Nicholas Mrosovsky | |
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| Born | March 3, 1934 Romania |
| Died | February 22, 2015 (aged 80) Toronto, Canada |
| Education | Magdalene College, Cambridge University College London |
| Spouse | Sara Shettleworth |
| Children | 2 |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Toronto |
Nicholas Mrosovsky (3 March 1934 – 22 February 2015) was a Canadian zoologist known for his research in the fields of homeostasis, chronobiology, and sea turtle biology. He spent his whole professional career at the University of Toronto. His laboratory was notable for its seminal investigations of the influence of behavioural arousal on circadian rhythms. He was also the founder, in 1976, of Marine Turtle Newsletter. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1973, and in 1993 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.