Ruth Gates
Ruth Gates | |
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Ruth Gates discusses coral reef science on ThinkTech Hawaii in 2016 | |
| Born | Ruth Deborah Gates March 28, 1962 Akrotiri, Cyprus |
| Died | October 25, 2018 (aged 56) Kailua, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Newcastle University (BSc, PhD) |
| Known for | Coral reef research |
| Spouse | Robin Burton-Gates |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Marine biology |
| Institutions | University of California, Los Angeles Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology |
| Thesis | Seawater temperature and algal-cnidarian symbiosis (1989) |
| Website | gatescorallab |
Ruth Deborah Gates (March 28, 1962 – October 25, 2018) was the Director of the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology and the first woman to be President of the International Society for Reef Studies. Her research was dedicated to understanding coral reef ecosystems, specifically coral-algal symbiosis and the capacity for corals to acclimatize under future climate change conditions. Doctor Gates is most accredited with looking at coral biology and human-assisted coral evolution, known as super corals, as notably seen in the documentary Chasing Coral, available on Netflix.