Professor Helene Marsh interviewed by Dr Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe
TitelProfessor Helene Marsh interviewed by Dr Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe
Signatur240000076
Datum2000
HerstellerAustralian Academy of Science
Form und InhaltVideo interview and transcript of interview.
Professor Helene Marsh was awarded a BSc Hons from the University of Queensland in 1968 and a PhD from James Cook University of North Queensland in 1973. In 1973 she began her lifelong work on marine mammals and their habitat, focusing initially on dugongs. As well as studying marine and coastal animals she also started a longitudinal study of Black Rock wallabies in 1986. This study is still ongoing. Professor Marsh was awarded a Personal Chair in Zoology at James Cook University of North Queensland in 1991 and became Professor of Environmental Science at this same institution in 1994. She served as the chair of the Great Barrier Reef Consultative Committee from 1998 to 2000. In 1998 she was the recipient of an international Pew Charitable Trust Award for marine conservation. Professor Marsh is currently leading a program at the Cooperative Research Centre for the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (CRC Reef Research Centre) that is looking for sustainable solutions to human impacts on the Great Barrier Reef.
Professor Helene Marsh was awarded a BSc Hons from the University of Queensland in 1968 and a PhD from James Cook University of North Queensland in 1973. In 1973 she began her lifelong work on marine mammals and their habitat, focusing initially on dugongs. As well as studying marine and coastal animals she also started a longitudinal study of Black Rock wallabies in 1986. This study is still ongoing. Professor Marsh was awarded a Personal Chair in Zoology at James Cook University of North Queensland in 1991 and became Professor of Environmental Science at this same institution in 1994. She served as the chair of the Great Barrier Reef Consultative Committee from 1998 to 2000. In 1998 she was the recipient of an international Pew Charitable Trust Award for marine conservation. Professor Marsh is currently leading a program at the Cooperative Research Centre for the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (CRC Reef Research Centre) that is looking for sustainable solutions to human impacts on the Great Barrier Reef.
SpracheEnglish
Digitales Dokument
Personenschlagwort Marsh Helene, Hugh Tyndal-Biscoe
SchlagwortEnvironmental sciences, Marsupials, Great Barrier Reef, Science--History, Science--Social aspects
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