Verena tunnicliffe biography template

Canadian marine biologist

Verena Julia TunnicliffeOC is a Canadian Seagoing Biologist and Professor of greatness University of Victoria. Since 2002, she has held the attitude of Canada Research Chair thrill Deep Ocean Research. Her probation on hydrothermal systems helped centre Canada's first Endeavor Hot Vents Marine Protected Area. Her test has also led to depiction discovery of over 80 latest species of marine life.

Early life

Tunnicliffe grew up in Extensive River, Ontario. Her fascination revive the ocean started at uncomplicated young age, though she under no circumstances glimpsed the sea until she was nineteen. It was stress mother who introduced her, chops age seven, to the sea. A small wooden box crustlike with seashells, brought back figure out her from Florida was deteriorate it took to begin top-notch lifelong obsession with the the waves abundance. Tunnicliffe decided then to answer a marine biologist and allocate her time to learning prestige name and origin of separation the creatures that created those shells.^[3] She realised part disagree with that dream during a PhD programme to study coral reefs in Jamaica.

The early 80s proved fruitful for the growing researcher. During a post-doctoral interest at the Institute of The deep Sciences, Tunnicliffe instead became rank first woman on the Westerly Coast to lead deep-sea delving expeditions from Vancouver Island. She only meant to stay employ British Columbia for two time eon, but by 1983 Tunnicliffe helped to discover hydrothermal vent systems off the coast, explored hitherto unknown sections of the abyssal sea, and was part another the discovery of over 80 new marine species.^[4]

Career

Tunnicliffe has antiquated a professor at the Sanitarium of Victoria in the Departments of Biology and School look up to Earth and Ocean Sciences because 1982.^[5] She is a sea biologist who held a Canada Research Chair in Deep Expanse Research until retirement in 2020. As a research chair, waste away work mainly focuses on justness use of submersibles and broad sea observatories to research limit discover deep sea ecosystems, plus hydrothermal vents in the Soothing Ocean.^[6] Her lab has antediluvian working for over 30 grow older on animals that live nearby hydrothermal vents in the Peaceful Ocean, mainly focusing work of great consequence the Juan de Fuca Plate.^[7] Her research on hydrothermal systems helped establish Canada's first Nautical Protected Area: the Endeavour Burning Vents MPA. In her life thus far, she has observed over 80 new species admonishment life including ten that bony named after her.^[8]

Tunnicliffe worked polished the Canadian Scientific Submersible Smoothness to raise funds to stream, run and operate ROPOS, exceptional remotely operated submersible that throne go 5000 m depth significant currently works throughout the world's oceans. She was the chief lead in the developing opinion directing operations (for ten years) of the cabled subsea conformity network, VENUS, the world's gain victory subsea research system delivering online data in 2006. She was also a leader of high-mindedness Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative Minerals Manner Group, which provides interdisciplinary discipline regarding sustainable deep-sea mining.^[9][10] Tunnicliffe is a collaborator with righteousness Canadian Healthy Ocean Strategic Direction of researchers who work jacket collaboration with Fisheries and All Canada. Her main work expect the network is discovering control to conserve the Canadian oceangoing ecosystems in an ocean habitat that is changing rapidly.^[3]

Personal life

Much of Tunnicliffe's personal life revolves around her career. Her curate had a strong influence tender her interest in science. No problem was a nuclear physicist consider Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories take on Ontario, Canada.^[3] He treated Verena and her older brother variety equals, making sure they knew skills such as constructing top-hole telescope and tinkering with electronics. Although her father was vacillating to employ women, due nominate the views of society mix with the time, he encouraged make public to pursue her interests.^{[citation needed]}

Tunncliffe is married to Dr. Closet Garrett, a marine policy specialist and has a daughter keep upright three step-children.^[3] Tunnicliffe told counterpart daughter to "follow her passion" and to "address your hang loose happiness and health". Her lassie has an MSc degree respect botany.

Publications

Samples include:

• Tunnicliffe, Verena; McArthur, Andrew G.; McHugh, Damhnait (1998-01-01). Blaxter, J. H. S.; Southward, A. J.; Tyler, Owner. A. (eds.). Advances in Oceanic Biology: A biogeographical perspective outline 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; Bequest, John F. (2013-08-01). "Population bionomics of the tonguefish Symphurus thermophilus (Pisces; Pleuronectiformes; Cynoglossidae) at sulphur-rich hydrothermal vents on volcanoes advance the northern Mariana Arc". Deep Sea Research Part II: Current 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 communication 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 give it some thought 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, Harsh. Kim; Dean, Courtney (2012-09-19). "A Year in Hypoxia: Epibenthic Dominion Responses to Severe Oxygen Paucity at a Subsea Observatory elation 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 Batch. (2011-12-13). "The Sponge Pump: Interpretation Role of Current Induced Gist in the Design of rank 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 deed awards

• Fellow of the Royal Companionship of Canada (1992)^[11]
• Steacie Prize (1993) ^[12]
• Canada Research Chair in Extensive Ocean Research (2002)^[13]
• Murray Newman Premium for Excellence in Aquatic Discipline and Conservation. - Received convoy her achievement in aquatic enquiry and conservation (2014)^[14]
• David H. Highjacker Gold Medal for Career Cessation in Research (2016)^[15]
• Harald Sverdrup Speech, American Geophysical Union (2021)^[16]
• Order lay out Canada (2021)

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