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== Early life and education == |
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Born in 1983, Arbour is from [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]].<ref name=":1" /> Her mother, a math teacher, and father, a soil scientist, supported her science interests.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.flare.com/career/work-in-paleontology/|title=What It's Like to Dig for Dinosaurs—*Spoiler Alert* It's Pretty Cool|last=Nath|first=Ishani|date=2017-05-14|work=Flare|access-date=2017-12-31|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-US}}</ref> Arbour completed a B.Sc. Honours Thesis supervised by Milton Graves, ''An ornithischian dinosaur from the Sustut Basin, British Columbia, Canada'', and graduated from [[Dalhousie University]] in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://earthsciences.dal.ca/aboutus/publications/theses/BSc/ES_2006_BSc_Arbour_Victoria.pdf|title=An ornithischian dinosaur from the Sustut Basin, British Columbia, Canada|last=Arbour|first=Victoria M.|date=April 28, 2006|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=30 December 2017}}</ref> She completed her master's thesis, ''Evolution, biomechanics, and function of the tail club of ankylosaurid dinosaurs (Ornithischia: Thyreophora)'' in 2009, and her Ph.D. thesis, ''Systematics, evolution, and biogeography of the ankylosaurid dinosaurs,'' in 2014, both advised by paleontologist [[Philip J. Currie|Philip Currie]] at the [[University of Alberta]].<ref name=Faculty |
Born in 1983, Arbour is from [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]].<ref name=":1" /> Her mother, a math teacher, and father, a soil scientist, supported her science interests.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.flare.com/career/work-in-paleontology/|title=What It's Like to Dig for Dinosaurs—*Spoiler Alert* It's Pretty Cool|last=Nath|first=Ishani|date=2017-05-14|work=Flare|access-date=2017-12-31|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-US}}</ref> Arbour completed a B.Sc. Honours Thesis supervised by Milton Graves, ''An ornithischian dinosaur from the Sustut Basin, British Columbia, Canada'', and graduated from [[Dalhousie University]] in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://earthsciences.dal.ca/aboutus/publications/theses/BSc/ES_2006_BSc_Arbour_Victoria.pdf|title=An ornithischian dinosaur from the Sustut Basin, British Columbia, Canada|last=Arbour|first=Victoria M.|date=April 28, 2006|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=30 December 2017}}</ref> She completed her master's thesis, ''Evolution, biomechanics, and function of the tail club of ankylosaurid dinosaurs (Ornithischia: Thyreophora)'' in 2009, and her Ph.D. thesis, ''Systematics, evolution, and biogeography of the ankylosaurid dinosaurs,'' in 2014, both advised by paleontologist [[Philip J. Currie|Philip Currie]] at the [[University of Alberta]].<ref name=Faculty /> |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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From 2014 to 2016 she was a postdoctoral researcher with a joint appointment at [[North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences]] and [[North Carolina State University]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-armored-dinosaur-got-its-bone-bashing-tail/|title=How armored dinosaur got its bone-bashing tail|last=Gaines|first=James|date=2015-09-14|work=[[CBS News]]|access-date=2017-12-28|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en}}</ref> |
From 2014 to 2016 she was a postdoctoral researcher with a joint appointment at [[North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences]] and [[North Carolina State University]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-armored-dinosaur-got-its-bone-bashing-tail/|title=How armored dinosaur got its bone-bashing tail|last=Gaines|first=James|date=2015-09-14|work=[[CBS News]]|access-date=2017-12-28|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en}}</ref> |
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Arbour primarily studies [[dinosaur]]s in the group [[Ankylosauria]], including biomechanical analyses of tail clubs.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/05/zuul-dinosaur-ankylosaur-destroyer-shins-ghostbusters/525855/|title=Meet Zuul, Destroyer of Shins—a Dinosaur Named After the Ghostbusters Monster|last=Yong|first=Ed|date=2017-05-10|work=[[The Atlantic]]|access-date=2017-12-28|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-US|author-link=Ed Yong}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/sadly-ankylosaur-fight-club-probably-wishful-thinking-180959448/|title=Sadly, |
Arbour primarily studies [[dinosaur]]s in the group [[Ankylosauria]], including biomechanical analyses of tail clubs.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/05/zuul-dinosaur-ankylosaur-destroyer-shins-ghostbusters/525855/|title=Meet Zuul, Destroyer of Shins—a Dinosaur Named After the Ghostbusters Monster|last=Yong|first=Ed|date=2017-05-10|work=[[The Atlantic]]|access-date=2017-12-28|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-US|author-link=Ed Yong}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/sadly-ankylosaur-fight-club-probably-wishful-thinking-180959448/|title=Sadly, "Ankylosaur Fight Club" Is Probably Wishful Thinking|last=Switek|first=Brian|date=2016-06-16|work=[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]]|access-date=2017-12-28|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en|author-link=Brian Switek}}</ref> Arbour has studied [[microfossils]] from [[Nova Scotia]].<ref name="Faculty" /> She has also named the possible [[pterosaur]] ''[[Gwawinapterus]]'' from [[Hornby Island]], and a partial [[ornithischia]]n dinosaur from Sustut Basin, both locations in [[British Columbia]].<ref name="Faculty" /> She has participated in the naming of the ankylosaurs ''[[Zuul]]'',<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-dinosaur-resurrects-demon-ghostbusters|title=New dinosaur resurrects a demon from Ghostbusters|last=Hamers|first=Laurel|date=2017-06-13|work=[[Science News]]|access-date=2017-12-28|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/history/stunning-dinosaur-likely-used-armour-to-flirt-as-well-as-fight.aspx|title=Stunning Dinosaur Likely Used Armour to Flirt as Well as Fight|last=Greshko|first=Michael|date=2017-11-29|work=[[National Geographic]]|access-date=2017-12-28|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/new-dinosaur-discovered-zuul-1.4105047|title=New dinosaur species named after Ghostbusters villain Zuul|last=Riva|first=Nicole|date=May 9, 2017|work=CBC News|access-date=2017-12-31|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en}}</ref> ''[[Zaraapelta]]'',<ref name=":2" /> ''[[Crichtonpelta]]'',<ref name=":4" /> ''[[Ziapelta]]'',<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/09/25/ziapelta-new-mexicos-newest-dinosaur/|title=Ziapelta – New Mexico’s Newest Dinosaur|last=Switek|first=Brian|date=2014-09-25|work=Phenomena|access-date=2018-01-02|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|publisher=[[National Geographic]]|language=en-US}}</ref> as well as resurrecting ''[[Dyoplosaurus]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/d-is-for-dyoplosaurus-108487488/|title=D is for Dyoplosaurus|last=Switek|first=Brian|date=5 November 2012|work=Smithsonian|access-date=2018-01-02|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en}}</ref> and publishing a new phylogenetic analysis on the interrelationships of [[Ankylosauridae]].<ref name="systematics ankylosaurid" /> |
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According to Brian Alary of the University of Alberta, "She’s contributed to history-making research by analyzing fossils and creating 3-D computer models, developed course materials and taught 35,000 students at a time through the |
According to Brian Alary of the University of Alberta, "She’s contributed to history-making research by analyzing fossils and creating 3-D computer models, developed course materials and taught 35,000 students at a time through the Dino 101 [[Massive open online course|MOOC]]."<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.folio.ca/dinosaur-scholar-digs-into-childhood-dreams/|title=Dinosaur scholar digs into childhood dreams|last=Alary|first=Brian|date=9 June 2014|work=Folio|access-date=2017-12-30|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|publisher=University of Alberta|language=en-ca}}</ref> Philip Currie credits Arbour for involving the paleontology discipline with the University of Alberta's "Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science & Technology", making study of dinosaurs more appealing to women.<ref name=":1" /> |
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==References== |
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<ref name=Zuul>{{cite web|date=May 18, 2017|title=Digging it: Dr. Victoria Arbour (BSc'06)|publisher=Dalhousie University: Alumni Spotlight|url=https://alumni.dal.ca/alumni-story/digging-dr-victoria-arbour-bsc06/|access-date=12 October 2017}}</ref> |
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<ref name=Faculty>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dal.ca/faculty/science/alumni-friends/alumni-spotlight/spotlight-victoria-arbour.html|title=Faculty of Science – Victoria Arbour|date=2018|website=Dalhousie University|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref> |
<ref name=Faculty>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dal.ca/faculty/science/alumni-friends/alumni-spotlight/spotlight-victoria-arbour.html|title=Faculty of Science – Victoria Arbour|date=2018|website=Dalhousie University|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref> |
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<ref name="systematics ankylosaurid">{{cite journal|doi=10.1080/14772019.2015.1059985|title=Systematics, phylogeny and palaeobiogeography of the ankylosaurid dinosaurs|journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology|pages=1|year=2015|last1=Arbour|first1=Victoria M.|last2=Currie|first2=Philip J.}}</ref> |
<ref name="systematics ankylosaurid">{{cite journal|doi=10.1080/14772019.2015.1059985|title=Systematics, phylogeny and palaeobiogeography of the ankylosaurid dinosaurs|journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology|pages=1|year=2015|last1=Arbour|first1=Victoria M.|last2=Currie|first2=Philip J.}}</ref> |
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==External links== |
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Revision as of 13:29, 29 March 2018
Victoria M. Arbour | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Education | BSc, PhD |
Alma mater | Dalhousie University, University of Alberta |
Known for | Ankylosaurs |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Paleontology |
Institutions | University of Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum |
Thesis | Systematics, evolution, and biogeography of the ankylosaurid dinosaurs (2014) |
Doctoral advisor | Philip J. Currie |
Website | pseudoplocephalus |
Victoria Megan Arbour is a Canadian evolutionary biologist and palaeontologist working as a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto and Royal Ontario Museum.[1][2][3]
An "expert on the armoured dinosaurs known as ankylosaurs",[4] Arbour analyzes fossils and creates 3-D computer models. She named the possible pterosaur Gwawinapterus from Hornby Island, and a partial ornithischian dinosaur from Sustut Basin, and has participated in the naming of the ankylosaurs Zuul,[5][6] Zaraapelta,[5] Crichtonpelta,[7] and Ziapelta.[8]
Early life and education
Born in 1983, Arbour is from Halifax, Nova Scotia.[9] Her mother, a math teacher, and father, a soil scientist, supported her science interests.[10] Arbour completed a B.Sc. Honours Thesis supervised by Milton Graves, An ornithischian dinosaur from the Sustut Basin, British Columbia, Canada, and graduated from Dalhousie University in 2006.[11] She completed her master's thesis, Evolution, biomechanics, and function of the tail club of ankylosaurid dinosaurs (Ornithischia: Thyreophora) in 2009, and her Ph.D. thesis, Systematics, evolution, and biogeography of the ankylosaurid dinosaurs, in 2014, both advised by paleontologist Philip Currie at the University of Alberta.[12]
Career
Arbour is a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada postdoctoral fellow at the Royal Ontario Museum and University of Toronto.[13] As the top-ranked female candidate for the fellowship, she also received a supplement available to applicants who demonstrate "exemplary involvement in science promotion, mentorship, and leadership".[14]
From 2014 to 2016 she was a postdoctoral researcher with a joint appointment at North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and North Carolina State University.[8][15]
Arbour primarily studies dinosaurs in the group Ankylosauria, including biomechanical analyses of tail clubs.[7][16] Arbour has studied microfossils from Nova Scotia.[12] She has also named the possible pterosaur Gwawinapterus from Hornby Island, and a partial ornithischian dinosaur from Sustut Basin, both locations in British Columbia.[12] She has participated in the naming of the ankylosaurs Zuul,[5][6][17] Zaraapelta,[5] Crichtonpelta,[7] Ziapelta,[8][18] as well as resurrecting Dyoplosaurus,[19] and publishing a new phylogenetic analysis on the interrelationships of Ankylosauridae.[20]
According to Brian Alary of the University of Alberta, "She’s contributed to history-making research by analyzing fossils and creating 3-D computer models, developed course materials and taught 35,000 students at a time through the Dino 101 MOOC."[9] Philip Currie credits Arbour for involving the paleontology discipline with the University of Alberta's "Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science & Technology", making study of dinosaurs more appealing to women.[9]
References
- ^ "Digging it: Dr. Victoria Arbour (BSc'06)". Dalhousie University: Alumni Spotlight. May 18, 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ Pickrell, John (2017-09-18). "What if dinosaurs hadn't died out?". BBC Future. BBC. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
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(help) - ^ Elbein, Asher (2016-10-12). "Did Plant-Eating Dinosaurs Really Only Eat Plants?". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
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(help) - ^ "L'Oréal For Women in Science 2016: Victoria Arbour". www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca. Government of Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Communications. August 1, 2017. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
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(help) - ^ a b c d Hamers, Laurel (2017-06-13). "New dinosaur resurrects a demon from Ghostbusters". Science News. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
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(help) - ^ a b Greshko, Michael (2017-11-29). "Stunning Dinosaur Likely Used Armour to Flirt as Well as Fight". National Geographic. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
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(help) - ^ a b c Yong, Ed (2017-05-10). "Meet Zuul, Destroyer of Shins—a Dinosaur Named After the Ghostbusters Monster". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
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(help) - ^ a b c Dunham, Will (2015-09-01). "King of clubs: intriguing tale of the 'tank' dinosaur's tail". Reuters. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
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(help) - ^ a b c Alary, Brian (9 June 2014). "Dinosaur scholar digs into childhood dreams". Folio. University of Alberta. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
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(help) - ^ Nath, Ishani (2017-05-14). "What It's Like to Dig for Dinosaurs—*Spoiler Alert* It's Pretty Cool". Flare. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
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(help) - ^ Arbour, Victoria M. (April 28, 2006). "An ornithischian dinosaur from the Sustut Basin, British Columbia, Canada" (PDF). Retrieved 30 December 2017.
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(help) - ^ a b c "Faculty of Science – Victoria Arbour". Dalhousie University. 2018. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
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(help) - ^ "Royal Ontario Museum Identifies Spectacular New Species of Armoured Dinosaur". Royal Ontario Museum. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
- ^ Division, Government of Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Communications. "NSERC and L'OréalUNESCO For Women in Science Supplement". www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
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(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Gaines, James (2015-09-14). "How armored dinosaur got its bone-bashing tail". CBS News. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
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(help) - ^ Switek, Brian (2016-06-16). "Sadly, "Ankylosaur Fight Club" Is Probably Wishful Thinking". Smithsonian. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
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(help) - ^ Riva, Nicole (May 9, 2017). "New dinosaur species named after Ghostbusters villain Zuul". CBC News. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
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(help) - ^ Switek, Brian (2014-09-25). "Ziapelta – New Mexico's Newest Dinosaur". Phenomena. National Geographic. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
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(help) - ^ Switek, Brian (5 November 2012). "D is for Dyoplosaurus". Smithsonian. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
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(help) - ^ Arbour, Victoria M.; Currie, Philip J. (2015). "Systematics, phylogeny and palaeobiogeography of the ankylosaurid dinosaurs". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology: 1. doi:10.1080/14772019.2015.1059985.
External links
- Official website
- L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science (video, 1:56)