Edward Houde

E. D. Houde served as Professor and, upon retirement in 2016, was Vice President for Graduate Education in the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), and presently is Professor Emeritus. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Zoology from the University of Massachusetts in 1963 and M.S. and PhD degrees from Corne1l University in 1965 and 1968, respectively. Prior to his UMCES appointment, Dr. Houde was on the faculty of the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, 1970-1980. Research interests include fisheries science and management, larval fish ecology, and fisheries oceanography. As Vice President for Education, Dr. Houde led the effort by UMCES to gain accreditation as a degree-granting institution. Dr. Houde has supervised and mentored more than 40 graduate students to M.S. and PhD degrees. He served as Director of the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Biological Oceanography Program from 1983-85. He is the recipient of the Beverton (Fisheries Society of the British Isles), Sette (Am. Fish. Soc., Marine Fisheries Section), and Ahlstrom (Am. Fish. Soc., Early Life History Section) Awards for career achievement, and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is a National Associate of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Houde has served on numerous committees and panels, including the Ocean Studies Board of the National Research Council, the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Ecosystem Principles Advisory Panel, and as Chair of the National Academy of Science’s Committee on Marine Protected Areas. Dr. Houde co-chaired the Technical Advisory Panel that developed a Fisheries Ecosystem Plan for Chesapeake Bay. Recent appointments to advisory boards include the Scientific and Statistical Committee of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, the Independent Science Board for the California Delta Stewardship Council, the Science and Engineering Board for the Louisiana Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration, the Lenfest Foundation’s Forage Fish Task Force, the Lenfest Fishery Ecosystem Task Force, and the Visioning and Strategic Planning Working Group of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council. Dr. Houde was the U.S. Co-Delegate to the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea from 2006-2013.