Anya Waite
Dr. Anya Waite is a Canadian biological oceanographer working at the Ocean Frontier Institute at Dalhousie University.
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Career
[edit]Anya Waite is a biological oceanographer who is currently Associate Vice-President Research (Ocean) at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada), and the Chief Executive Officer of the Ocean Frontier Institute.[1]
She was previously Winthrop Professor at the University of Western Australia's Oceans Institute,[2] the Section Head of Polar Biological Oceanography at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, and a professor of oceanography in the biology department at the University of Bremen.[1] Throughout her time at the University of Western Australia, she was awarded the PCB Professional Development Scholarship.[3]
Dr. Anya Waite is the first woman[4] to co-chair the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS).[5]
Dr. Waite is also featured on a digital poster[6] as part of the Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation Women in STEM initiative[7] that aim to make equity-deserving groups in STEM more visible, to promote careers for equity-deserving groups in STEM, to highlight issues of inequality, and to celebrate achievements and advocates.
Education
[edit]Waite earned a BSc in biology from Dalhousie and a PhD in biological oceanography from the University of British Columbia.[1]
Selected publications
[edit]- Waite, AM; Thompson, PA; Pesant, S; Feng, M; Beckley, LE; Domingues, CM; Gaughan, D (2007). "The Leeuwin Current and its eddies: An introductory overview". Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 54 (8–10): 789–96. Bibcode:2007DSRII..54..789W. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.12.008.
- Raven, JA; Waite, AM (2004). "The evolution of silicification in diatoms: Inescapable sinking and sinking as escape?". New Phytologist. 162 (1): 45–61. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01022.x.
- Waite, AM; Thompson, PA; Harrison, PJ (1992). "Does energy control the sinking rates of marine diatoms?". Limnology and Oceanography. 37 (3): 468–477. Bibcode:1992LimOc..37..468W. doi:10.4319/lo.1992.37.3.0468.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Anya Waite – Department of Oceanography – Dalhousie University". Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "UWA scientist to head Indian Ocean study in new research ship". University of Western Australia. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "Congratulations to Professor Anya Waite : Archive Page : The University of Western Australia". www.news.uwa.edu.au. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ^ "ICS Interview with Dr Anya Waite, GOOS Co-Chair – Global Ocean Observing System". 2021-02-16. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
- ^ "Global Ocean Observing System – GOOS is a permanent global system for observations, modeling, and analysis of marine and ocean data". Retrieved 2024-02-03.
- ^ "Anya Waite – Women in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics". Retrieved 2024-02-03.
- ^ "Women in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics". Retrieved 2024-02-03.