Robert Haynes

For the Jamaican cricketer, see Robert Haynes (cricketer).

Robert Hall Haynes, OC, FRSC (August 27, 1931 December 22, 1998) was a Canadian geneticist and biophysicist. He was the Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Biology at York University. Haynes was best known for his contributions to the study of DNA repair and mutagenesis, and for helping promote the concept of terraforming through his invention of the term, ecopoiesis.

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Presidential Address

Planetary engineering

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Preceded by
John Meisel
President of the Royal Society of Canada
1995-1997
Succeeded by
Jean-Pierre Wallot
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