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Press Release: Coral research director at UOG elected to head regional association
Press Release: Coral research director at UOG elected to head regional association
Press Release: Coral research director at UOG elected to head regional association
1/16/2020
For more information, contact:
John I. Borja
Science Communicator
UOG Sea Grant, Guam EPSCoR, NASA Guam EPSCoR, Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science
Center
Phone: (671) 787-9802
Email: borjaj@uog.edu
Professor Terry J. Donaldson of the University of Guam has been voted president-elect of the Western Association of Marine Laboratories. Donaldson serves as the principal investigator and project director for Guam EPSCoR, a $6 million research grant to study the effects of climate change on coral reefs, and was the former director of the UOG Marine Laboratory.
WAML, a regional subsidiary of the National Association of Marine Laboratories, is a network of nonprofit marine laboratories in the Western United States and Pacific Islands that aims to stimulate research and promote education in the marine sciences and to identify problems unique to nonprofit marine laboratories within its jurisdiction.
“My service as president-elect of WAML will be beneficial to the University of Guam, the UOG Marine Laboratory, and Guam EPSCoR in that the linkages, collaborations, and joint research funding opportunities I help to develop and participate in will promote Guam as a premier destination for coral reef research,” Donaldson said.
Additionally, he said, the association works to represent the interests of its member laboratories on both a regional and national scale.
The UOG Marine Lab has been a member of both WAML and NAML since 1986. Donaldson first represented the university in WAML when he was the director of the Marine Lab from late 2013 to early 2016 and maintained the role afterward.
In addition to his duties as president-elect, Donaldson will simultaneously serve as vice chairman on the board for a two-year term. He will then take the role of president in October 2021. He was elected during the associations’ Fall Biennial Meeting, held Sept. 30 to Oct. 2 at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, Ore.
His appointment comes as the UOG Marine Lab ushers in its 50th anniversary year.