Madeleine van Oppen

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Madeleine van Oppen is a Dutch ecological geneticist researching at the University of Melbourne. She has been an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow since 2018.[1][2]

She obtained her MsC in 1990 and completed her PhD cum laude on the molecular biogeography of seaweeds at the University of Groningen in 1995.[3][4]

Van Oppen began to study corals in 1997 and coral-associated microorganism in 2000, she is an expert in reef genetics and in questions regarding coral bleaching and reef restorations.[5][6][7]

In 2005 she was awarded the Dorothy Hill Medal.[8]

Since 2015 she has been a professor at the School of BioSciences at the University of Melbourne, and she leads the Australian Institute of Marine Science.[5][9]

References[]

  1. ^ Council, Australian Research (2018-08-02). "2018 Laureate Profile: Professor Madeleine van Oppen". www.arc.gov.au. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  2. ^ "Madeleine JH van Oppen". scholar.google.com.au. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  3. ^ "Prof Madeleine van Oppen | AIMS". www.aims.gov.au. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  4. ^ "Coral bleaching: Scientists 'find way to make coral more heat-resistant'". BBC News. 2020-05-14. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  5. ^ a b "Protecting our future: Looking to coral symbionts for clues". Oceanographic. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  6. ^ Allison B. Kaufman; Meredith J. Bashaw; Terry L. Maple (3 January 2019). Scientific Foundations of Zoos and Aquariums: Their Role in Conservation and Research. Cambridge University Press. pp. 128–. ISBN 978-1-108-18778-7.
  7. ^ Madeleine J. H. van Oppen; Janice M. Lough (5 July 2018). Coral Bleaching: Patterns, Processes, Causes and Consequences. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-75393-5.
  8. ^ "Dorothy Hill Medal". Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  9. ^ "Madeleine van Oppen". The Conversation. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
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