NO CLASS on February 28, BUT...
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The Faculty and Students of the Marine Affairs Program invite you to a seminar:
The Importance of Scientific Programs like the Census of Marine Life and the Ocean Tracking Network in Informing Policy
Dr. Ronald O’Dor
Professor
Biology Department, Dalhousie University
Tuesday, February 28
3-4:30 pm
Room 309
Dalhousie Schulich School of Law
6061 University Avenue
Dr. Ronald O’Dor is a Biology Professor at Dalhousie and was named Canadian Geographic’s Environmental Scientist of the Year for 2009 and is now Global Scientific Director for the Dalhousie led Global Ocean Tracking Network, a Census spin-off project. He was previously at the Consortium for Ocean Leadership in Washington, D.C. as a senior scientist for the Census of Marine Life (CoML). The Census of Marine Life was a 10 year international initiative to assess the diversity, distribution, and abundance of marine life.
He earned a BA in biochemistry from the University of California Berkeley, a PhD in medical physiology from the University of British Columbia. He now uses telemetry to study cephalopod behavior, bioenergetics and physiology in nature around the world, and he was a Principal Investigator for the Aquatic Research Facility on NASA Shuttle Mission 77. He and his students founded the website, CephBase as part of the CoML Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS). He has edited volumes on cephalopod biology, from physiology to fisheries, and published more than 150 articles. He has served on many granting councils internationally, as President of the Cephalopod International Advisory Council, as an FAO consultant, and as a convener for ICES, PICES, and Expo ’98.
The Importance of Scientific Programs like the Census of Marine Life and the Ocean Tracking Network in Informing Policy
Dr. Ronald O’Dor
Professor
Biology Department, Dalhousie University
Tuesday, February 28
3-4:30 pm
Room 309
Dalhousie Schulich School of Law
6061 University Avenue
Dr. Ronald O’Dor is a Biology Professor at Dalhousie and was named Canadian Geographic’s Environmental Scientist of the Year for 2009 and is now Global Scientific Director for the Dalhousie led Global Ocean Tracking Network, a Census spin-off project. He was previously at the Consortium for Ocean Leadership in Washington, D.C. as a senior scientist for the Census of Marine Life (CoML). The Census of Marine Life was a 10 year international initiative to assess the diversity, distribution, and abundance of marine life.
He earned a BA in biochemistry from the University of California Berkeley, a PhD in medical physiology from the University of British Columbia. He now uses telemetry to study cephalopod behavior, bioenergetics and physiology in nature around the world, and he was a Principal Investigator for the Aquatic Research Facility on NASA Shuttle Mission 77. He and his students founded the website, CephBase as part of the CoML Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS). He has edited volumes on cephalopod biology, from physiology to fisheries, and published more than 150 articles. He has served on many granting councils internationally, as President of the Cephalopod International Advisory Council, as an FAO consultant, and as a convener for ICES, PICES, and Expo ’98.
