Dr. Sophie George is Professor Emerita at Georgia Southern University, she spent 6 total years at the National Science Foundation as a program officer and was a visiting lecturer at Friday Harbor Labs ...
GROUPE DE COMMISSION DE L'UICN
Groupe de spécialistes des étoiles marines de la CSE de l'UICN
Vue d'ensemble et description
Description:
Les étoiles marines - définies ici comme des espèces appartenant aux étoiles de mer (classe Asteroidea, ~1921 espèces), aux ophiures (classe Ophiuroidea, ~2117 espèces), aux étoiles à plumes et aux ...
Leadership de groupe
Dr Sophie GEORGE
Chair
Dr. Sophie George is Professor Emerita at Georgia Southern University, she spent 6 total years at the National Science Foundation as a program officer and was a visiting lecturer at Friday Harbor Labs, University of Washington, spring 2023. She has been a visiting researcher at Friday Harbor Labs, University of Washington for the last 23 years. Her main research interests revolve around environmental change and impacts on marine invertebrate larvae. Her main goal is to understand how echinoderm larvae will respond to the predicted increase in marine heat waves. She is specifically interested in the conservation of species belonging to this group.