Mary Catherine Martin | |
|---|---|
 Prof. Kathy Martin in 2019 | |
| Born | March 28, 1949 Prince Edward Island, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | University Professor and Federal Government Research Scientist |
| Known for | Cavity Using Wildlife and Alpine and Arctic Avifauna |
| Awards | Honorary Degree, Doctor of Letters, University of Prince Edward Island (2023) Brewster Medal, American Ornithological Society (2021) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | B.Sc. Biology (1970) University of Prince Edward Island M.Sc. Zoology (1973) University of Alberta Ph.D. Biology (1985) Queen's University |
| Thesis | The utility of bi-parental care in Willow Ptarmigan: ecological and evolutionary considerations (1985) |
| Doctoral advisor | Fred Cooke |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Conservation Biologist |
| Sub-discipline | Ornithologist |
| Institutions | University of British Columbia Environment and Climate Change Canada |
| Website | https://profiles.forestry.ubc.ca/person/kathy-martin/ |
Kathy Martin is a Canadian ornithologist and an expert on arctic and alpine grouse and ptarmigan,and on tree cavity-nesting vertebrates. [1] [2] [3] [4] She is a professor in the Faculty of Forestry [5] at the University of British Columbia,and was a senior research scientist with Environment and Climate Change Canada. [6] [7] From 2018 to 2020 she was president of the American Ornithological Society. [8] Martin retired from the Canadian Federal Government in December 2020,and remains an emeritus scientist. [9]
Contents
- Early life and education
- Early career
- Service to Academia and Conservation Biology
- Awards
- References
- Selected Publications
Martin has been active in Canada's Conservation Biology research and higher education community since the 1980s. [4] [10] In the 1990s she represented Canada on the International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN Species Survival Commission for grouse (galliformes). During the 2000s,Martin served on the council of the American Ornithologists Union (2003–07),and chaired the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Ecology and Evolution Grant Committee. [10]
Martin participated in early discussions about the formation of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution in 2006,and was a founding member of the organization,later serving on its Governing Council (2008-11 [11] ). In 1996,Martin and her colleagues received The Wildlife Society's Wildlife Publication award,for their paper "Impact of food and predation on the snowshoe hare cycle." [12] [13] In 1992,when she was an assistant professor at the University of Toronto,Scarborough College,Martin developed and taught one of the earliest courses in Conservation Biology in Canada:C65S.
Martin founded and directed two primary,long-term research programs in the Americas. The first,on the life history variation and ecology of alpine birds,began in 1980 and has expanded to sites in Australia,while the second,examining the structure and function of cavity-nesting vertebrate communities, [14] [15] commenced in 1995 and expanded to other sites across North and South America. [16] Her co-edited volume,Ecology and Conservation of Mountain Birds was published by Cambridge University Press in 2023. [17]
