Vivienne Cassie Cooper

Vivienne Cassie Cooper
Born (1926-09-29) 29 September 1926
Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation Planktologist
botanist

Vivienne Cassie Cooper (born 29 September 1926) is a planktologist and botanist from New Zealand.

Early life

Cooper was born in Auckland, she received her B.A. and M.A. from the University of Auckland, and her Ph.D. at the University of Wellington.[1][2]

Career

In 1957, she made the first regional study of phytoplankton in New Zealand. Later in life, she focused more on aquatic botany, and was appointed a research scientist of freshwater algae at the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) in the botany division. In her career, she wrote over fifty papers and several books, including Marine Phytoplankton in New Zealand Waters and Checklists of the Freshwater Diatoms of New Zealand. Cooper also published Micro Algae - Microscopic Marvels which she writes to appeal to a more popular readership.[3]

Cooper has garnered several awards and titles for her accomplishments, including the New Zealand Order of Merit in 1997, an honorary research associateship by the Botany Department at University of Auckland and the Botany Division of DSIR, and is an honorary life member of the New Zealand Limnological Society and the New Zealand Marine Science Society.[1][2] She was described as New Zealand's "leading expert" on the microscopic algae diatom.[3]

Cooper was a founding member of the Australasian Society for Phycology and Aquatic Botany, the International Society of Diatomists, and the Asian Pacific Phycological Association.[2] She retired in 1986.[3]

Personal life

In 1953, she married Richard Morrison Cassie, a fellow professor at the University of Auckland. They had two children. He died in 1974, but Cooper has continued her research to the present day (as of 2014).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Haines, Catherine (2001). International Women in Science. 130 Cremona Drive, P.O. Box 1911 Santa Barbara, California, 93116-1911: ABC-CLIO, Inc. pp. 57–58. ISBN 9781576070901.
  2. 1 2 3 "Australasian Society for Phycology and Aquatic Botany". Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 Collins, Simon (4 May 2002). "An endangered species". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Author Query for 'Cassie'". International Plant Names Index.
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