Karen Kidd

Karen Ann Kidd (an haife ta a shekara ta 1968) ƙwararren masanin ilimin ruwa ce ta kasar  Kanada. Ita ce Shugabar Jarislowsky a Muhalli da Lafiya kuma Farfesa ce  ta Biology a Jami'ar McMaster kuma memba na Hukumar Hadin gwiwar Duniya .

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Kidd a cikin 1968  a Sarnia, Ontario ga iyayen Diane da George Werezak. Lokacin girma, ta halarci Makarantar Jama'a ta Cathcart Boulevard da Cibiyar Kwalejin Kwalejin Arewa da Makarantar Sana'a, inda ta sauke karatu daga 1987.  Ta sami digiri na farko na Kimiyya a Kimiyyar Muhalli daga Jami'ar Guelph da PhD a Biology daga Jami'ar Alberta . 

 Sana'a 
Bayan kammala karatun digirinta na uku, Kidd ta zama Masanin Kimiyyar Bincike a Sashen Kimiyyar Muhalli a Kifi & Oceans Canada.  A cikin 2002, Kidd ta kasance mai karɓar lambar yabo ta Sarauniya Elizabeth ta II ta Golden Jubilee .  A lokacin da take aiki tare da Fisheries da Oceans Canada, Kidd ta fara binciken kananan yara a wani tafkin hectare 34 a Ontario. Tawagarta ta bincike ta gano cewa kifayen mazan da ke yin iyo a cikin ruwan da aka yi da isrojin za su zama tsaka-tsaki kuma su rasa ikon haihuwa.  Daga baya, ta gano cewa isrogen a cikin tsarin ruwa na birni ya kusan kai ga bacewar ƙananan kitse. 

Ta zauna a Winnipeg har zuwa 2004 lokacin da ta karɓi matsayi a matsayin Tier 2 Canada Research Chairman in Chemical Contamination of Food Webs da kuma mataimakin farfesa a Jami'ar New Brunswick .  An sabunta Kujerar Binciken Kanada na Tier 2 a cikin 2009 na tsawon shekaru biyar  sannan aka ba ta Tier 1 CRC a cikin 2015.  Yin amfani da wannan tallafin Majalisar Binciken Kimiyyar Halitta da Injiniya, gami da lambar yabo ta Gano Accelerator, Kidd ya kammala da cewa tafkunan ruwa a Kejimkujik National Park sun sami ƙarin matakan mercury a cikin gidajen abinci, waɗanda ke shafar kifin rawaya kai tsaye. Binciken nata ya kuma kunshi tantance tasirin girbin dazuzzuka kan yanayin rafi, illar da madatsun ruwa na ruwa kan gurbacewar ruwa da gurbatar kifin, da tarin gadon gado da gurbatattun litattafai a gidajen yanar gizo na ruwa da na abinci na ruwa, da kuma tasirin kiwo a kan yanayin gida. 
A cikin 2017, Kidd an ba shi suna Stephen A. Jarislowsky Kujerar Muhalli da Lafiya a Jami'ar McMaster  kuma an zaɓi shi don zama a kan Kwamitin Ba da Shawarwari na Cibiyar Ruwa ta Kanada kan Abubuwan da ke faruwa a cikin Wastewater.  A watan Agusta 2017, Kidd ta saki shekaru uku na bincikenta na nazarin Saint John Harbor kuma ta kammala cewa gurɓataccen ƙarfe yana raguwa.  Saboda ci gaba da bincike kan lafiyar halittun ruwa, an karrama ta saboda aikinta tare da lambar yabo ta Recipharm International Environmental Award 2017. 

Shekaru biyu bayan haka, Kidd ya haɗu da wani bincike tare da Joshua Kurek na Jami'ar Dutsen Allison yana duba abubuwan da suka dace daga kasan tafkuna biyar masu nisa a arewa ta tsakiya New Brunswick, Kanada. Sakamakon binciken da suka yi ya tabbatar da cewa DDT magungunan kashe qwari yana ci gaba da kasancewa a cikin tabkuna masu nisa ko da bayan hana su.   An kuma nada ta don zama a Kwamitin Ba da Shawarwari na Kimiyya na Hukumar Hadin Kai ta Duniya  kuma ta sami kudade daga Gidauniyar Kanada don Innovation ta John R. Evans Fund don tallafawa bincikenta game da makomar yanar gizon abinci da tasirin gurɓataccen ruwa.  Don karramata "fitattun nasarorin da ta samu a binciken kimiyyar ruwa da ƙware a horar da ma'aikata," Kidd ta sami karramawa da lambar yabo ta 2021 Society's Frank Rigler daga Society of Canadian Limnologists. 

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 Karen Kidd publications indexed by Google Scholar
Rukuni:Rayayyun mutane
Rukuni:Haihuwan 1968