[Coral-List] Dr. Shimrit Perkol-Finkel - tragic death

[Baraka Kuguru]

My condolences to the family of  Dr. Shimrit Perkol-Finkel,. I know her
personally when I was a doctoral student at IUI. It is really a great loss
to the family but also to the Israel Nation and to the world at large. Her
great ideas and the Reginal project in coastal rehabilitation will remain
as her legacy to the world.

Sincerely

Baraka Kuguru
Principal Research Officer
Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute
P.o, Box 9750, Dar es salaam, Tanzania
Email: barakakuguru at gmail.com


On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 5:44 AM David Blakeway via Coral-List <
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

> That's such terrible news. Her talent and vision were and are inspiring.
> Wishing her family and colleagues well.
>
> On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 8:36 PM Yehuda Benayahu via Coral-List <
> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:
>
> > Dear Coral-liters,
> >
> > It is with deep sorrow and pain that we report the death of my past
> > graduate student, Dr. Shimrit Perkol-Finkel, in a fatal traffic accident
> in
> > the heart of Tel Aviv.  Shimrit was only 45 years old. The mind cannot as
> > yet absorb this heart-breaking and tragic event. Shimrit was an
> innovator,
> > scientist and entrepreneur, and a wife and mother of three. She was an
> > outstanding woman and a brilliant marine biologist with an enormous
> passion
> > for the marine world and for coral reefs in particular. She was the
> > co-founder of ECOncrete(r) -  a company whose innovative projects offer
> > high-performance, environmentally-sensitive strong and durable concrete
> > solutions that enhance the biological and ecological value of urban,
> > coastal, and marine infrastructure.   Shimrit was involved in various
> reef
> > restoration projects and published keystone studies on coral-reef
> > rehabilitation. She won numerous prestigious international awards,  among
> > which ECOncrete(r)  was one of TIME Magazine's 100 Best Invent
> >  ions of 2019. This annual list recognizes 100 ground-breaking inventions
> > that are making the world a better place; and this was Shimrit's mission.
> > It is tragic that her infinite passion for coral reefs has come to so
> > untimely an end; but we will all forever remember and respect her
> > achievements.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Hudi
> >
> > Yehuda Benayahu, Ph.D
> > Professor (emeritus) of Marine Biology
> > School of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences
> > Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978, ISRAEL
> > Tel: +972-3-6409090/7292, Fax: +972-3-6409403
> > https://en-lifesci.tau.ac.il/profile/yehudab
> > http://tut6we.wix.com/yehudabenayahu
> > http://www.tascmar.eu/project
> >
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