Gary Banta became the head of the Department of Biology at University of Southern Denmark in 2019, after being the head of studies at Roskilde University. He brings nearly 30 years of experience in a wide range of aquatic ecology, biostatistical, ecotoxicology and environmental science research areas. He has worked in a variety of habitats and environments from lakes to coastal oceans, including marginal habitats such as tidal freshwater marshes, salt marshes, and mangroves.
Gary earned a Bachelor's of Science in Biology and Statistics at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and a PhD in Marine Ecology from Boston University. He began a Biology postdoc at Odense University before joining the faculty at the Department of Biology and Chemistry at Roskilde University in 1995. In 2007 he moved to the Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change until 2016, when he switched to the Department of Science and Environment.
