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Michael D. Guiry
Michael Dominic Richard Guiry (born 1949), is an Irish botanist, who specialises in phycology (algae). See for example the articles. He is the founder and director of the algal database, AlgaeBase. He is a graduate of both University College Cork and the University of London. In addition to his interest in the taxonomy and the databasing of algae, his algal site promotes the sustainable use of seaweed resources. Since 2009 he has been an emeritus professor at the Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland, in Galway. Some published names *''Achnanthes armillaris'' (O.F.Müller) Guiry *''Aglaothamnion priceanum'' Maggs, Guiry & Rueness *''Capreolia implexa'' Guiry & Womersley *''Chondracanthus canaliculatus'' (Harvey) Guiry *''Chondracanthus corymbiferus'' (Kützing) Guiry *''Nostoc flagelliforme'' Harvey ''ex'' Molinari, Calvo-Pérez & Guiry (in AlgaeBase, as Guiry, over 300 algal species listed, not all currently accepted) Publications (incomplete) Books * Articles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University College Cork
University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh) is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, and located in Cork. The university was founded in 1845 as one of three Queen's Colleges located in Belfast, Cork, and Galway. It became University College, Cork, under the Irish Universities Act of 1908. The Universities Act 1997 renamed the university as National University of Ireland, Cork, and a Ministerial Order of 1998 renamed the university as University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork, though it continues to be almost universally known as University College Cork. Amongst other rankings and awards, the university was named Irish University of the Year by ''The Sunday Times'' on five occasions; most recently in 2017. In 2015, UCC was also named as top performing university by the European Commission funded U-Multirank system, based on obtaining the highest number of "A" sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
