Ben Halpern

Dr. Ben Halpern focuses his research at the interface between marine ecology and conservation biology. His research focuses on global food systems, especially aquaculture and fisheries, the impacts of climate change on marine species as well as coupled human-natural systems, and the impacts of multiple stressors on coastal oceans, and strategic conservation planning and prioritization. His research has addressed a broad range of questions that span local to global scales, including spatial population dynamics, trophic interactions in community ecology, and the interface between ecology and human dynamics, all with the ultimate aim to inform and facilitate conservation and resource management efforts in marine systems.