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MarCRF welcomes Professor Kelly Benoit-Bird
May 29, 2015 by Marine Scotland Communications No Comments | Category Marine Collaboration Research Forum (MarCRF), Marine Directorate Science
Professor Kelly Benoit-Bird
On Friday 22nd May, MarCRF Research Fellow Jacqui Tweddle hosted Professor Kelly Benoit-Bird, from Oregon State University in the U.S.A., on a flying visit to Aberdeen.
Prof. Benoit-Bird is a distinguished marine scientist, having received many awards and honours, including a MacArthur Fellowship (also known as the “genius grant”) and the U.S.A. Presidential Early Career Award. She met with staff and students from Marine Scotland Science and the University of Aberdeen throughout the day, including a meeting with the “Zoo & Roots” postgraduate student group (who provided a very tasty cake).
Prof. Benoit-Bird’s fantastic seminar drew a large crowd and she told us about her use of acoustical measurements to investigate diverse ecological questions in our oceans. Her talk included some extraordinary acoustical “images” of spinner dolphins herding fish, and squid “dancing” together as they hunted.
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