Anne R. Kapuscinski

Anne R. Kapuscinski

Biography

Anne R. Kapuscinski, Ph.D., is a professor of fisheries, wildlife and conservation biology, the founding director of the Institute for Social, Economic and Ecological Sustainability (ISEES), a program of the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change, and a Sea Grant Extension Specialist in aquaculture and biotechnology at the University of Minnesota. She is an international authority on the ecological risks of genetically engineered organisms, the connection between science and biosafety policies, and genetically engineered fish and other aquatic organisms. Presently she serves on the U.S. Secretary of AgricultureÕs Advisory Committee on Agricultural Biotechnology (ACAB). She was recently awarded a Pew Marine Conservation Fellowship, the worldÕs preeminent award for marine conservation.

Relevant Publications

Kapuscinski, A. R. and E. M. Hallerman. 1991. Implications of introduction of transgenic fish into natural ecosystems. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 48(Suppl. 1): 99-107.

Committee on Protection and Management of Pacific Northwest Anadromous Salmonids (Kapuscinski one of 15 authors). 1996. Upstream: Salmon and Society in the Pacific Northwest. National Research Council, National Academy Press. 388 pp.

Miller, L. and A. R. Kapuscinski. 1997. Historical analysis of genetic variation reveals low effective population size in a northern pike, Esox lucius, population. Genetics 147: 1249-1258.

Kapuscinski, A.R. In press. Controversies in designing useful ecological assessments of genetically engineered organisms. D. Letourneau and B. Burrows, eds. Genetically Engineered Organisms: Assessing Environmental and Human Health Effects. CRC Press.

Websites pertaining to Dr. Kapuscinski’s work:

Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota
http://www.fw.umn.edu/
http://www.consbio.umn.edu/

Institute for Social, Economic and Ecological Sustainability (ISEES)
http://www.fw.umn.edu/isees/

Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change
http://www.icgc.umn.edu/

Sea Grant Extension Specialist
http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/index.html

Aquaculture and Biotechnology, University of Minnesota
http://www.tc.umn.edu/

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture’s Advisory Committee on Agricultural Biotechnology (ACAB)
http://www.usda.gov/agencies/biotech/acab.html

Pew Marine Conservation Fellowship
http://www.pewmarine.org/ProgramProfile/index.html

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