The Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies announced seven UBC scholars who have been selected as Peter Wall Institute Wall Scholars for 2019-2020. The Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries is pleased that Dr. Curtis Suttle is one of these respected scholars.
Dr. Curtis Suttle
Dr. Suttle is a professor in Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Microbiology & Immunology, Botany, and the Institute of Oceans & Fisheries. His research focuses on viruses and their diversity, evolution, and function in the global system, with an emphasis on the oceans. As a frequently invited speaker at Universities and International symposia, as well as a commentator in print, video and television, he makes a persuasive case that viruses encompass much of the genetic diversity on Earth and are major drivers of global biogeochemical cycles. His work has helped shift the paradigm from viruses being enemies and agents of death, to the perspective that viruses are essential to life on Earth.
Dr. Suttle’s scholarship has been recognized by being appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, American Academy of Microbiology and the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, as well as a Senior Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and a Distinguished University Scholar; he is a recipient of the A.G. Huntsman, Timothy R. Parsons and G. Evelyn Hutchinson Medals in Marine Science.
The Wall Scholars Research Award is available to UBC Faculty members to spend one year in residence at the Institute in a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment.
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