Terrie Williams, Ph.D.
Terrie
Williams is author of THE HUNTER'S BREATH
(M. Evans, 2003). In 2002, she was named one of the top 50 female
scientists in the world by Discover Magazine. Her latest book,
AN OCEAN APART, will be published by Penguin press in 2012.
Dr. Williams is a wildlife
physiologist for the Department of Biology at the University of California-
Santa Cruz. Her research, art and writing have taken her to some of the most
remote oceans of the world. Recent expeditions have included studying sea
otters, Steller sea lions and killer whales in Alaska, dolphins in the Bahamas,
and Weddell seals in the Antarctic. In 1989 she was the Director of the Valdez
Sea Otter Rescue Center where she organized the research and rehabilitation of
marine mammals contaminated in the spill. She is a Professor of Biology,
lecturer and public speaker.
Terrie’s research has been the
subject of numerous articles and television programs. She conducted interviews
for National Geographic, Rolling Stone Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, NBC
News, CNN, ABC news and others. Recently, her work has been featured in the IMAX
movie "Dolphins" (May, 2000), Discover Magazine (March, 1997), Science
Magazine (April, 2000), the Discovery Channel’s "Ultimate Guide to
Dolphins" program (June, 1999) and NBC Dateline (summer 1999, 2000). Her
work on the Weddell seals of Antarctica will be featured in a PBS Nature
television special (January 2003), National Geographic Television International
(2003), and an article on women scientists in Discover Magazine (November 2002).
Her publication credits include one
technical book, "Emergency Care and Rehabilitation of Oiled Sea
Otters" (University of Alaska Press, 1996), and 10 book chapters including
a general review of marine mammal physiology in the "Encyclopedia of Marine
Mammals" (Academic Press, 2002) and dolphin swimming in
"Dolphins" (National Geographic Press, 2000). She has written over 40
scientific articles on the exercise and performance capabilities of a wide
variety of mammals from running cheetahs to swimming seals. She has also written
popular articles about her research for World & I, Ranger Rick Magazine, and
Endangered Species Update. Her website on the 2001 Antarctic Expedition (www.biology.ucsc.edu/people/williams/antarctic)
was featured in USA Today and Highlights for Children.
Terrie received a Ph.D. in
Environmental and Exercise Physiology from Rutgers University in 1981. She is
the Director of the Center for Marine Mammal Research and Conservation at UCSC.
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