Jaia Syvitski
{{short description|American-Canadian Professor Emeritus}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Jaia Syvitski
| citizenship = United States & Canadian
| fields = Oceanography, Geological Sciences, Hydrology, Numerical Modeling, Geophysics
| workplaces = University of Calgary, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, University of Colorado
| alma_mater = Lakehead University, University of British Columbia
| known_for = Computational geosciences, sediment transport, land-ocean interactions, earth-surface dynamics
}}
Jaia Syvitski is an American-Canadian Professor Emeritus. Their interests include oceanography, geology, hydrology, numerical modelling, and geophysics.
Career
Syvitski obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in geology and mathematics in 1974, and an Honors degree geology in 1975 from Lakehead University. In 1978, she received a PhD from the University of British Columbia in oceanography and geology.{{Cite web|date=2017-07-12|title=Jai Syvitski|url=https://www.colorado.edu/geologicalsciences/jai-syvitski|access-date=2021-02-25|website=Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder|language=en}}
After graduation, Syvitski became an assistant professor at the University of Calgary. In 1981, she moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, to work as a senior research scientist for the Bedford Institute of Oceanography with the Canadian Federal Department Natural Resources Canada. During that period Syvitski received appointments as adjunct professor at Canadian Universities: Dalhousie, Laval Universities, Memorial University of Newfoundland and the Institut national de la recherche scientifique of Quebec.
From 1995-2007 Syvitski was director of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado, where she was also awarded professorships in geological sciences and geophysics. In 2007, Syvitski became Executive Director of the Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System and Professor of Oceanography, and in 2009 she was also appointed Professor of Applied Math.
Syvitski served as chair of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme for the International Council for Science from 2011-2016. During this time (2013-2015) Syvitski was also part of the advisory council in the department of oceanography at Xiamen University, and from 2013 she was an International Development Advisor for the International Development Research Centre and Department for International Development.{{Cite web|date=December 2016|title=CURRICULUM VITAE: JAMES P.M. SYVITSKI|url=https://instaar.colorado.edu/uploads/people-cv/177/james-syvitski-cv-2016-12.pdf|access-date=25 February 2021}}
Syvitski retired in 2018.{{Cite web|title=Jaia Syvitski|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaia-syvitski-03a69714/|access-date=25 February 2021|website=LinkedIn}} She has written over 500 publications,{{Cite web|title=Jaia Syvitski|url=http://instaar.colorado.edu/people/jaia-syvitski/|access-date=25 February 2021|website=Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder}} including peer-reviewed and popular{{Cite web|title=James Syvitski|url=https://thebulletin.org/biography/james-syvitski/|access-date=25 February 2021|website=Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists}}{{Cite web|title=Jaia Syvitski|url=https://sustainabilitycommunity.springernature.com/users/jaia-syvitski|access-date=25 February 2021|website=Springer Nature Sustainability Community}} articles and books.{{Cite web|title=Jaia Syvitski|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BC8cW-gAAAAJ&hl=en|access-date=25 February 2021|website=Google Scholar}}
Awards and honours
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Organisation !Award / Honour |
| 2009 |
| 2010 |
Personal life
Syvitski identifies as non-binary and genderqueer, and uses she/her pronouns.{{cite web |last1=Minisini |first1=Daniel |last2=Syvitski |first2=Jaia |title=MiniGeology Episode #106: Being Genderqueer |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoYlr0kMtS4 |website=YouTube |access-date=16 August 2023 |date=2020-08-06}} She came out publicly around 2005.
References
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Category:American geophysicists
Category:American hydrologists
Category:American oceanographers
Category:University of British Columbia alumni
Category:Academic staff of Dalhousie University
Category:Academic staff of the Memorial University of Newfoundland
Category:Academic staff of the University of Calgary
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Non-binary scientists