Robert K. Trench

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Robert Kent Trench
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles
University of the West Indies
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
ThesisThe physiology and biochemistry of Zooxanthellae symbiotic with manne coelenterates (1969)

Robert Kent Trench (August 3, 1940 - April 27, 2021) is an American Biologist who was a Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research considered corals and symbiotic algae, with a focus on the adaption of zooxanthellae. He was awarded the 1994 International Society of Endocytobiology Miescher-Ishida Prize.

Early life and education[]

Trench was born in Belize City in British Honduras.[1] He earned his undergraduate degree at the University of the West Indies. He moved to the University of California, Los Angeles for his doctoral research, where he focussed on invertebrate zoology in the laboratory of Leonard Muscatine.[1] Trench earned his doctorate in 1969 and moved to the University of Oxford as a postdoctoral fellow.[2]

Research and career[]

In 1972 Trench moved to Yale University as an Assistant Professor. Trench moved to the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1976.[3] His research considered corals and symbiotic algae, with a focus on the adaption of zooxanthellae and how they adapt to different coral environments. He studied dinoflagellates, which can be used as an indicator of water quality.[4]

In 1984 Trench was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II to move to Australia and study the Great Barrier Reef.[2] He visited the James Cook University, where he analysed the enzymes in the algae within coral tissues.[2]

In 1994 he was awarded the International Society of Endocytobiology Miescher-Ishida Prize.[5] In 2010 he was awarded the Healthy Reefs for Healthy People Lifetime Achievement Award.

He serves as an advisor for the Global Coral Reef Alliance.[6] He retired from academic science in 2000,

Selected publications[]

Goreau, Thomas J. Trench, Robert Kent (2013). Innovative methods of marine ecosystem restoration. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4665-5773-4. OCLC 873617993.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Iglesias-Prieto, R.; Matta, J. L.; Robins, W. A.; Trench, R. K. (1992-11-01). "Photosynthetic response to elevated temperature in the symbiotic dinoflagellate Symbiodinium microadriaticum in culture". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 89 (21): 10302–10305. Bibcode:1992PNAS...8910302I. doi:10.1073/pnas.89.21.10302. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 50326. PMID 11607337.

Iglesias-Prieto, R; Trench, RK (1994). "Acclimation and adaptation to irradiance in symbiotic dinoflagellates. I. Responses of the photosynthetic unit to changes in photon flux density". Marine Ecology Progress Series. 113: 163–175. Bibcode:1994MEPS..113..163I. doi:10.3354/meps113163. ISSN 0171-8630.

Trench, Robert K.; Blank, Rudolf J. (1987). "Symbiodinium Microadriaticum Freudenthal, S. Goreauii Sp. Nov., S. Kawagutii Sp. Nov. And S. Pilosum Sp. Nov.: Gymnodinioid Dinoflagellate Symbionts of Marine Invertebrates". Journal of Phycology. 23 (3): 469–481. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.1987.tb02534.x. ISSN 0022-3646. S2CID 83712799.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Fikes, Robert (2007-01-23). "Robert K. Trench (1940- ) •". Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c California (System), University of (1984). University Bulletin: A Weekly Bulletin for the Staff of the University of California. Office of Official Publications, University of California.
  3. ^ "UC Santa Barbara General Catalog - Marine Science". my.sa.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  4. ^ Trench, Robert; Nadathur, Govind. "The Phylogenetics of Symbiotic Dinoflagellates".
  5. ^ "Miescher-Ishida Prize | ISE - International Society of Endocytobiology". www.endocytobiology.org. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  6. ^ "Global Coral Reef Alliance Advis". www.globalcoral.org. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
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