Nationality U.S. Role Biologist | Name Nancy Knowlton Fields Coral reef biologist Children Rebecca Jackson | |
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Institutions University of California, San DiegoSmithsonian Institution Alma mater Ph.D. University of California, BerkeleyHarvard University Notable awards Benchley Award for Science (2009) Books Citizens of the Sea: Wonderous Creatures from the Census of Marine Life People also search for Jeremy Jackson, Stephen Jackson, Rebecca Jackson | ||
Why healthy oceans matter nancy knowlton may 29 2014
Nancy Knowlton is a coral reef biologist and is the Smithsonian Institution’s Sant Chair for Marine Science.
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- Why healthy oceans matter nancy knowlton may 29 2014
- Nancy knowlton smithsonian part 1 coral reefs past present and future
- Life
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Nancy knowlton smithsonian part 1 coral reefs past present and future
Life
Nancy Knowlton's birthdate is unknown. She graduated from Harvard University, and from the University of California, Berkeley, with a PhD. She was a professor at Yale University, then joined the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.
She is an adjunct professor of marine biology at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. While at Scripps, Knowlton also founded the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation. She was named an Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow in 1999 and was elected to the Board of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2008. She also serves as one of three co-chairs for the coral reef Census of Marine Life.
She is the author of the book Citizens of the Sea which was published by National Geographic in 2010 to celebrate the end of the Census of Marine Life.