{"id":3285,"date":"2015-05-29T08:44:24","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T08:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scotland.gov.uk\/coastal-monitoring\/?p=3285"},"modified":"2016-08-17T14:28:01","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T13:28:01","slug":"marcrf-welcomes-professor-kelly-benoit-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/2015\/05\/29\/marcrf-welcomes-professor-kelly-benoit-bird\/","title":{"rendered":"MarCRF welcomes Professor Kelly Benoit-Bird"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3286\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2015\/05\/kelly_BB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3286\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3286 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2015\/05\/kelly_BB-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Kelly Benoit-Bird\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/201;\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor Kelly Benoit-Bird<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On Friday 22<sup>nd<\/sup> May, MarCRF Research Fellow <a href=\"mailto:%20jftweddle@abdn.ac.uk\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Jacqui Tweddle<\/span><\/a> \u00a0hosted Professor Kelly Benoit-Bird, from Oregon State University in the U.S.A., on a flying visit to Aberdeen.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Benoit-Bird is a distinguished marine scientist, having received many awards and honours, including a MacArthur Fellowship (also known as the \u201cgenius grant\u201d) and the U.S.A. Presidential Early Career Award. She\u00a0met with staff and students from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Topics\/marine\/science\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Marine Scotland Science<\/span><\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abdn.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">University of Aberdeen<\/span><\/a> throughout the day, including a meeting with the \u201cZoo &amp; Roots\u201d postgraduate student group (who provided a very tasty cake).<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Benoit-Bird\u2019s fantastic seminar drew a large crowd and she told us about her use of acoustical measurements to investigate diverse ecological questions in our oceans. Her talk included some extraordinary acoustical \u201cimages\u201d of spinner dolphins herding fish, and squid \u201cdancing\u201d together as they hunted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/category\/marcrf\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Previous MarCRF posts<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday 22nd May, MarCRF Research Fellow Jacqui Tweddle \u00a0hosted Professor Kelly Benoit-Bird, from Oregon State University in the U.S.A., on a flying visit to Aberdeen. Prof. Benoit-Bird is a distinguished marine scientist, having received many awards and honours, including a MacArthur Fellowship (also known as the \u201cgenius grant\u201d) and the U.S.A. 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