Atlantic University.[1] Her research expertise is in ecotoxicology, where she primarily studies effects of environmental stresses on organisms at different levels of biological organization.
Education
As an undergraduate student, Forbes received B. A.'s in Biology and Geology at Binghamton University in 1983. She later attended Stony Brook University, completing her M.S. in Marine Environmental Sciences in 1984, and her PhD in Coastal Oceanography in 1988.[2]
Scientific contributions
Research in the Forbes lab is aimed at improving environmental management through increased understanding of how risks, such as exposure to toxins and temperature change, impact ecosystems. With over 350 peer reviewed publications and a google scholar citation index of 8658,[3] Forbes is an internationally recognized expert in assessing risks to complex ecosystems through population modeling. Her expertise led to her participation of an advisory council formed to advise SETAC-Europe about using mechanistic effect models for ecological risk assessment of chemicals.[4]
Professional positions
| 2022 - present | Dean of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA[1] |
| 2015 - 2022 | Dean of the College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota (Twin Cities Campus), Saint Paul, MN, USA[5] |
| 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[6] |
| 2006 - 2010 | Founding Chair of Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change, Roskilde University, Denmark[6] |
| 2007 - 2010 | Dean of Natural Sciences, Roskilde University, Denmark[7] |
| 2001 - 2006 | Professor, Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, Denmark[7] |
| 1996 - 2001 | Associate Professor, Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, Denmark[7] |
| 1993 - 1996 | Assistant Professor, Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, Denmark[7] |
| 1991 - 1993 | Research Associate, National Environmental Research Institute, Department of Marine Ecology and Microbiology, Denmark[8] |
| 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[9]
- Fellow of the University of Minnesota Institute of the Environment[10]
- Member of the Board of Directors, Minnesota Freshwater Society[11]
- Fulbright Scholar, Odense University, DK[12]
Professional activities
- Editorial Board, PeerJ, 2017–Present
- Editorial Board, Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management,[13] 2018–Present
- Editorial Board, Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 2005–Present
- Editorial Board, Marine Environmental Research,[14] 2000–Present
- Invited Member of the Spinoza Prize Selection Committee, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, 2013–16
- Editorial Board, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety,[15] 2004-13[16]
- Director, Centre for Integrated Population Ecology, 2005–09
- Danish Natural Sciences Research Council Member,[17] 2001–07
External links
- University of Minnesota lab page
- European Food Safety Authority Conference Discussion 24 September 2018
- Valery E. Forbes publications indexed by Google Scholar
Representative publications
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- 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. S2CID 27562350.
- 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. S2CID 5275040.
- 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. S2CID 37342821.
- 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. S2CID 34129955.
- 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.
References
- ^ a b "Welcome, Dr. Valery Forbes! | Charles E. Schmidt College of Science (FAU)". fau.edu. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
- ^ Forbes, Valery, E. (1986). "Changes in feeding and crawling rates of Hydrobia truncata (Prosobranchia: Hydrobiidae) in response to sedimentary chlorophyll-a and recently egested sediment" (PDF). Mar Ecol Prog Ser. 33: 287–294. Bibcode:1986MEPS...33..287F. doi:10.3354/meps033287.
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- ^ Preuss, Thomas G.; Hommen, Udo; Alix, Anne; Ashauer, Roman; van den Brink, Paul; Chapman, Peter; Ducrot, Virginie; Forbes, Valery; Grimm, Volker; Schäfer, Dieter; Streissl, Franz (2009). "Mechanistic effect models for ecological risk assessment of chemicals (MEMoRisk)—a new SETAC-Europe Advisory Group". Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 16 (3): 250–252. doi:10.1007/s11356-009-0124-6. ISSN 0944-1344. PMID 19322598. S2CID 207266783.
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- ^ "Welcoming the 2018 class of IonE Affiliates". Institute on the Environment. 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ^ "Board of Directors". Freshwater Society. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ^ "Valery E. Forbes — Roskilde Universitets forskningsportal". forskning.ruc.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ^ "Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management - Wiley Online Library". setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com. doi:10.1002/(ISSN)1551-3793. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ^ Marine Environmental Research.
- ^ Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.
- ^ "Centre for Integrated Population Ecology (CIPE) — Roskilde University Research Portal". forskning.ruc.dk. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
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