Sara Iverson Explained

Sara Iverson
Fields:animal physiological and biochemical mechanism, biology and ecology of marine vertebrates, marine animal tagging and tracking
Alma Mater:Duke University
Awards:Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Life Sciences Division, Academy of Science

Sara Iverson is a professor of biology at Dalhousie University, and the Scientific Director of the Ocean Tracking Network (OTN).[1]

Iverson was selected by Mattel Inc. and National Geographic as an influential Canadian scientist and role model for Barbie's You Can Be Anything campaign as part of the doll's 60th anniversary. This effort is aimed at helping young girls can have a career in a scientific fields where women have historically been underrepresented.[2]

Early life and education

Iverson was born in Royal Oak, Michigan.[3] She has a bachelors of science in Zoology from Duke University, 1979. She received her Ph.D. in 1998 from the University of Maryland, College Park MD in Nutritional Sciences. She began her career as a Graduate Research Fellow, Max-Planck Institute for Behavioral Physiology, Wuppertal, West Germany. She held teaching positions and research positions at University of Maryland, Oregon State University, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC; Technical University of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS. Iverson joined the Department of Biology, Dalhousie University.in 1994 as an Assistant Professor and rose to her current position as Professor in 2004. Iverson was selected as the Scientific Director of the Ocean Tracking Network Canada, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia in 2008 and is in that role today. She is also a professor of biology in Affiliate Professor, Institute of Marine Science, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks.[3]

Career and research

Iverson's research interests are focused on how animals adapt to and exploit their environments and in the physiological and biochemical mechanisms which constrain or provide opportunities for them to do so. Her research program is inter-disciplinary, combining comparative physiology and ecology with lipid biochemistry and metabolism in vertebrates, and integrating laboratory and field studies on fundamental issues of interest to both zoological and medical communities, as and which also have implications for the conservation and management of mammal, seabird, and fish populations. Iverson supervises and mentors a number of graduate students both as a Professor and through her leadership within OTN.[4]

Honors and awards

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sara J. Iverson. 2021-07-15. scholar.google.ca.
  2. Web site: Dalhousie biologist chosen as mentor for Barbie's 60th anniversary You Can Be Anything campaign. 2021-07-08. Global News. en-US.
  3. Web site: Curriculum Vitae Lab of Sara Iverson. 2021-07-11. en-US.
  4. Web site: People Lab of Sara Iverson. 2021-07-11. en-US.
  5. Web site: OTN scientific director elected to the Royal Society of Canada. 2021-07-11. en-US.
  6. Web site: Ocean Tracking Network receives Canadian Museum of Nature Inspiration Award. 2021-07-11. Dalhousie News.
  7. Web site: Conservation Achievement Award – AFS Fisheries Management Section. 2021-07-11. en-US.
  8. Web site: University Research Professors. 2021-07-11. Dalhousie News.
  9. Web site: Killam Laureates. 2021-07-11. Killam Laureates. en-US.
  10. Web site: Government of Canada. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. 2016-06-28. Government of Canada makes bold moves to increase equity, diversity and inclusion in research. 2021-07-11. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
  11. Jory . Cabrol . Lesage . Véronique . Leclerc . Alexandra . Giard . Janie . Iverson . Sara . Bérubé . Martine . Michaud . Robert . Nozais . Christian . 2021-08-25 . Individual and population dietary specialization decline in fin whales during a period of ecosystem shift . Scientific Reports . en . 11 . 1 . 17181 . 10.1038/s41598-021-96283-x . 2045-2322 . 8387503 . 34433851. 2021NatSR..1117181J .
  12. Iverson . Sara J. . Fisk . Aaron T. . Hinch . Scott G. . Mills Flemming . Joanna . Cooke . Steven J. . Whoriskey . Frederick G. . July 2019 . The Ocean Tracking Network: Advancing frontiers in aquatic science and management . Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences . en . 76 . 7 . 1041–1051 . 10.1139/cjfas-2018-0481 . 0706-652X.
  13. Harcourt . Rob . Sequeira . Ana M. M. . Zhang . Xuelei . Roquet . Fabien . Komatsu . Kosei . Heupel . Michelle . McMahon . Clive . Whoriskey . Fred . Meekan . Mark . Carroll . Gemma . Brodie . Stephanie . Simpfendorfer . Colin . Hindell . Mark . Jonsen . Ian . Costa . Daniel P. . 2019 . Animal-Borne Telemetry: An Integral Component of the Ocean Observing Toolkit . Frontiers in Marine Science . 6 . 10.3389/fmars.2019.00326 . free . 2296-7745. 10536/DRO/DU:30128163 . free .
  14. Bourque . Jennifer . Dietz . Rune . Sonne . Christian . Leger . Judy St . Iverson . Sara . Rosing-Asvid . Aqqalu . Hansen . Martin . McKinney . Melissa A. . 2018-09-17 . Feeding habits of a new Arctic predator: insight from full-depth blubber fatty acid signatures of Greenland, Faroe Islands, Denmark, and managed-care killer whales Orcinus orca . Marine Ecology Progress Series . en . 603 . 1–12 . 10.3354/meps12723 . 2018MEPS..603....1B . 0171-8630.
  15. Hussey . Nigel E. . Kessel . Steven T. . Aarestrup . Kim . Cooke . Steven J. . Cowley . Paul D. . Fisk . Aaron T. . Harcourt . Robert G. . Holland . Kim N. . Iverson . Sara J. . Kocik . John F. . Mills Flemming . Joanna E. . Whoriskey . Fred G. . 2015-06-12 . Aquatic animal telemetry: A panoramic window into the underwater world . Science . en . 348 . 6240 . 10.1126/science.1255642 . 206558668 . 0036-8075.

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