Louise Allcock

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Louise Allcock
South Georgia
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Liverpool
Known forEditor-in-Chief of the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
Scientific career
FieldsCephalopod ecology
InstitutionsUniversity of Galway
Websitenuigalway.ie/our-research/people/natural-sciences/louiseallcock/

Louise Allcock is a British researcher, best known for her work on ecology and evolution of the cephalopods of the Southern Ocean and deep sea.[1][2][3] She is the editor of the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

Career and impact

Allcock is the editor of the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society[4] and was co-editor of the Journal of Natural History from 2007 to 2015.[5] She was the president of the Cephalopod International Advisory Council (CIAC) from 2012 to 2015.[6]

Allcock has also worked on gender equality, and is a member of the gender equality task force in Ireland.[7] She has highlighted the role and impact of female researchers in cephalopod research.[8]

Allcock's research focuses on the ecology, evolutionary biology and systematics of molluscs.

National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh (July 1998 to August 2002).[15] On 1 February 2018, Allcock was one of the guests on the BBC Radio 4 discussion programme In Our Time, hosted by Melvyn Bragg, about Cephalopods.[16]

Awards and honours

Allcock was the last author on the best scientific paper on cephalopod research 2006–2009 awarded by the Cephalopod International Advisory Council (CIAC).[17] The paper on the origin for deep-sea octopuses was also the highlight in the Census of Marine Life press release at the 1st World Congress of Marine Biodiversity, Valencia 2008.[18] In 2023 she was elected a member of the Royal Irish Academy.[19]

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ a b "Casper the ghost-like octopus emerges from the deep". The Irish Times. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b "'Ghost octopus' believed to be new species". Cosmos Magazine. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  3. ^ a b Liverpool, University of; 7zx, L69. "Antarctic octopuses 10,000km apart "genetically similar" – University of Liverpool News – University of Liverpool". Retrieved 1 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  6. ^ "Cephalopod International Advisory Council - CIAC - squid – octopus – cuttlefish – nautilus". abdn.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Report of the gender equality task force, Galway NUI" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
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  9. ^ Harmon, Katherine. "Antarctic Ice Sheet Collapse Recorded in Octopus DNA". Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  10. ^ admin (13 June 2013). "Marine biodiscovery in Irish waters". Engineers Journal. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  11. ^ "News Archive – Environmental Research Institute at University College Cork (UCC)". University College Cork. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  12. ^ "Rare marine habitat found off southwest coast". RTÉ.ie. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  13. ^ "Deep-sea sponges have healing qualities". The Irish Times. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  14. ^ O'Connell, Enda (3 September 2014). "Our Marine World, by Dr. Louise Allcock". ReelLIFE SCIENCE – Schools Video Competition. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  15. ^ a b "Natural Sciences – NUI Galway". nuigalway.ie. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  16. ^ "In Our Time - Cephalopods". BBC. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  17. ^ "Cephalopod International Advisory Council – CIAC – squid – octopus – cuttlefish – nautilus". abdn.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 27 January 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  18. ^ "Press Releases 2008 | Census of Marine Life". www.coml.org. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  19. ^ "Admittance Day 2023". www.ria.ie. Royal Irish Academy. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.

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