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Gold medal to EEA director

News Published 08 Sep 2005 Last modified 28 Jun 2016

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EEA director Professor Jacqueline McGlade was awarded the gold medal from Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, on Wednesday 7 September. The award was made during the opening ceremony of the international conference EnviroInfo 2005.

Science is golden: EEA Executive Director awarded gold medal by Masaryk University for her research

Jacqueline McGlade received the medal for her scientific contributions to applying modern theories of nonlinear spatial dynamics and informatics to animal and plant populations and human interactions. Her publications deal with the impacts of harvesting, disease and competition on marine ecosystems, evolutionary dynamics associated with habitat destruction, and the long and short-term effects of climate change. The university also awarded a gold medal to the chairman of the EEA Scientific Committee, Professor Bedrich Moldan.

Masaryk University : http://www.muni.cz/
EnviroInfo 2005 : http://www.enviroinfo2005.org/