Chris M. Wood
Chris M. Wood in 2015
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia
University of East Anglia
AwardsFRSC (2003)
Miroslaw Romanowski Medal (2007)
Scientific career
FieldsFish physiology
InstitutionsUBC
McMaster University
Univ of Miami
ThesisStudies on the pharmacology and physiology of vascular resistance in the rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) (1974)

Christopher M. Wood FRSC is currently an Adjunct Professor of Zoology at the University of British Columbia and a Lifetime Distinguished University Professor, and Emeritus Professor of Biology at McMaster University. He is also a Research Professor at the University of Miami. His research is primarily concerned with Fish physiology and aquatic toxicology.

He was educated at the University of British Columbia (BSc, 1968; MSc, 1971) and the University of East Anglia (PhD, 1974).[1] He joined the faculty of McMaster University in 1976 where he was a Canada Research Chair in Environment and Health from 2001 to 2014. In 2014 he retired from McMaster University and moved to the University of British Columbia, where his research program is now based. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2003, and was awarded the 2007 Miroslaw Romanowski Medal.[2][3] He was also awarded the Fry Medal of the Canadian Society of Zoologists in 1999.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Toxicity of Dietborne Metals to Aquatic Organisms.
  2. ↑ "Battling pollution in coastal areas". International Development Research Centre. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Past Award Winners". Royal Society of Canada. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Nature Honors Dr. Chris M. Wood". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.


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