Cindy Lee Van Dover

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Cindy Lee Van Dover (born May 16, 1954 in Eatontown , New Jersey) is an American marine biologist specializing in the deep sea .

Life

In 1977 Cindy Lee Van Dover graduated from Rutgers University with a bachelor's degree in environmental science . In 1982 she took part in her first deep-sea expedition, during which the East Pacific Ridge was examined. In 1985 she received a Masters in Ecology from the University of California, Los Angeles . She then did further research on oceanography and received her Ph.D. and then became a member of the scientists of the deep-sea submarine Alvin (DSV-2) and qualified as the helmsman of the boat in 1990. Currently (2019) she is Professor of Biological Oceanography at Duke University and Director of the associated marine laboratory in Beaufort (North Carolina) .

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As a deep sea researcher, Cindy Lee Van Dover has published over 90 peer-reviewed articles. As part of her research, she visited almost all known smokers and deep-sea mountains in the Atlantic and Pacific with the deep-sea submarine. Current (2019) research focus is on biodiversity and biogeography of invertebrates in chemolithotrophic ecosystems.

Publications

Books

  • Deep-Ocean Journeys Discovering New Life at the Bottom of the Sea , Basic Books 1997, ISBN 978-0201154986
  • The Ecology of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents , Princeton University Press 2000, ISBN 978-0691049298

Trade journals

  • Forty years of fathoming life in hot springs on the ocean floor in Nature 567, No. 7747, March 2019. pp. 182–84
  • Dunn, Daniel C., Cindy L. Van Dover, Ron J. Etter, et al. A strategy for the conservation of biodiversity on mid-ocean ridges from deep-sea mining in Science Advances 4, No. 7, July 2018
  • Van Dover, CL, S. Arnaud-Haond, et al. Scientific rationale and international obligations for protection of active hydrothermal vent ecosystems from deep-sea mining in Marine Policy 90, April 2018, pp. 20–28.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ a b Women offshore, Submarine Pilot: Dr. Cindy Lee Van Dover , July 23, 2017
  2. ^ A b c Nicholas School of the Environment, Dr. Cindy Lee Van Dover , accessed July 25, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Van Dover, Cindy Lee
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American marine biologist with a focus on deep sea
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Eatontown , New Jersey