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Kooyman
Gerald Kooyman
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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Jerry Kooyman is
a research professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
since 1967 where he joined the Physiological Research Laboratory
directed by Per Scholander. He holds an AB from UCLA, and a
PhD from the University of Arizona. Kooyman has led nearly 45
expeditions to Antarctica and his most recent project in November
2006 involved aerial surveys of emperor penguin colonies in
the Ross Sea. Kooyman Peak in Antarctica was named for him in
1966. In 2005, he was the first recipient of the Ken Norris
Lifetime Achievement Award from The Society for Marine Mammalogy.
In March 2007, Kooyman was the recipient of the Quadrennial
Finn Ronne Memorial Award of the Explorers Club. Jerry has published
over 160 scientific reports and authored two books, Weddell
Seal, Consummate Diver, and Diverse Divers, Behavior
and Physiology, and was co-editor of Fur seals, Maternal
Strategies on Land and at Sea. Recipient of the 2007 Explorer's
Club Finn Ronne Memorial Award for Polar Field Science. |
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