Kathy Martin (scientist) explained

Mary Catherine Martin
Birth Date:28 March 1949
Birth Place:Prince Edward Island, Canada
Occupation:University Professor and Federal Government Research Scientist
Known For:Cavity Using Wildlife and Alpine and Arctic Avifauna
Awards:Honorary Degree, Doctor of Letters, University of Prince Edward Island (2023)Brewster Medal, American Ornithological Society (2021)
Education:B.Sc. Biology (1970) University of Prince Edward IslandM.Sc. Zoology (1973) University of AlbertaPh.D. Biology (1985) Queen's University
Thesis Title:The utility of bi-parental care in Willow Ptarmigan: ecological and evolutionary considerations
Thesis Year:1985
Doctoral Advisor:Fred Cooke
Discipline:Conservation Biologist
Sub Discipline:Ornithologist
Workplaces:University of British Columbia
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Website:https://profiles.forestry.ubc.ca/person/kathy-martin/

Kathy Martin is a Canadian ornithologist and an expert on arctic and alpine grouse and ptarmigan, and on tree cavity-nesting vertebrates.[1] [2] [3] [4] She is a professor in the Faculty of Forestry[5] at the University of British Columbia, and was a senior research scientist with Environment and Climate Change Canada.[6] [7] From 2018 to 2020 she was president of the American Ornithological Society.[8] Martin retired from the Canadian Federal Government in December 2020, and remains an emeritus scientist.[9]

Martin has been active in Canada's Conservation Biology research and higher education community since the 1980s.[10] In the 1990s she represented Canada on the International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN Species Survival Commission for grouse (galliformes). During the 2000s, Martin served on the council of the American Ornithologists Union (2003–07), and chaired the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Ecology and Evolution Grant Committee.[10]

Martin participated in early discussions about the formation of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution in 2006, and was a founding member of the organization, later serving on its Governing Council (2008-11[11]). In 1996, Martin and her colleagues received The Wildlife Society's Wildlife Publication award, for their paper "Impact of food and predation on the snowshoe hare cycle."[12] [13] In 1992, when she was an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, Scarborough College, Martin developed and taught one of the earliest courses in Conservation Biology in Canada: C65S.

Martin founded and directed two primary, long-term research programs in the Americas. The first, on the life history variation and ecology of alpine birds, began in 1980 and has expanded to sites in Australia, while the second, examining the structure and function of cavity-nesting vertebrate communities,[14] [15] commenced in 1995 and expanded to other sites across North and South America.[16] Her co-edited volume, Ecology and Conservation of Mountain Birds was published by Cambridge University Press in 2023.[17]

Early life and education

Kathy Martin is a native of Prince Edward Island, Canada. She received her undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of Prince Edward Island in 1970.[18] She then completed an MSc at the University of Alberta, Edmonton in 1973, and a PhD at Queen's University, Kingston 1985, with geneticist Fred Cooke.[19]

Following the completion of her doctorate on Willow Ptarmigan ecology, Martin received a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Alberta (1985–1988).

Early career

Martin was involved with natural history and citizen science activities and groups. She founded and edited the first forty issues of the Prince Edward Island Natural History society's newsletter.[20] In 1977, Martin wrote the guide to Island Woodland Plants.[21]

In 1981, Martin authored the monograph Watershed Red,[22] about the natural history of the Dunk River Watershed in Prince Edward Island.

After completing undergraduate and post-graduate degrees, Martin held posts as an assistant professor at the Université de Sherbrooke from 1988–89, then an NSERC University Research Fellow, and then assistant professor in life sciences at the University of Toronto Scarborough campus from 1989–1992. In 1993, Martin assumed a joint appointment with the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia and Environment and Climate Change Canada.

Martin has published over 200 journal articles and book chapters.[23]

Service to Academia and Conservation Biology

Awards

Selected Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: KATHY MARTIN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. forestry.ubc.ca. 8 June 2018.
  2. Web site: Desk . Atlantic Briefs . Dr. Heather Morrison among four receiving honorary degrees at UPEI convocation ceremonies SaltWire . 2023-05-26 . www.saltwire.com . en.
  3. Findlay, A. Looking Up and Ahead: Kathy Martin's pursuit of the cryptic white-tailed ptarmigan (among other species) led her to many peaks over the years including to the very top of her profession. March–April 2022. Canadian Wildlife Magazine pp. 24-28. Canadian Wildlife Federation, Kanata, Ontario, Canada.
  4. News: Yarr . Kevin . 26 October 2021 . Studies on resilience of birds earn P.E.I. ornithologist prestigious awards . . May 26, 2023.
  5. Web site: Kathy Martin UBC Forestry Profiles. profiles.forestry.ubc.ca. 14 April 2023 .
  6. Web site: Environment and Climate Change Canada - Science and Technology - Environment Canada S & T Expert Profile. Branch. Government of Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Science and Technology. www.ec.gc.ca. en. 2017-09-18 . 2017-05-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20170517155336/http://www.ec.gc.ca/scitech/default.asp?lang=En&n=F97AE834-1&xsl=scitechprofile&formid=0300EBE4-51B6-41AA-AC65-2F9901AB8B6F.
  7. Web site: Forestry . U. B. C. . 2023-04-14 . Kathy Martin Faculty Profile UBC Forestry . 2024-06-07 . UBC Faculty of Forestry . en-US.
  8. News: 2017-07-17 . Faces of AOS: Kathy Martin Bio . 2017-10-17 . AOS News . en-US.
  9. Web site: Board of Directors, Island Nature Trust . 2024-06-07 . INT: Island Nature Trust . en-CA.
  10. Web site: Government of Canada: Kathy M. Martin. 18 September 2017. 2018-12-08. en-US.
  11. Web site: Past Councils | CSEE – Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution.
  12. Krebs. Charles J.. Boutin. Stan. Boonstra. Rudy. Sinclair. A. R. E.. Smith. J. N. M.. Dale. Mark R. T.. Martin. K.. Turkington. R.. 1995. Impact of Food and Predation on the Snowshoe Hare Cycle. 2888056. Science. 269. 5227. 1112–1115. 10.1126/science.269.5227.1112. 17755536. 1995Sci...269.1112K. 1807/488. 17661939. free.
  13. Web site: Wildlife Publication Awards THE WILDLIFE SOCIETY. wildlife.org. en-US. 2017-10-17.
  14. News: UBC researcher roughing it in the bush to save endangered woodpeckers. 2016-06-01. The Globe and Mail. 2017-10-17. en-GB.
  15. News: UBC researchers work to save endangered woodpeckers. CBC News. 2017-10-17. en.
  16. News: Kathy Martin - Canadian Mountain Network. Canadian Mountain Network. 2017-09-18. en-US.
  17. Book: Ecology and Conservation of Mountain Birds . 2023 . Cambridge University Press . 978-1-108-83719-4 . Chamberlain . Dan . Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation . Cambridge . 10.1017/9781108938570 . Lehikoinen . Aleksi . Martin . Kathy.
  18. Web site: UPEI to confer four honorary degrees during Convocation 2023 . 2023-05-26 . UPEI . en.
  19. Book: Martin, Kathy . The utility of bi-parental care in willow ptarmigan : ecological and evolutional considerations . PhD Thesis, Department of Biology, Queen's University . 1985 . Kingston, ON Canada.
  20. News: History. 2011-01-26. Nature PEI. 2017-10-17. en-US.
  21. Book: Martin . Kathy . Island Woodland Plants . 2008 . Prince Edward Island . Canada .
  22. Book: Watershed red : the life of the Dunk River, Prince Edward Island. Martin, Kathy. en.
  23. Web site: Kathy Martin - Google Scholar Citations . 2018-10-19 . scholar.google.ca.
  24. Web site: 2023-01-20 . PEI Forestry Commission . 2023-05-26 . www.princeedwardisland.ca.
  25. Web site: Post-AOS18AZ Recap & First Official Letter from Newly Inaugurated AOS President, Kathy Martin. www.americanornithology.org. 2018-12-08.
  26. Web site: AOS Governance American Ornithology. www.americanornithology.org. 2017-09-18.
  27. Web site: Bird Studies Canada. www.birdscanada.org. en. 2017-10-17.
  28. Web site: Smith Award . 2023-05-26 . sco-soc . en.
  29. News: Elliott . Kyle . Cockle . Kristina . December 2021 . 2021 Jamie Smith Memorial Award Recipient – Kathy Martin . May 26, 2023 . Picoides Newsletter . Society of Canadian Ornithologists . vol 34, iss 3 p 9.
  30. Web site: AOS . 2021-10-06 . 2021 William Brewster Memorial Award Winner: Kathy Martin . 2023-05-26 . American Ornithological Society . en-US.
  31. Web site: Distinguished Alumni University of Prince Edward Island . 2023-05-26 . UPEI . en.
  32. Web site: Forestry . U. B. C. . 2020-08-06 . Kathy Martin Receives Nancy B. Cutler Citation of Excellence . 2023-05-26 . UBC Faculty of Forestry . en-US.
  33. Krebs . Elsie A. . 2018 . British Ornithologists' Union Godman Salvin Prize . Ibis . 160 . 4 . 943–944 . 10.1111/ibi.12655 . free.
  34. Web site: Congratulations to Kathy Martin on being awarded the Ian McTaggart-Cowan Lifetime Achievement Award UBC Faculty of Forestry . www.forestry.ubc.ca.
  35. Web site: The Doris Huestis Speirs Award for Outstanding Contributions to Canadian Ornithology .

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