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Dr. Robert Hecky
Affiliation: University of Waterloo
Keywords: african limnology, climate change, nutrient cycling, food webs, littoral communitis
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HECKY, Robert E. - Biology Department, University of Waterloo
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Robert Hecky is world-renowned for his work on African great lakes and northern reservoirs. For over thirty years, he has led international groups investigating the hydrology, chemistry, biology and paleoecology of these ecosystems, including the effects of land-use change, nutrient dynamics, alien species, human population growth, climate change and mercury pollution. His research has led to the development of an excellent research laboratory in Uganda, and to the understanding of how climate, land-use and air quality have affected the great lakes of east Africa. His comparative studies have also greatly increased our understanding of the environmental impacts of northern reservoirs.
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Robert Hecky is world-renowned for his work on African great lakes and northern reservoirs. For over thirty years he has led international groups investigating the hydrology, chemistry, biology and paleoecology of these ecosystems. His research has led to the development of an excellent research laboratory in Uganda, and to the understanding of how climate, land-use and air quality have affected the great lakes of east Africa.
Prof. Robert Creaser
Affiliation: University of Alberta
Keywords: Geology, Geochemistry, Geochronology, isotope geochemistry
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Dr. Robert Creaser is a world leader in the field of geochronology, the science of absolute geologic time. He is internationally renowned for his prowess as an innovator and his pioneering research applying the rhenium-osmium chronometer to fundamental scientific problems in the Earth Sciences. His ground-breaking research into the origin of world-class gold deposits, the migration history and origin of crude oil, and the global correlation of sedimentary rocks have been landmark achievements. His innovative research contributions and leadership have brought international recognition to Canadian science.
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Dr. Robert Creaser is a world leader in the field of geochronology, the science of absolute geologic time. He is internationally renowned for his prowess as an innovator and his pioneering research applying the rhenium-osmium chronometer to fundamental scientific problems in the Earth Sciences. His innovative research contributions and leadership have brought international recognition to Canadian science.
Prof. Curtis Suttle
Affiliation: The University of British Columbia
Keywords: Aquatic Viruses, Marine Microbiology, Microbial Diversity
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Professor Suttle has changed our understanding of biological oceanographic processes by being among the first to recognize the abundance of viruses in seawater (~50 million per ml) and their importance as major agents of mortality and drivers of global biogeochemical cycles. He has revealed the enormous diversity of viruses in the sea, and in the process has discovered several previously unknown types. His work has influenced thinking in disciplines ranging from biological oceanography, through microbial diversity to virology. His work continues to break new ground and redefine the field of environmental virology.
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Professor Suttle has changed our understanding of biological oceanographic processes by being among the first to recognize the abundance of viruses in seawater and their importance as major agents of mortality and drivers of global biogeochemical cycles. His work has influenced thinking in disciplines ranging from biological oceanography, through microbial diversity to virology and continues to break new ground.
Dr. Clarence de Silva
Affiliation: The University of British Columbia
Keywords: Mechatronics, Robotics, Control Systems, Vibration, Sensors and Actuators
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For significant seminal contributions to knowledge generation and dissemination, advanced education, and practice of engineering in Canada and overseas; through original fundamental research, analysis, design, technology development, and control of robotic and mechatronic systems, machinery, and industrial processes; authorship of educational material, textbooks, and journal papers; journal editorships; keynote presentations, and organization of international conferences.
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Through original fundamental research, analysis, design, technology development, authorship of educational material, keynote presentations, and organization of international conferences, Clarence de Silva has made significant seminal contributions to knowledge generation and dissemination, advanced education, and the practice of engineering in Canada and overseas.
Prof. Wayne Grover
Affiliation: University of Alberta
Keywords: Network architecture, Network survivability, Optimization, Telecommunications, Fiber-optic networks
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Wayne Grover is nationally and internationally recognized as a most creative and prodigious researcher and inventor in the field of telecommunication transport network systems and technology. He has pioneered several new concepts which changed the direction of industry and academic research in his field such as self-healing networks, p-cycles, protected working capacity envelope, rate-adaptive subscriber loop transmission, and error-correction coding in fiber optic transmission. He produced the first comprehensive book on Mesh-Based Survivable Networks, and has several landmark papers and international awards as well as multi-million dollar technology transfers supporting the operation of TRLabs. He is sought out as an advisor to R&D companies, network operators, governments and patent courts as a world-expert in his field.
Dr. Leo Behie
Affiliation: University of Calgary
Keywords: Bioreactors, Bioprocessing, computer-Control, Incurable Diseases, Stem cell Therapy
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Clinical use of stem cells to treat incurable conditions such as Parkinson's disease, diabetes and breast cancer will be a reality in the near future because of the pioneering work of Leo Behie. He has developed new technology, reagents, and bioreactor protocols to effectively grow large numbers of rare stem cells outside the body, and direct the maturation of these stem cells to useful cell types. Successful transplantation of bioreactor expanded human neural stem cells into an animal model of Parkinson's disease has led to a groundbreaking clinical trial on human patients in collaboration with an international transplantation neurosurgeon.
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Clinical use of stem cells to treat incurable conditions such as Parkinson's disease, diabetes and breast cancer will be a reality in the near future because of the pioneering work of Leo Behie. Successful transplantation of bioreactor expanded human neural stem cells into an animal model of Parkinson's disease has led to a groundbreaking clinical trial on human patients in collaboration with an international transplantation neurosurgeon.
Prof. Safa Kasap
Affiliation: University of Saskatchewan
Keywords: Optoelectronics, Amorphous Semiconductors, materials and devices, Detectors, Photonic Glasses, Excess electronic Noise
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Safa Kasap is a pioneer in electronic and optoelectronic materials and devices research, from fundamental principles to advances in direct conversion x-ray image detectors for medical imaging. He is the author of two acclaimed textbooks (both have been translated) and the editor of a major handbook in his field. His distinctive research and scholarly contributions have been published in more than 200 refereed journal papers, and as chapters in a major encyclopedia and several books. They include experimental and theoretical investigations into the fabrication, characterization (electrical, optical, thermal, mechanical, structural) and modeling of amorphous semiconductors and chalcogenide glasses for optoelectronics and x-ray imaging.
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Safa Kasap is a pioneer in electronic and optoelectronic materials and devices research, from fundamental principles to advances in direct conversion x-ray image detectors for medical imaging. He is the author of two acclaimed textbooks and the editor of a major handbook in his field. His distinctive research and scholarly contributions have been published in more than 200 refereed journal papers, and as chapters in a major encyclopedia and several books.
Prof. Hussein Mouftah
Affiliation: University of Ottawa
Keywords: wireless sensor networks, computer networks, internet of things
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For major contributions to telecommunications networks, in particular, optical networks, wireless ad hoc networks and sensor networks. He is an authority of international reputation in high speed computer networks, including computer aided modeling techniques and simulation tools for the design and performance evaluation of routing protocols, switching techniques, and bandwidth provisioning algorithms for survivable optical networks. His methods and techniques have been adopted by his industrial partners in Canada and abroad, and had an impact on standardization. His contributions have been widely published through five books, twenty-four book chapters, eight patents, over 700 refereed publications, and numerous keynote addresses.
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For major contributions to telecommunications networks, in particular, optical networks, wireless ad hoc networks and sensor networks. Hussein Mouftah is an authority of international reputation in high speed computer networks whose methods and techniques have been adopted by his industrial partners in Canada and abroad.
Prof. Kenneth W. Neale
Affiliation: Université de Sherbrooke
Keywords: structures, solid mechanics, materials
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Kenneth Neale is a prolific researcher whose work reflects broad interests in a wide range of fields covering solid mechanics, the mechanics of materials, metal forming processes, composite materials, and structural engineering. In mechanics and materials, he has made major original contributions spanning numerous topics such as the large deformation behavior of metals and polymers, structural instability theory, material formability analysis, the modeling of microstructural phenomena, advanced numerical modeling, and the optimization of metal forming processes. In structural engineering he has made pioneering contributions to the development and modeling of innovative rehabilitation technologies using advanced fibre composites.
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Kenneth Neale is a prolific researcher whose work reflects broad interests in a wide range of fields covering solid mechanics, the mechanics of materials, metal forming processes, composite materials, and structural engineering. He has made major original and pioneering contributions to both mechanics and materials and structural engineering.
Prof. Wagdi Habashi
Affiliation: McGill University
Keywords: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Finite Element Methods, In-Flight Icing Simulation, Mesh Optimization, Super computing
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HABASHI, Wagdi George - Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University
Wagdi Habashi is widely recognized for the formulation, modeling and application of finite
element methods to Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). He has developed efficient applied
mathematics solutions to a wide range of complex aerospace problems for aircraft, rotorcraft and
jet engines. In the in-flight icing area, his unique formulation has resulted in a code widely used
throughout the aerospace industry, worldwide.
Wagdi Habashi est reconnu pour la formulation, la modélisation et l'application de méthodes d'éléments finis à la dynamique des fluides computationnelle (CFD). Il a développé des approches de mathématiques appliquées pour résoudre un large éventail de problèmes complexes dans le domaine de l’aéronautique, soit pour les aéronefs, les giravions et les moteurs à réaction. Dans le domaine du givrage en vol, sa formulation unique a abouti à un code utilisé mondialement dans l'industrie aérospatiale.
Sara Shettleworth
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: Animal Behaviour, Comparative Psychology, Animal Cognition, Learning, Memory
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Sara Shettleworth is recognized internationally as a world-leading figure in the comparative study of animal cognition, learning, and memory. She was a pioneer in bridging the fields of experimental animal psychology with behavioral ecology or ethology. Professor Shettleworth's research on constraints in learning heralded a major paradigm shift by introducing evolutionary consideration to studies on learning. Her subsequent research on basic mechanisms in conditioning, animal foraging and spatial learning and memory, furthered our understanding of these functions and of their evolutionary significance. In her influential book, Cognition, Evolution and Behavior, she integrates the literature with great skill, and provides deep insights into the nature, and evolution, of the animal and human mind.
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Sara Shettleworth is recognized internationally as a leading authority in the comparative study of animal cognition, learning, and memory. She was a pioneer in bridging the fields of experimental animal psychology with behavioral ecology or ethology. Her research on constraints in learning heralded a major paradigm shift by introducing evolutionary consideration to studies on learning.
Prof. Mel Tyree
Affiliation: University of Alberta
Keywords: Plant biophysics, stress physiology
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Professor Melvin Tyree is a biophysicist and tree physiologist whose extensive studies have provided insight into the fundamental nature of water and nutrient transport in trees. His studies address the long-standing question of how massive volumes of water can be lifted to the tree canopies in the boreal, temperate and tropical forests that provide the vital `lungs' of our planet. As a consequence of extensive personnel training in his laboratory and international collaborations, and more than 180 research publications, he is recognized worldwide as being an original, influential and highly cited research scientist. He has received numerous national and international awards, including the Marcus Wallenberg Prize, the world's premier award for forestry research.
Prof. Jean Vance
Affiliation: University of Alberta
Keywords: Cholesterol, Phospholipids, Lipoproteins, Neurons
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Jean Vance's research on phospholipid and cholesterol metabolism is internationally recognized and is characterized by novelty and thoroughness. Her seminal work on specialized membranes associated with mitochondria changed the way biologists think about intracellular lipid transport. She developed and characterized three new strains of knock-out mice. Her research provides key insights into mechanisms of cholesterol and phospholipid transport in the brain. Jean has shown that lipid-containing particles in the brain dramatically protect neurons from death, suggesting potential clinical relevance for neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. She explored mechanisms of lipid secretion into plasma with implications for cardiovascular disease.
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Jean Vance's research on phospholipid and cholesterol metabolism is internationally recognized and is characterized by novelty and thoroughness. Her seminal work on specialized membranes associated with mitochondria changed the way biologists think about intracellular lipid transport. She has developed and characterized three new strains of knock-out mice and her research provides key insights into mechanisms of cholesterol and phospholipid transport in the brain.
John Wallace
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: Inflammation, Gastro intestinal, Pain, Ulcer, Therapeutics
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Dr. John Wallace has made very important contributions to our understanding of how ulcers are produced in the digestive system. Ulcers remain significant health problems that are associated with certain diseases (e.g., inflammatory bowel disease) and with the use of certain drugs (e.g., aspirin, an anti-inflammatory drug). Dr. Wallace has been able to identify specific microscopic events that are crucial in ulcer formation and then identified new ways to prevent ulcers from developing. His original translational research has led directly to the creation of a range of new drugs for treating arthritis and other diseases characterized by inflammation and pain.
Prof. Peter Backx
Affiliation: York University
Keywords: ion channels, heart disease, arrhythmia, molecular structure, contraction
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Dr. Backx is a world leader in the field of the structure-function relationships of ion channels with particular emphasis on ion channels in heart disease. He has provided original observations and insights into the mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias, the control of cardiac contractility by ion channels, the regulation of ion channel expression and the development of novel therapies for treating heart disease. His research is particularly innovative. Dr. Backx a leader in Cardiovascular Sciences. The excellence of his scientific discoveries is supported by his remarkable ability to routinely publish in outstanding international journals such Cell, Nature, Science and Circulation Research.
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Dr. Backx is a world leader in the field of the structure-function relationships of ion channels with particular emphasis on ion channels in heart disease. He has provided original observations and insights into the mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias, the control of cardiac contractility by ion channels, the regulation of ion channel expression and the development of novel therapies for treating heart disease.
Dr. Stuart Kauffman
Affiliation: University of Calgary
Keywords: Cancer, Development, Gene networks, Biology
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Stuart Kauffman is a physician-scientist who is world-renowned for founding the science of Biological Complexity. His widely cited book, "The Origins of Order: Self Organization and Selection in Evolution" describes his original proposals in molecular diversity, origin of life, and genetic regulatory circuits. His model of genetic networks, now called Kauffman nets, has provided a rich topic for theoretical and experimental investigations. His insights have led to profound new applications in medicine and have set the foundation for developing unifying concepts for analysis of complexity in broad classes of natural and man-made systems.
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Stuart Kauffman is a physician-scientist who is world-renowned for founding the science of Biological Complexity. His widely cited book, The Origins of Order: Self Organization and Selection in Evolution, describes his original proposals in molecular diversity, origin of life, and genetic regulatory circuits. His model of genetic networks, now called Kauffman nets, has provided a rich topic for theoretical and experimental investigations.
Dr. Miodrag Belosevic
Affiliation: University of Alberta
Keywords: Immunology, infections diseases, environmental health sciences, environmental pathogens, waterborne infections diseases, COVID-19, Covid-19, corona virus
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Miodrag Belosevic is a scholar of international stature. His research interest is the elucidation of the immune mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions at both organismal and molecular levels. His seminal contributions cross disciplinary boundaries and include the development of novel animal models for study of infectious diseases, the elucidation of the mechanisms of host defense in mammals and lower vertebrates, and inactivation of waterborne pathogens. His ability to integrate and synthesize, and to quickly technology-transfer his basic research into useful and high-impact applications have benefited the global community in the area of safe drinking water supply and environmental health.
Dr. André Veillette
Affiliation: Université de Montréal
Keywords: Immunology, Cell Signaling, Auto- Immunity, Immunodeficiencies, Lymphocytes
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André Veillette is an internationally-recognized immunologist who, over the past 20 years, has made several seminal contributions regarding the molecular mechanisms controlling the immune response. These mechanisms are essential to protect humans against infections, cancer and auto-immune diseases. Dr. Veillette's highly original work is recognized worldwide. It is consistently published in high impact scientific journals and is broadly referenced in academic textbooks. It has helped our understanding of certain immunodeficiencies and auto-immune diseases in humans, and has led to the identification of new targets to treat these diseases. For his scientific contributions, Dr. Veillette has received numerous prizes and awards.
Dr. Ann Marie Craig
Affiliation: The University of British Columbia
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Dr. Ann Marie Craig is internationally recognized for her pioneering contributions to the field of molecular and cellular neurobiology. She has made some of the most important advances in neuroscience in the past decade, and her fundamental contributions have established our present view of the structure of central nervous system synapses, the scaffolding and cell surface proteins responsible for receptor localization, and the dynamic regulation of receptor trafficking regulated by protein kinases. Her work has important significance for the development of new and effective therapies for numerous neurological and psychiatric diseases, including stroke, Alzheimer's, autism, schizophrenia, anxiety, and depression.
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Dr. Ann Marie Craig is internationally recognized for her pioneering contributions to the field of molecular and cellular neurobiology. She has made some of the most important advances in neuroscience in the past decade and her work has important significance for the development of new and effective therapies for numerous neurological and psychiatric diseases, including stroke, Alzheimer's, autism, schizophrenia, anxiety, and depression.
Dr. Eleftherios Diamandis
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: Cancer Biomarkers, proteomics, early cancer detection, proteolysis, genomics
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Professor Diamandis is internationally recognized for his contributions in the area of prostate cancer diagnosis-prognosis. His pioneering work has established the complete genomic organization of the prostate-specific-antigen proteinase family (KLKs) (chromosome 19q13.4), their cell biology, enzymology, activation of cell signaling and their involvement in cancer and skin disorders. His work underpins the use of KLKs as novel clinically important cancer biomarkers. Currently, he is pioneering a mass spectrometry-proteomic analysis of patient samples for disease biomarker discovery. His work has already improved patient care and his newer discoveries will change the way we diagnose and treat cancer.
Dr. Frederick McCauley
Affiliation: University of Calgary
Keywords: Population dynamics, predator-prey interactions, modelling
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Dr. Edward McCauley is among the most productive and imaginative ecologists nationally and internationally, and is one of the few people who have undertaken groundbreaking research in both theoretical and empirical ecology. He has established mechanisms underlying the presence and absence of cycles in population size in several species, concentrating on zooplankton and algae as a model system. He has also developed models that provide the best predictions of the impacts of nutrient addition on the diversity and abundance of algae in lakes and has shown how the special characteristics of flowing water affect ecological interactions in streams and rivers.
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Dr. McCauley is among the most productive and imaginative ecologists nationally and internationally, and is one of the few people who have undertaken groundbreaking research in both theoretical and empirical ecology. He has established mechanisms underlying the presence and absence of cycles in population size in several species, concentrating on zooplankton and algae as a model system.
Dr. Renée Martin
Affiliation: University of Calgary
Keywords: Human Chromosome Abnormalities, Male Infertility, Aneuploidy, Human Sperm, Nondisjunction
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Dr. Renée Martin is a human geneticist who has pioneered research into the causes of chromosomal abnormalities in human sperm. These abnormalities are responsible for infertility, pregnancy loss, and the birth of children with mental and physical handicaps. Dr. Martin has developed sophisticated new techniques to compare sperm chromosomes from healthy men and men with an increased risk of chromosome abnormalities due to factors such as infertility and exposure to radiotherapy, chemotherapy and pesticides. This innovative research program has allowed her to identify some significant causes of chromosome abnormalities in humans, which have led to changes in patient counselling.
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Dr. Martin is a human geneticist who has pioneered research into the causes of chromosomal abnormalities in human sperm that are responsible for infertility, pregnancy loss, and the birth of children with mental and physical handicaps. Her innovative research program has allowed her to identify some significant causes of chromosome abnormalities in humans, which have led to changes in patient counselling.
Dr. Arend Bonen
Affiliation: University of Guelph
Keywords: Fatty acid metabolism, insulin resistance, exercise, metabolic adaptation
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Arend Bonen is an international scientific leader in the regulation of energy metabolism in skeletal muscle under normal and pathological conditions. He has identified the important role of muscle activity in regulating glucose utilization, and the molecular mechanisms controlling the entry of fatty acids into skeletal and cardiac muscle. These studies have led to the understanding that physical activity is a valuable prophylactic/therapeutic aid in treating insulin resistance, and that the molecular dysregulation of fatty acid entry into muscle cells, in obesity and type 2 diabetes, represents a key therapeutic target. His extensive work has influenced research in diverse fields.
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Arend Bonen is an international scientific leader in the regulation of energy metabolism in skeletal muscle, under normal and pathological conditions. His studies have led to the understanding that physical activity is a valuable prophylactic/therapeutic aid in treating insulin resistance, and that the molecular dysregulation of fatty acid entry into muscle cells, in obesity and type 2 diabetes, represents a key therapeutic target.
Prof. Steve Perry
Affiliation: University of Ottawa
Keywords: Fish Physiology, Stress, Respiration, ion regulation, acid-base balance
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Steve Perry is among the world’s foremost fish physiologists. He has made seminal contributions to the understanding of ion and acid-base transport in the gills, the control of carbon dioxide excretion, the key role of carbon dioxide in cardio-respiratory regulation, the functions of circulating adrenaline and noradrenaline in controlling oxygen transport and acid-base status, the mechanisms by which these hormones are released, and the physiology of red blood cells in fish. He has inspired a legion of highly successful trainees, and provided immense administrative, organizational, and editorial service to the academic community.
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Steve Perry, one of the world’s foremost fish physiologists, has made seminal contributions to the understanding of ion and acid-base transport in the gills, the control of carbon dioxide excretion, the key role of carbon dioxide in cardio-respiratory regulation, the functions of circulating adrenaline and noradrenaline in controlling oxygen transport and acid-base status, the mechanisms by which these hormones are released, and the physiology of red blood cells in fish.