Tracy Ainsworth Explained

Tracy Ainsworth
Known For:Marine Science
Education:Bachelor of Science James Cook University, Master of Science James Cook University, Doctor of Philosophy University of Queensland awarded with Deans List for Research Excellence.
Employer:University of New South Wales
Occupation:Scientist
Nationality:Australian

Tracy Ainsworth is a marine biologist and Scientia Professor at the University of New South Wales, working on coral reefs, and the biology of the Great Barrier Reef. Her research covers the biology of stresses, cells, disease, immunity and symbiosis. She was awarded the Dorothy Hill Medal for science, from the Australian Academy of Science, for research on coral reef, stresses and impacts of temperature on coral health.[1]

Career

Ainsworth's career has examined impacts of environmental stress on corals, particularly reef-building corals, together with the interactions between hosts and microbe.[2] She also studies symbioses and disease outbreaks. Research around bacterial associates of corals opened up knowledge around the mechanisms of coral diseases, how these occur and what causes them to progress.[3]

Ainsworth has also identified a range of novel intracellular bacteria which may play a role in the success of corals. She has also examined the impacts of rising temperatures, and climate change, and how this will affect coral both at present, and in future climates. Ainsworth has published studies on the impacts of rising water temperatures on corals.[4]

Publications

Selected peer-reviewed journal articles include the following:

She has also published a book:

Media

Ainsworth has published on coral reefs and marine science within The Conversation,[9] where together with researchers from other Australian universities, she described the impacts of coral bleaching, in the Lord Howe Island Marine Park. She has also had her work described by the ABC.[10]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aus Coral Reef Soc . 10 September 2018 .
  2. Web site: 2021-05-07 . Reef Matters Seminar Series: Prof. Tracy Ainsworth and Dr Coulson Lantz . 2022-04-14 . Australian Coral Reef Society . en-AU.
  3. Web site: Tracy Ainsworth . 2022-04-14 . Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program . en-AU.
  4. Leggat . William . Heron . Scott . Fordyce . Alexander . Suggett . David . Ainsworth . Tracy . 2022-01-01 . Experiment Degree Heating Week (eDHW) as a novel metric to reconcile and validate past and future global coral bleaching studies . Journal of Environmental Management . 301 . 113919 . 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113919. 34731944 . 241822422 .
  5. Web site: Science Magazine .
  6. Kelly . Lisa A. . Heintz . Tom . Lamb . Joleah B. . Ainsworth . Tracy D. . Willis . Bette L. . 2016 . Ecology and Pathology of Novel Plaque-Like Growth Anomalies Affecting a Reef-Building Coral on the Great Barrier Reef . Frontiers in Marine Science . 3 . 10.3389/fmars.2016.00151 . 2296-7745. free .
  7. Ainsworth . Tracy D. . Heron . Scott F. . Ortiz . Juan Carlos . Mumby . Peter J. . Grech . Alana . Ogawa . Daisie . Eakin . C. Mark . Leggat . William . 2016-04-15 . Climate change disables coral bleaching protection on the Great Barrier Reef . Science . 352 . 6283 . 338–342 . 10.1126/science.aac7125 . 1095-9203 . 27081069. 2016Sci...352..338A . 36807821 . free .
  8. Web site: From microbes to people: tractable benefits of no-take areas for coral reefs . 2022-04-14 . risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk . en.
  9. Web site: Moriarty . Tess . Leggat . University of Newcastle; Bill . Eakin . University of Newcastle; C. Mark . Oceanic . National . Steinberg . Atmospheric Administration; Rosie . Heron . UNSW Sydney; Scott F. . University . James Cook . Ainsworth . Tracy . Sydney . UNSW . Tracy Ainsworth . 2022-04-14 . The Conversation . en.
  10. Web site: Queensl . ABC North . Fernbach . Nathalie . 2017-02-07 . Tracy Ainsworth . 2022-04-14 . ABC News . en.
  11. Web site: 2018 awardees Australian Academy of Science . 2022-04-14 . www.science.org.au . en.
  12. Web site: Tracy Ainsworth – ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies . 2022-04-14 . www.coralcoe.org.au.
  13. Web site: The complex life of coral Stories of Australian Science, from Science in Public . 2022-04-15 . stories.scienceinpublic.com.au.

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