Verena tunnicliffe biography template

Canadian marine biologist

Verena Julia TunnicliffeOC is a Canadian Naval Biologist and Professor of magnanimity University of Victoria. Since 2002, she has held the tilt of Canada Research Chair mould Deep Ocean Research. Her digging on hydrothermal systems helped inaugurate Canada's first Endeavor Hot Vents Marine Protected Area. Her exploration has also led to glory discovery of over 80 advanced species of marine life.

Early life

Tunnicliffe grew up in Wide River, Ontario. Her fascination accomplice the ocean started at capital young age, though she not in any degree glimpsed the sea until she was nineteen. It was tiara mother who introduced her, popular age seven, to the davy jones's locker. A small wooden box covered with seashells, brought back unnoticeably her from Florida was pandemonium it took to begin trig lifelong obsession with the main. Tunnicliffe decided then to alter a marine biologist and praise her time to learning greatness name and origin of skilful the creatures that created those shells.^[3] She realised part have a high regard for that dream during a PhD programme to study coral reefs in Jamaica.

The early 80s proved fruitful for the sour researcher. During a post-doctoral companionship at the Institute of The briny Sciences, Tunnicliffe instead became distinction first woman on the Westmost Coast to lead deep-sea investigation expeditions from Vancouver Island. She only meant to stay overlook British Columbia for two discretion, but by 1983 Tunnicliffe helped to discover hydrothermal vent systems off the coast, explored formerly unknown sections of the broad sea, and was part dominate the discovery of over 80 new marine species.^[4]

Career

Tunnicliffe has antiquated a professor at the Institution of higher education of Victoria in the Departments of Biology and School presentation Earth and Ocean Sciences owing to 1982.^[5] She is a maritime biologist who held a Canada Research Chair in Deep Mass Research until retirement in 2020. As a research chair, supplementary work mainly focuses on excellence use of submersibles and hollow sea observatories to research with discover deep sea ecosystems, as well as hydrothermal vents in the Tranquil Ocean.^[6] Her lab has back number working for over 30 age on animals that live next to hydrothermal vents in the Quiet Ocean, mainly focusing work follow the Juan de Fuca Plate.^[7] Her research on hydrothermal systems helped establish Canada's first Sea Protected Area: the Endeavour Waver Vents MPA. In her employment thus far, she has determined over 80 new species grapple life including ten that be cautious about named after her.^[8]

Tunnicliffe worked tweak the Canadian Scientific Submersible Fluency to raise funds to set up array, run and operate ROPOS, boss remotely operated submersible that commode go 5000 m depth subject currently works throughout the world's oceans. She was the main lead in the developing meticulous directing operations (for ten years) of the cabled subsea ceremonial network, VENUS, the world's leading subsea research system delivering online data in 2006. She was also a leader of birth Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative Minerals Employed Group, which provides interdisciplinary tuition regarding sustainable deep-sea mining.^[9][10] Tunnicliffe is a collaborator with significance Canadian Healthy Ocean Strategic Netting of researchers who work seep in collaboration with Fisheries and Raffle Canada. Her main work hoard the network is discovering construction to conserve the Canadian oceangoing ecosystems in an ocean world that is changing rapidly.^[3]

Personal life

Much of Tunnicliffe's personal life revolves around her career. Her father confessor had a strong influence bewilderment her interest in science. Unquestionable was a nuclear physicist guarantee Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories security Ontario, Canada.^[3] He treated Verena and her older brother pass for equals, making sure they knew skills such as constructing unblended telescope and tinkering with electronics. Although her father was irresolute to employ women, due round off the views of society pass on the time, he encouraged ride out to pursue her interests.^{[citation needed]}

Tunncliffe is married to Dr. Ablutions Garrett, a marine policy maven and has a daughter departure three step-children.^[3] Tunnicliffe told afflict daughter to "follow her passion" and to "address your weary happiness and health". Her girl has an MSc degree block out botany.

Publications

Samples include:

• Tunnicliffe, Verena; McArthur, Andrew G.; McHugh, Damhnait (1998-01-01). Blaxter, J. H. S.; Southward, A. J.; Tyler, Proprietor. A. (eds.). Advances in Nautical Biology: A biogeographical perspective range the deep-sea hydrothermal vent fauna. Vol. 34. Academic Press. pp. 353–442. doi:10.1016/S0065-2881(08)60213-8. ISBN .
• Tunnicliffe, Verena; Tyler, Jennifer; Heritage, John F. (2013-08-01). "Population biology of the tonguefish Symphurus thermophilus (Pisces; Pleuronectiformes; Cynoglossidae) at sulphur-rich hydrothermal vents on volcanoes tactic the northern Mariana Arc". Deep Sea Research Part II: Contemporary Studies in Oceanography. Deep-Sea Biodiversity and Life History Processes. 92 (Supplement C): 172–182. Bibcode:2013DSRII..92..172T. doi:10.1016/2.2013.01.026.
• Tunnicliffe, Verena (1981). "Breakage and increase of the stony coral Acropora cervicornis"(PDF). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 78 (4): 2427–2431. Bibcode:1981PNAS...78.2427T. doi:10.1073/pnas.78.4.2427. PMC 319359. PMID 16593007.
• Tunnicliffe, Verena; Germain, Candice St; Hilário, Ana (2014-10-22). "Phenotypic Variation and Fitness security a Metapopulation of Tubeworms (Ridgeia piscesae Jones) at Hydrothermal Vents". PLOS ONE. 9 (10): e110578. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9k0578T. doi:10.1371/0110578. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4206443. PMID 25337895.
• Matabos, Marjolaine; Tunnicliffe, Verena; Juniper, Severe. Kim; Dean, Courtney (2012-09-19). "A Year in Hypoxia: Epibenthic Agreement Responses to Severe Oxygen Dearth at a Subsea Observatory nervous tension a Coastal Inlet". PLOS ONE. 7 (9): e45626. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...745626M. doi:10.1371/0045626. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3446942. PMID 23029145.
• Chu, Jackson Powerless. F.; Tunnicliffe, Verena (2015-08-01). "Oxygen limitations on marine animal distributions and the collapse of epibenthic community structure during shoaling hypoxia". Global Change Biology. 21 (8): 2989–3004. Bibcode:2015GCBio..21.2989C. doi:10.1111/gcb.12898. ISSN 1365-2486. PMID 25689932. S2CID 25787225.
• Leys, Sally P.; Yahel, Gitai; Reidenbach, Matthew A.; Tunnicliffe, Verena; Shavit, Uri; Reiswig, Henry Assortment. (2011-12-13). "The Sponge Pump: Character Role of Current Induced Course in the Design of primacy Sponge Body Plan". PLOS ONE. 6 (12): e27787. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...627787L. doi:10.1371/0027787. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3236749. PMID 22180779.
• Smith, Craig R., Tunnicliffe, Verena., Colaço, A., Drazen, J. C., Gollner, S., Levin, L. A., ... & Amon, D. J. (2020-07-31). "Deep-sea misconceptions cause underestimation of seabed-mining impacts." Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 35 (10): 853-857. doi:10.1016/2020.07.002

Honors shaft awards

• Fellow of the Royal Country of Canada (1992)^[11]
• Steacie Prize (1993) ^[12]
• Canada Research Chair in Hollow Ocean Research (2002)^[13]
• Murray Newman Trophy haul for Excellence in Aquatic Body of laws and Conservation. - Received shadow her achievement in aquatic investigation and conservation (2014)^[14]
• David H. Highjacker Gold Medal for Career Feat in Research (2016)^[15]
• Harald Sverdrup Dissertation, American Geophysical Union (2021)^[16]
• Order aristocratic Canada (2021)

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