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Strategic Habitat Conservation Peer Review of Scientific Information
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Speaker's Biographical Information
Anne R. Kapuscinski,
Ph.D. Anne R. Kapuscinski is Professor of Fisheries and Conservation Biology and founding director of the Institute for Social, Economic and Ecological Sustainability (ISEES) at the University of Minnesota. She is also the Minnesota Sea Grant Extension Specialist in Aquaculture and Biotechnology. Kapuscinski received a Pew Marine Conservation Fellowship (2001), the world's preeminent marine conservation award, for her research and policy work on ecological effects of aquatic biotechnology and the USDA Honor Award for Environmental Protection (1997) for promoting sound public policy on biotechnology in aquaculture and fish genetics conservation. She has been an advisor on biotechnology to three past U.S. Secretaries of Agriculture, Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans, various agencies of the United Nations, and the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) spanning 16 centers working on staple crops, forestry, and fisheries. She currently serves on a biotechnology advisory subcommittee to the FDA. Kapuscinski co-authored National Academy of Science reports released in 2004 on Biological Confinement of Genetically Engineered Organisms and on Atlantic Salmon of Maine, as well as the 1995 Academy report, Upstream: Salmon and Society in the Pacific Northwest. She is on the Board of Trustees of the CGIAR World Fish Center, Board of Directors of the Union of Concerned Scientists, and the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel of the Global Environmental Facility (funds environmental projects in developing countries). Kapuscinski received a B.A. in biology from Swarthmore College and M.S. and Ph.D. in fisheries from Oregon State University. Kapuscinski’s lab conducts research on ecological risks of introduced fish and fish genetic conservation. Several lab and field studies measure effects of fish subjected to different degrees of human manipulation on the genetic diversity and productivity of economically and ecologically important wild fish. These studies examine hatchery-released strains, farm-bred, and genetically engineered fish in field sites ranging from those with low fish diversity (Minnesota North Shore of Lake Superior) to high diversity (Thailand, a global hot spot of freshwater fish biodiversity). Kapuscinski teaches courses on biosafety science and policy and sustainable aquaculture. Through the Institute, she has taught or overseen occasional courses and public lecture series on themes such as population and the environment, wildlife and film, the Earth Summit, and sustainability science. Recent Publications Regarding Biotechnology National Research Council (Kapuscinski chapter chair and one of 12 co-authors). 2004. Biological Confinement of Genetically Engineered Organisms. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. National Research Council (Kapuscinski section chair and one of 13 co-authors). 2004. Atlantic Salmon of Maine. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. FAO/WHO 2004. [Kapuscinski rapporteur]. FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on the Safety Assessment of Foods Derived from Genetically Modified Animals Including Fish, Rome, 17-21 November 2003. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. Available at ftp://ftp.fao.org/es/esn/food/gmanimal_report_en.pdf CGIAR Study Panel on Safe Use of Gene Technology and Its Products [Kapuscinski one of 5 co-authors]. 2004. Report to the CGIAR Science Council, January 2004. Kapuscinski, A.R. and P. J. Schei, Series Editors. 2004. Andow, D. and A. Hilbeck, editors. Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms: A Case Study of Bt Maize in Kenya. CABI Publishers. In Press. Kapuscinski, A. R. and E. E. Pullins. In Press. Biosafety Programs for Genetically Engineered Plants: An Adaptive Approach. Pages 00-00 in R. Goodman, ed. Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science. Marcel Dekker, New York. Kapuscinski, A.R. 2004. Status of environmental biosafety science on genetically engineered fish and policy implications. Experts Meeting on Assessment of Environmental and Indirect Human Health Effects of Genetically Modified Aquatic Organisms, March 30-31, 2004, Vancouver. Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans Technical Publication 00: in press. Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology. 2003. Future Fish: Issues in Science and Regulation of Transgenic Fish. Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology, Washington, D.C. [based on Kapuscinski contract report]. Kapuscinski, A.R.,, R. M. Goodman, S. D. Hann,, L. R. Jacobs E. ,E. Pullins, C. S. Johnson, J. D. Kinsey, R. L. Krall, A. G.M. La Viña, M. G. Mellon, and V. W. Ruttan. 2003. Making Safety First a Reality for Biotechnology Products. Nature Biotechnology:21(6): 599-601. Kapuscinski, A.R. 2003. Marine GEOs: Products in the Pipeline. Marine Biotechnology Briefs 1 (February 2003):1-5 plus tables and hotlinks. On-line at www.fw.umn.edu/isees/MarineBrief. Kapuscinski, A.R. 2003. From reactive to pro-active biosafety: science, technology and capacity needs. Pages 91-99 in O.T. Sandlund and P.J. Schei, eds. Proceedings of the Norway/UN Conference on Technology Transfer and Capacity Building, Trondheim, 23-27 June 2003. Available at: www.dirnat.no/sbch3.exe?p=1844.
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Last updated:
October 6, 2008
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