Anya Waite
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Anya Waite
| image = Anya Waite.jpg
| fields = ocean biogeochemistry, particle dynamics, marine food webs, biophysical coupling, mesoscale dynamics, submesoscale dynamics, carbon fluxes, nitrogen uptake, nitrogen fixation
| alma_mater = The University of British Columbia
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{{Short description|Biological oceanographer}}
Dr. Anya Waite is a Canadian biological oceanographer working at the Ocean Frontier Institute at Dalhousie University.
Career
Anya Waite is a biological oceanographer who is currently a professor in the Department of Oceanography and Associate Vice-President Research (Ocean) at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada). Since 2020, she has been the Chief Executive Officer of the Ocean Frontier Institute. In this role, she contributed significantly to the development of research and training programs such as the [https://www.ofi.ca/programs/safe-and-sustainable Safe and Sustainable Development of the Ocean Frontier] initiative and the [https://www.ofi.ca/programs/transform-climate-action Transforming Climate Action] program.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-04 |title=Dr. Anya Waite Reappointed as CEO of Ocean Frontier Institute - environment coastal & offshore |url=https://ecomagazine.com/news/research/dr-anya-waite-reappointed-as-ceo-of-ocean-frontier-institute/ |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=ecomagazine.com |language=en-US}}
She was previously Winthrop Professor at the University of Western Australia's Oceans Institute,{{Cite web|url=https://www.news.uwa.edu.au/archive/201305075638/research/uwa-scientist-head-indian-ocean-study-new-research-ship/|title=UWA scientist to head Indian Ocean study in new research ship|date=7 May 2013|work=University of Western Australia|accessdate=15 January 2022}} the Section Head of Polar Biological Oceanography at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, and a professor of oceanography in the biology department at the University of Bremen.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dal.ca/faculty/science/oceanography/people/faculty/anya-waite.html|title=Anya Waite – Department of Oceanography – Dalhousie University|accessdate=15 January 2022}} Throughout her time at the University of Western Australia, she was awarded the PCB Professional Development Scholarship.{{Cite web |title=Congratulations to Professor Anya Waite : Archive Page : The University of Western Australia |url=https://www.news.uwa.edu.au/archive/200905131190/issue-7-14-may-2009/anya/ |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=www.news.uwa.edu.au}}
Dr. Anya Waite was the first woman{{Cite web |date=2021-02-16 |title=ICS Interview with Dr Anya Waite, GOOS Co-Chair – Global Ocean Observing System |url=https://goosocean.org/news/ics-interview-with-dr-anya-waite-goos-co-chair/ |access-date=2024-02-03 |language=en-US}} to co-chair the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS),{{Cite web |title=Global Ocean Observing System – GOOS is a permanent global system for observations, modeling, and analysis of marine and ocean data. |url=https://goosocean.org/ |access-date=2024-02-03 |language=en-US}} a position she held from 2021 to 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-18 |title=The GOOS Steering Committee welcomes its new co-chairs – Global Ocean Observing System |url=https://goosocean.org/news/the-goos-steering-committee-welcomes-its-new-co-chairs/ |access-date=2025-02-22 |language=en-US}}
Dr. Waite is also featured on a digital poster{{Cite web |title=Anya Waite – Women in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics |url=https://womeninstem.ingeniumcanada.org/portfolio-item/anya-waite/ |access-date=2024-02-03 |language=en-CA}} as part of the Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation Women in STEM initiative{{Cite web |title=Women in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics |url=https://womeninstem.ingeniumcanada.org/ |access-date=2024-02-03 |language=en-CA}} that aim to make equity-deserving groups in STEM more visible, to promote careers for equity-deserving groups in STEM, to highlight issues of inequality, and to celebrate achievements and advocates.
In 2024, Waite received the prestigious Yoshida Award from the Oceanographic Society of Japan, which is given to exceptional contributors to ocean upwelling research.{{Cite web |title=Dr. Anya Waite’s ocean research recognized with prestigious Yoshida Award |url=https://www.dal.ca/news/2024/05/02/waite-yoshida-award.html |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=Dalhousie News |language=en}} Also in 2024, she received the Frank McKenna Award for outstanding contributions to public policy by Atlantic Canadians.{{Cite web |title=Dr. Anya Waite at the 2024 Frank McKenna Awards: Full speech - PPF |url=https://ppforum.ca/policy-speaking/dr-anya-waite-2024-frank-mckenna-awards-speech/ |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=Public Policy Forum |language=en}}
Education
Waite earned a BSc in biology from Dalhousie and a PhD in biological oceanography from the University of British Columbia, followed by postdoctoral work at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Victoria University in New Zealand.{{Cite web |title=Anya Waite |url=https://cca-reports.ca/experts/anya-waite/ |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=CCA Reports |language=en}}
Selected publications
- {{Cite journal|last1=Waite|first1=AM|last2=Thompson|first2=PA|last3=Pesant|first3=S|last4=Feng|first4=M|last5=Beckley|first5=LE|last6=Domingues|first6=CM|last7=Gaughan|first7=D|title=The Leeuwin Current and its eddies: An introductory overview.|journal=Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography|date=2007|volume=54|issue=8–10|pages=789–96|doi=10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.12.008|bibcode=2007DSRII..54..789W }}
- {{Cite journal|title=The evolution of silicification in diatoms: Inescapable sinking and sinking as escape?|last1=Raven|first1=JA|last2=Waite|first2=AM|journal=New Phytologist|date=2004|volume=162|issue=1|pages=45–61|doi=10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01022.x|doi-access=free}}
- {{Cite journal|title=Does energy control the sinking rates of marine diatoms?|last1=Waite|first1=AM|last2=Thompson|first2=PA|last3=Harrison|first3=PJ|journal=Limnology and Oceanography|date=1992|volume=37|issue=3|pages=468–477|doi=10.4319/lo.1992.37.3.0468|bibcode=1992LimOc..37..468W |doi-access=free}}
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