Richard Lutz
| Richard A. Lutz | |
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Lutz in late 2011
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| Born |
June 8, 1949 New York City, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Institutions | Rutgers University (1979-present) |
| Alma mater |
University of Virginia (1967-1971) University of Maine (1971-1975) Yale University (1977-1979) |
| Known for | research on deep sea vents |
| Notable awards | Thurlow C. Nelson Award (National Shellfisheries Association) Scientific Literacy Achievement Award (2005 NJ Assoc. for Biomedical Research) |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | R.A. Lutz |
Richard Arthur Lutz (born June 8, 1949) is an American marine biologist and deep-sea oceanographer. He is known for deep-sea research using the Alvin submersible, and is considered one of the world's foremost authorities on the ecology of deep-sea hydrothermal vents.
Lutz is the Director of Rutgers University's Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, the fourth best oceanographic institution in the world. In 2003 he served as Principal Investigator and Science Director of the IMAX film Volcanoes of the Deep Sea, which included footage and research from his numerous expeditions to study an active deep-sea caldera on the East Pacific Rise, at depths of 2500 meters. His research has been included in publications such as National Geographic Magazine, Science, Nature, and American Scientist.
Lutz was born in 1949 in New York City. He received his B.A. in biology from the University of Virginia in 1971, and that year began attending the University of Maine. While there he served as a research assistant at the school's Department of Oceanography, and earned his Ph.D. in oceanography in 1975. He continued in the University of Maine's Oceanography department as a Postdoctoral Research Associate until 1977.
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