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Kelly Benoit-Bird
Marine scientist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kelly Benoit-Bird (born 1976) is a marine scientist and senior scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.[1] Benoit-Bird uses acoustics to study marine organisms and was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2010.[2][3]
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Work and discoveries
Benoit-Bird has been fascinated by the ocean since fourth grade, and is the first in her family to attend college.[4]
Benoit-Bird's research uses acoustical tools to study the interactions between predators and their prey in marine environments. Key linkages characterized in the lab's research include simultaneous tracking of predator-prey pairs such as northern fur seals and their prey juvenile pollock,[5] spinner dolphins and micronekton,[6] fish and zooplankton in thin layers in Monterey Bay,[7] and beaked whales and squid.[8] Benoit-Bird's research has also used acoustic measurements to examine how changes in the phase of the moon impact the migration of small marine organisms[9] and the ability of predators such as spinner and dusky dolphins to find their prey.[10] In research conducted off California, Brandon Southall and Benoit-Bird determined that beaked whales prefer to forage within a Navy test range due to the high density of prey available to the peaked whales in that region.[11] Benoit-Bird has also developed instrumentation to make acoustic measurements with submersibles[12] and autonomous vehicles.[13]
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Awards
- 2020: Medwin Prize in Acoustical Oceanography, Acoustical Society of America (ASA)[14]
- 2017: Fellow, Acoustical Society of America[15]
- 2007, 2013: Kavli Frontiers Fellowship, United States National Academy of Sciences[16]
- 2010: MacArthur Genius Award.[3]
- 2009: R. Bruce Lindsay Award, for contributions in marine ecological acoustics, Acoustical Society of America[17]
- 2008: Ocean Sciences Early Career Award, American Geophysical Union[18]
- 2005: Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
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