My interests are in marine benthic ecology, coral reef ecology, hydrodynamic effects on marine benthos, and theoretical ecology......

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Dr. Kenneth P. Sebens is a Professor in the Department of Biology and School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington. He is currently resident at the UW’s Friday Harbor Laboratories (since 2005) and was Director of FHL from 2005 to 2013 and Dennis Willows Director’s Endowed Professor (2011-2013). Dr. Sebens received his BA from the University of Connecticut in 1972 and his PhD from the University of Washington in 1977. During 1977-2005 he held faculty positions at Harvard University, Northeastern University, and the University of Maryland College Park, and was Dean at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and Director of Northeastern's Marine Science Center. He conducts research on marine subtidal benthic populations and communities in both temperate and tropical locations. Dr. Sebens has published widely on marine biological and ecological topics and has mentored 32 graduate students at four universities since 1978, many of whom now have careers as university faculty and research scientists. Ongoing projects include investigations of community and population dynamics, and long-term change, in rocky subtidal habitats in Massachusetts, Washington State, and in the Mediterranean Sea. 

EDUCATION: B. A. with Honors, Biology, 1972, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269 Ph.D., Zoology, 1977, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195

ACADEMIC POSITIONS: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Organismal and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (1977 - 1982), Associate Professor, (1982 - 1985)
Assistant Curator of Invertebrates, Mus. Comparative Zoology, Harvard (1979 - 1982)
Associate Curator, M. C. Z., Harvard (1982 - 1985)
Research Associate, M. C. Z., Harvard (1985 - present)
Associate Professor of Biology, Northeastern University (1985 - 1986)
Director, Marine Science Center, Northeastern University (1985 - 1991)
Professor of Biology, Northeastern University (1986 - 1992)
Acting Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences, Northeastern (1986 - 1987)
Adjunct Faculty, Northeastern University (1992 - present)
Adjunct Faculty, U.M. System, Center for Environmental Science, Horn Pt. Environmental Labs (1993 - 1994, 1997 - 2004)
Professor, U.M. System, Center for Envir. Science, Horn Pt. Laboratory (1994 - 1997)
Director, Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences Graduate Program,
University of Maryland System (1991 - 1997)
Professor, Zoology/Biology, University of Maryland (1991 - present)
Adjunct Faculty, University of Rhode Island (1999 - present)
Professor, Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston (2003 - 2005)
Dean, College of Science and Mathematics UMass Boston (2003 - 2005)
Professor, Biology Department University of Washington (2005-present)                                                                                    Professor, School of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences, UW (2005-present)                                                                                     Director, U.W. Friday Harbor Laboratories (2005-2013)