2024 Peter A. Larkin Award Lecture - Dr. Malin Pinksy

The Peter A. Larkin Award recognizes a leading fisheries researcher who is committed to research excellence, inspiring education, and innovative societal engagement. The Peter A. Larkin Award Lecture is a free public lecture given by the winner of the Peter A Larkin Award.
Marine fish on the move: challenges and prospects for fisheries adaptation
Dr. Malin Pinsky
Associate Professor
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
University of California Santa Cruz
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Ocean life is on the front lines of climate change, with many species living closer to their limits and shifting to new locations faster than species on land. Marine communities are also rapidly turning over to new species compositions.
This talk will examine how large-scale observations are transforming our understanding of climate impacts on ocean life and the unique conservation challenges these changes create. Most importantly, however, science is also revealing solutions to preserve marine biodiversity and seafood in the decades ahead.
Malin Pinsky, Ph.D., Associate Professor at the University of California Santa Cruz, is a biologist with expertise in the adaptation of ocean life to climate change, including ocean conservation. His more than 100 publications have appeared in Science, Nature, and other journals, and his research has been covered by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and BBC, among others. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an Earth Leadership Fellow, and an Early Career Fellow of the Ecological Society of America. He was named one of Science News’ ten scientists to watch in 2019. Pinsky serves on advisory boards for the Beijer Institute of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the non-profit Oceana, and the Chewonki Foundation. He has a Ph.D. in Biology from Stanford University and an A.B. in Biology and Environmental Studies from Williams College. He grew up exploring tidepools and mountains in Maine.