Carol Blanchette

Carol Anne Blanchette masanin kimiyyar halittu ce a Jami'ar California, Santa Barbara wacce aka sani da aikinta a kan yankunan ruwa da kuma tsarin halittu na kwayoyin ruwa.

 Ilimi da aiki 
Blanchette ta girma a New Jersey kuma ta bayyana sha'awar rayuwarta da ilmin halitta da kimiyya sakamakon hulɗar farko da kakanninta game da kifi da kamun kifi. Blanchette tana da BS daga Jami'ar Notre Dame (1988) kuma ta sami Ph.D. a 1994 daga Jami'an Jihar Oregon .  Bayan ta Ph.D. ta koma California inda ta kasance masanin kimiyya na postdoctoral a Hopkins Marine Station sannan daga baya saboda masanin kimiyyar bincike a Jami'ar California, Santa Barbara .  Daga shekara ta 2000 har zuwa 2019, Blanchette na ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu bincike na Hadin gwiwar Nazarin Interdisciplinary na Tekun Ruwa (PISCO) inda ta jagoranci ƙungiyar da ke aiki a kan ilimin muhalli da ilmin halitta,  kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da kimiyya da manufofi.  A cikin 2016 an nada Blanchette darektan Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve .  

 Bincike 
An san Blanchette da aikinta a kan batutuwa ciki har da biomechanics, ilimin muhalli, da canjin yanayi. Binciken farko na Blanchette ya bincika bambancin inda tsire-tsire ke zaune a bakin teku na dutse  da kuma yadda tsire-shuke ke tsira daga raƙuman ruwa a bakin teku.  Ta yi aiki a kan abubuwan da ke bayyana trophic cascades  da rarraba nau'o'in kamar mussels  da sauran kwayoyin benthic  waɗanda ake samu a yankunan intertidal. Ta yi aiki a kan asarar starfish, cutar da ke lalata tauraron teku, a yammacin gabar tekun Amurka. A shekara ta 2016 taurarin teku suna dawowa gabar tekun Oregon, kuma sun nuna abin da Blanchette da abokan aikinta suka gani don dawo da taurarin teku a California. Ayyukan Blanchette sun kuma bincika acidication na teku  da tasirin canjin yanayi  a yankunan ruwa.

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 Kyaututtuka da girmamawa 
A cikin 2012 Ma'aikatar Cikin Gida ta Amurka ta girmama Blanchette saboda aikinta tare da Hadin gwiwar Nazarin Interdisciplinary na Tekun Ruwa (PISCO). 

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