Robert Hall Haynes, OC

Order of Canada

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, FRSC

Royal Society of Canada

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 (August 27, 1931 – December 22, 1998) was a Canadian

Canada

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 geneticist

Geneticist

A geneticist is a biologist who studies genetics, the science of genes, heredity, and variation of organisms. A geneticist can be employed as a researcher or lecturer. Some geneticists perform experiments and analyze data to interpret the inheritance of skills. A geneticist is also a Consultant or...

 and biophysicist. He was the Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Biology at York University

York University

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. Haynes was best known for his contributions to the study of DNA repair

DNA repair

DNA repair refers to a collection of processes by which a cell identifies and corrects damage to the DNA molecules that encode its genome. In human cells, both normal metabolic activities and environmental factors such as UV light and radiation can cause DNA damage, resulting in as many as 1...

 and mutagenesis

Mutagenesis

Mutagenesis is a process by which the genetic information of an organism is changed in a stable manner, resulting in a mutation. It may occur spontaneously in nature, or as a result of exposure to mutagens. It can also be achieved experimentally using laboratory procedures...

, and for helping promote the concept of terraforming

Terraforming

Terraforming of a planet, moon, or other body is the hypothetical process of deliberately modifying its atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecology to be similar to those of Earth, in order to make it habitable by terrestrial organisms.The term is sometimes used more generally as a...

 through his invention of the term, ecopoiesis

Ecopoiesis

Ecopoiesis is a neologism created by Robert Haynes. The word was formed from the Greek, οικος, house, and ποιησις, production. Ecopoiesis refers to the origin of an ecosystem. In the context of space exploration, Haynes describes ecopoiesis as the "fabrication of a sustainable ecosystem on a...

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Incomplete timeline

• 1953, Haynes receives a degree in Mathematics and Physics, at the University of Western Ontario.
• 1957, Ph.D. in Biophysics, UWO
• 1984, Haynes creates the word ecopoiesis, a term that came to be widely used by writers and some proponents of terraforming and space exploration.
• 1987, The Genetics Society of Canada creates the Robert H. Haynes Young Scientist Award.
• 1988, Haynes serves as President of the 16th International Congress of Genetics.
• 1990, He is made an Officer of the Order of Canada
  Order of Canada
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• 1995 Haynes becomes the 104th President of the Royal Society of Canada
  Royal Society of Canada
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Planetary engineering

in

• Haynes, Robert H. (1990) Etablierung von Lieben auf dem Mars durch gerichtete Panspermie: Technische und ethische Probleme der Okopoese," Biol. Zent. bl. 109. 193-205.
• Haynes, Robert. (1993) How Mars Might Become a Home for Humans. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mankind.

External links

• Royal Society of Canada: 104th President
• Environmental Mutagen Society
• Genetics Society of Canada: Robert H. Haynes Young Scientist Award