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Ocean Science at Dalhousie University

Data de início: 2015-02-11 15:15

Data de término: 2015-02-11 16:15

Local: CEBIMar

11/02/2015, das 13h15 às 14h15, Auditório do CEBIMar

Dr. Professor Marlon R. Lewis

Dr. Marlon R. Lewis is Professor and former Chair of the Department of Oceanography at Dalhousie University, and Chief Scientific Officer of Satlantic LP, an optical instrument manufacturing firm spun out of his research at Dalhousie and now part of Sea-Bird Scientific.  He received Bachelors and Masters in Science and Ecology at the University of Maryland, and a Ph.D. in Biology from Dalhousie University in 1984. His research interests span a broad range, from upper ocean physics to biological processes to the ocean s role in global climate.  He is a recipient of the Lindemann Award from the American Society for Limnology and Oceanography, a Special Outstanding Achievement Award from NASA, a Killam Prize from Dalhousie University, a Poste Rouge from the French Centre Nationale de Researche Scientifique and the Izaak Walton Killam Professorship at Dalhousie.He is a Fellow of the Oceanography Society and was named Entrepreneur of the Year in the Technology category in Atlantic Canada, and in the Top 50 CEO sin Atlantic Canada. He holds adjunct appointments at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, and the Ocean University of China. Dr. Lewis has served on numerous advisory councils and boards for organizations and governments in Canada, the United States, Europe, Japan and Asia, including the U.S. Ocean Observation Initiative, the Council of Canadian Academies, and the Small and Medium Enterprise Advisory Committee to the Canadian Minister of International Trade.