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Patterson, Mark Robert was born on April 3, 1957 in North Tonawanda, New York, United States. Son of Robert Carl and Marion Florence (Lister) Patterson.
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Mark Robert Patterson, American Marine biology educator. Achievements include development of autonomous underwater vehicle; discovery of flow modulated metabolism in corals and other invertebrates; development of theory to disprove Kleiber's Rule for aquatic invertebrates and algae. National Science Foundation graduate fellow in ecology, 1979-1982.
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Biology magna cum laude, Harvard College, 1979; Master of Arts in Biology, Harvard College, 1982; Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, Harvard College, 1985.
Career
Assistant and associate professor division environmental studies, University of California, Davis, 1986-1992;
associate professor, College William and Mary School Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Virginia, since 1992. Peer reviewer National Science Foundation, Washington, since 1986. Peer reviewer, technical consultant National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, National Undersea Research Program, Rockville, Maryland., since 1987.
Chief scientist/aquanaut in habitat Aquarius, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, 1988, 95.
Achievements
Membership
Delaware New York state National Youth Science Camp, West Virginia, 1975. Juror Yolo County Grand Jury, Woodland, California, 1990-1991. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Limnology and Oceanography, Society Integrative Comprehensive Biology (Best Paper in Invertebrate Zoology award 1982), Phi Beta Kappa (award for scholarship 1996), Sigma Xi.
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Married Sarah Laurie Sanderson, May 31, 1986.
