Valery E. Forbes Explained

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]

Awards and honors

• Helmholtz International Fellow^[5]
• Fellow of the University of Minnesota Institute of the Environment^[6]
• Member of the Board of Directors, Minnesota Freshwater Society^[7]
• Fulbright Scholar, Odense University, DK^[8]

Professional activities

• Editorial Board, PeerJ, 2017–Present
• Editorial Board, Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management,^[9] 2018–Present
• Editorial Board, Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 2005–Present
• Editorial Board, Marine Environmental Research,^[10] 2000–Present
• Invited Member of the Spinoza Prize Selection Committee, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, 2013–16
• Editorial Board, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety,^[11] 2004-13^[12]
• Director, Centre for Integrated Population Ecology, 2005–09
• Danish Natural Sciences Research Council Member, 2001–07

External links

• University of Minnesota lab page
• European Food Safety Authority Conference Discussion 24 September 2018

Representative publications

• 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 . en . 35 . 8 . 1904–1913 . 10.1002/etc.3440 . 27037541. free .
• 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 . 10.1002/etc.3354 . 27089439 . 0730-7268. free .
• 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 . 10.1016/j.envint.2016.03.002 . 26985654 . 2016EnInt..91..215F . 0160-4120.
• 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 . 10.1002/ece3.1899 . 26843940 . 4729258 . 2016EcoEv...6..573D . 2045-7758.
• 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 . Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management . 12 . 1 . 21–31 . 10.1002/ieam.1704 . 26437629 . 1551-3777. free .
• 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 . 10.1002/ieam.1628 . 25655086 . 2015IEAM...11..348F . 37342821 . 1551-3777.
• 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 . 10.1016/j.aquatox.2015.07.002 . 26256765 . 2015AqTox.166...96R . 0166-445X.
• 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 . 10.1002/ieam.1625 . 25820312 . 2015IEAM...11..333P . 34129955 . 1551-3777 .
• Forbes . Valery E. . 2015-01-22 . The Real Trouble with Risk Assessment . BioScience . 65 . 3 . 227 . 10.1093/biosci/biu228 . 1525-3244. free .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Welcome, Dr. Valery Forbes! Charles E. Schmidt College of Science (FAU) . 2019-06-20 . fau.edu . en.
2. 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. Mar Ecol Prog Ser. 33. 287–294. 10.3354/meps033287. 1986MEPS...33..287F. free.
3. Web site: Valery Forbes.
4. 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. en. 16. 3. 250–252. 10.1007/s11356-009-0124-6. 19322598. 2009ESPR...16..250P . 207266783. 0944-1344.
5. Web site: Another five scientists receive the Helmholtz International Fellow Award. 2017-12-18. MEDIZIN ASPEKTE. de-DE. 2019-02-14.
6. Web site: Welcoming the 2018 class of IonE Affiliates. 2018-11-12. Institute on the Environment. en-US. 2019-02-14.
7. Web site: Board of Directors. Freshwater Society. en-US. 2019-02-14.
8. Web site: Valery E. Forbes — Roskilde Universitets forskningsportal. forskning.ruc.dk. da. 2019-02-14.
9. Web site: Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management - Wiley Online Library. setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com. 10.1002/(ISSN)1551-3793. 2019-02-14.
10. Book: Marine Environmental Research.
11. Book: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.
12. Web site: Centre for Integrated Population Ecology (CIPE) — Roskilde University Research Portal. forskning.ruc.dk. 2019-02-14.