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Errol York St Aubyn Morrison (born 21 September 1945) is a Jamaican scientist who has done extensive work in diabetes and is president of the University of Technology, Jamaica. [ 1 ] He entered the University College of the West Indies where he acquired an interest in Biochemistry.
In 2021, two Jamaican scientists won the prestigious International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) 2020 awards, making Jamaica the first country to take home prizes in the organisation's two award categories in any one year. [30] Jamaica has produced many internationally awarded scientists. Examples include:
Thomas Phillip Lecky, known as T.P. Lecky (1904-1994), was a Jamaican scientist who developed several new breeds of cattle.Lecky is known as one of Jamaica's earliest environmentalists, and a strong advocate for conservation of hillsides. [1]
Jamaican inventions and discoveries are items, processes, ideas, techniques or discoveries which owe their existence either partially or entirely to a person born in Jamaica, or to a citizen of Jamaica or to a person born abroad of Jamaican heritage.
The Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems (CCRE) program began with a collaborative field project conceived by six National Museum of Natural History scientists during the early 1970s. The scientists interests included a range of disciplines central to reef ecology, including: invertebrate and vertebrate zoology , botany , carbonate geology , and ...
In 2007 at a conference of the Caribbean poison information network (CARPIN), Lowe spoke of the commercial benefits possible from research into medicinal cannabis. [28] In 2013 Lowe established Medicanja; a company to produce and commercialize products based on cannabis. [29] [30] [31] He is the firm's Executive Chairman and chief scientist.
Carlos Del Castillo was the Program Scientist for the Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Program at NASA Headquarters, in Washington, D.C. Del Castillo is the recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) award, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on scientists and engineers ...
Science portal; Subcategories. This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total. + Jamaican women scientists (3 C, 3 P) A. Jamaican astronomers (3 P) B ...