DR. PETER MOYLE NAMED 2010 BROWN-NICHOLS SCIENCE AWARD WINNER
Dr. Peter B. Moyle was honored by his peers as the second recipient of the Brown-Nichols Science Award, presented at the 6th Biennial Bay-Delta Science Conference. He received this award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to science in the San Francisco Estuary and watershed.
Moyle is the foremost expert on California freshwater and estuarine fish and has always been an outspoken advocate for the preservation of California fishes. He is associate director of the Center for Watershed Science at the University of California, Davis, as well as a professor of fish biology in the Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology. He has been studying the ecology and conservation of freshwater and estuarine fishes in California for more than 40 years and has documented the declining status of many native species in California, as well as invasions of alien species.
Moyle was a member of the National Research Council panel on endangered fishes in the Klamath River and is a member of the Technical Advisory Committee for restoring the San Joaquin River. He, along with his colleagues at UC Davis and the Public Policy Institute of California, is part of the Delta Solutions Team, which is addressing diverse problems in the estuary.
Moyle is also author, co-author, or co-editor of more than 180 peer-reviewed scientific papers, eight books, and many other publications. The revised version of his book Inland Fishes of California was published in 2002, and the 5th edition of Fishes: Introductory to Ichthyology—a widely used ichthyology text co-authored with Joseph Cech—was published in 2004. In 2008 he completed an assessment of the state of salmon and trout in California, which is available on-line (http:/www.caltrout.org). His newest book, published in 2010 Protecting Life on Earth: An Introduction to the Science of Conservation, with Michael Marchetti as lead author.
In 2007 Moyle received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Association of Fisheries Research Biologists, and the Award of Excellence from the American Fisheries Society. During his career Professor Moyle has mentored more than 40 students who completed either Master's theses or doctoral dissertations. These graduates now hold professorships at prestigious universities or responsible positions at pivotal natural resource agencies or private consulting firms.