Diane O'Brien elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Diane O'Brien, interim director of the Institute of Arctic Biology, was recently elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
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Diane O色视频下载橞rien, interim director of the Institute of Arctic Biology and professor of biology and wildlife at the University of 色视频下载 Fairbanks, has been elected to the The recognition acknowledges distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
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There were 120 members elected this year, bringing the total number of active National Academy of Sciences members to 2,617. Membership in the organization is considered one of the highest honors a scientist can receive.
O色视频下载橞rien is the second 色视频下载-based researcher to be elected to the organization, joining Terry Chapin, professor emeritus of ecology, who was elected in 2004.
Her research investigates nutritional questions in public health and ecology using naturally occurring stable isotopes.
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The methodology using stable isotopes was borrowed from ecology and geosciences and demonstrates the transdisciplinary nature of O色视频下载橞rien色视频下载檚 research. In ongoing research, she also evaluates other stable isotope tools in nutrition that leverage larger clinical studies outside of 色视频下载.
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A full professor since 2015, O色视频下载橞rien has also served as deputy director of the and as IAB色视频下载檚 deputy director. Originally from upstate New York, she earned her bachelor色视频下载檚 degree in biology from Amherst College and her doctorate in ecology and evolutionary biology from Princeton University.
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