Vivienne Cassie Cooper

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Vivienne Cassie Cooper

MNZM
Born
Una Vivienne Dellow

(1926-09-29) 29 September 1926 (age 94)
Auckland, New Zealand
OccupationPlanktologist, botanist

Una Vivienne Cassie Cooper MNZM (née Dellow, born 29 September 1926) is a New Zealand planktologist and botanist.

Early life[]

Cassie Cooper was born in Auckland. She received her B.A. and M.A. from the University of Auckland, and her PhD at Victoria University of Wellington.[1][2]

Career[]

In 1957, she made the first regional study of phytoplankton in New Zealand. Later in life, she focused more on aquatic botany, and was appointed a research scientist on freshwater algae in the Botany Division of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR). In her career, she wrote over fifty papers and several books, including Marine Phytoplankton in New Zealand Waters and Checklists of the Freshwater Diatoms of New Zealand. Cooper also published Micro Algae - Microscopic Marvels which she writes to appeal to a more popular readership.[3]

Cassie Cooper has garnered several awards and titles for her accomplishments, including an honorary research associateship by the Botany Department at University of Auckland and the Botany Division of DSIR, and an honorary life membership of the and the .[1][2] In the 1997 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to marine biology.[4] She was described as New Zealand's "leading expert" on diatoms.[3]

Cassie Cooper was a founding member of the Australasian Society for Phycology and Aquatic Botany, the International Society of Diatomists, and the Asian Pacific Phycological Association.[2] She retired in 1986.[3]

The standard author abbreviation Cassie is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

In 2017, Cassie Cooper was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand.[6]

Personal life[]

In 1953, she married Richard Morrison Cassie, a fellow professor at the University of Auckland. They had two children. He died in 1974, but Cooper has continued her research to the present day (as of 2017).[1] She married Robert Cecil Cooper, botanist, in 1984.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Haines, Catherine (2001). International Women in Science. 130 Cremona Drive, P.O. Box 1911 Santa Barbara, California, 93116-1911: ABC-CLIO, Inc. pp. 57–58. ISBN 9781576070901.CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Vivienne Cassie Cooper". Australasian Society for Phycology and Aquatic Botany. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Collins, Simon (4 May 2002). "An endangered species". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 1997". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2 June 1997. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  5. ^ IPNI.  Cassie.
  6. ^ "Vivienne Cooper". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  7. ^ Catharine M.C. Haines, 'Women in Science, p.57
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