Michael D. Guiry

Michael Dominic Guiry: born Youghal, Ireland 1949. B.Sc. and M.Sc., National University of Ireland (University College, Cork, 1970, 1972). Ph.D. University of London (1976). D.Sc. University of London (1988). Lecturer in Botany, University College, Galway (1979-1989), Associate Professor (1989-1996), Professor of Botany (1996-2009). Visiting Research Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia (1987-88). James Professor in Pure and Applied Sciences, St Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada (1989). Director of the Martin Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway (1996-2009).

Elective posts

Elected Member of the Royal Irish Academy (1991; on Council and in Office, 1994-1996; Vice-President 1995-7). Editor-in-Chief of Phycologia, the Journal of the International Phycological Society (1989-1993). President (1996-1997) of the International Phycological Society. President of the British Phycological Society (2005-2006).

Honours

• Who's Who in Ireland: the Influential 1,000. Eds 1, 2 and 3
• Emertitus Professor of Botany, National University of Ireland, Galway (2010)
• Liftime Honorary Member, International Phycological Society (2010)
• 2010 Annual Award of Excellence Phycological Society of America (2010)
  
  

Books and publications

Author of A Consensus and Bibliography of Irish Seaweeds (Cramer, 1979), co-author of Seaweed Resources in Europe: Uses and Potential (Guiry & Blunden, Wiley, 1991), co-author of Check-list and Atlas of the Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland (Hardy & Guiry, British Phycological Society, Ed. 1, 2003; Ed. 2, 2006), and author of over 200 research papers and articles on taxonomy, life histories, biodiversity, photoperiodism, molecular biology and commercial utilisation of marine and terrestrial algae.

Eponymy

Guiryella Huisman & Kraft, with one species Guiryella repens Huisman et Kraft (right, growing on Dictyota) from western and southern Australia. Cordylecladia guiryi from Sicily and Gloiocladia guiryi from Pacific Russia.

Contact

AlgaeBase, Room 301, Martin Ryan Institute Annexe, National University of Ireland, University Road, Galway, Ireland (there are currently no postal codes in Galway). E-mail: mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie