bio.wikisort.org - ResearcherPaul Claude Silva (October 31, 1922 – June 12, 2014) was a phycologist, marine biologist, and algal taxonomist considered to be the world's leading expert in the chlorophyte green algal genus Codium. Silva was also an expert in botanical nomenclature and was an editor of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature's Eighth through Sixteenth International Botanical Congresses.[1]
For the New Zealand soldier and woodchopper, see Paul Silva (woodchopper).
Paul Silva |
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Born | October 31, 1922
San Diego, California |
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Died | June 12, 2014
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Nationality | American |
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Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
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Known for | systematics of algae |
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Scientific career |
Fields | phycology |
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Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
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Doctoral advisor | George F. Papenfuss |
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Biography
Silva completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Southern California, though his education was interrupted by World War II. He served in the US Navy on the USS Darby, participating in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. He attended Stanford University for his master's degree studying under Gilbert Morgan Smith, and University of California, Berkeley for his Ph.D. Silva later worked as a Research Botanist and Curator of Algae at the UCB herbarium.[2]
Honours
He has been honoured in the naming of several taxa of algae. In 1999, Silvetia In the Fucaceae family) was published by botanists E.A.Serrão, T.O.Cho, S.M.Boo & Brawley.[3] and then in 2002, Paulsilvella (in the Subfamily Lithophylloideae) was published by Woelk., Sartoni & Boddi.[4][5]
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Presidents of the Phycological Society of America |
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1946-1974 |
- Gilbert Morgan Smith (1946)
- William Randolph Taylor (1947)
- Lewis Hanford Tiffany (1948)
- Jules Brunel (1949)
- Edgar Nelson Transeau (1950)
- Clarence E. Taft (1951)
- Edwin T. Moul (1952)
- Ruth Myrtle Patrick (1953)
- Gerald Webber Prescott (1954)
- Harold Charles Bold (1955)
- George F. Papenfuss (1956)
- Larry A. Whitford (1957)
- Paul Claude Silva (1958)
- Richard Cawthorn Starr (1959)
- Jack Edgar Myers (1960)
- Luigi Provasoli (1961)
- William A. Daily (1962)
- Robert W. Krauss (1963)
- Janet Ruth Stein Taylor (1965)
- Walter R. Herndon (1966)
- Hannah T. Croasdale (1967)
- Francis R. Trainor (1968)
- Bruce C. Parker (1969)
- Ralph Arnold Lewin (1970)
- Richard Earl Norris (1971)
- Philip W. Cook (1972)
- Robert W. Hoshaw (1973)
- Patricia L. Walne (1974)
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1975-1999 |
- Norma J. Lang (1975)
- John A. West (1976)
- Michael J. Wynne (1977)
- Elisabeth Gantt (1978)
- Clinton J. Dawes (1979)
- Elenor R. Cox (1980)
- Larry R. Hoffman (1981)
- Annette W. Coleman (1982)
- James R. Rosowski (1983)
- Carole A. Lembi (1984)
- Michael Neushul, Jr. (1985)
- Beatrice Marcy Sweeney (1986)
- Susan D. Waaland (1987)
- Eugene F. Stoermer (1988)
- Russell L. Chapman (1989)
- Lois Ann Pfiester (1990)
- J. Robert Waaland (1991)
- Robert Gordon Sheath (1992)
- M. Dennis Hanisak (1992)
- John P. van der Meer (1993)
- Larry B. Liddle (1994)
- Richard L. Meyer (1995)
- Lynda J. Goff (1996)
- Rick McCourt (1998)
- Paul Kugrens (1999)
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2000-present |
- Steven N. Murray (2000)
- Charles Yarish (2001)
- A. Michelle Wood (2002)
- David F. Millie (2003)
- Thierry B. R. Chopin (2004)
- Curt M. Pueschel (2005)
- Morgan Vis (2006)
- Richard E. Triemer (2007)
- Robert A. Andersen (2008)
- Charles Amsler (2009)
- Paul K. Hayes (2010)
- Susan H. Brawley (2011)
- Juan M. Lopez-Bautista (2012)
- Linda Graham (2013)
- John W. Stiller (2014)
- Rick Zechman (2015)
- Paul W. Gabrielson (2016)
- Tim A. Nelson (2017)
- Alison Sherwood (2018)
- Kirsten M. Müller (2019)
- Dale Casamatta (2020)
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