Barbara Block is an American marine biologist and Charles & Elizabeth Prothro Professor of Biology in Marine Sciences at the Stanford University Hopkins Marine Station and a co-director of Stanford University's Tuna Research and Conservation Center, with the Monterey Bay Aquarium.[1] She has published numerous bodies of work throughout her career in marine biology and chemistry, mainly focusing on the biology and chemistry of metabolism in different tuna and shark species.[2][3][4] Additionally, she has helped develop two new types of electronic tags for large pelagic predators in order to track the migrations of large oceanic predator species.[5]
Barbara Block | |
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Nationality | American |
Title | Charles & Elizabeth Prothro Professor in Marine Sciences Evolutionary, Cellular and Molecular Physiology |
Awards | Presidential Young Investigator Award |
Academic background | |
Education | University of Vermont |
Alma mater | Duke University |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Marine biology |
Sub-discipline | Tuna research and conservation |
Institutions | Stanford University |