David Olmstead Conover (born August 26, 1953) is an American marine biologist and professor in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at

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. He was the Vice President for Research at Stony Brook University and operations manager for the SUNY Research Foundation, and until his retirement in 2020 he was Vice President for Research and Innovation at the

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. He is known for his research on the ecology of marine fishes and

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. His son is

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, host of ''

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'', and his daughter is Emily Conover, scientific journalist at

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Career

David O. Conover joined the faculty of Stony Brook University in 1981 as an assistant professor. In 1995, he was named Associate Dean of Marine Sciences. In 1997, he was named the first Mote Eminent Scholar Chair in fisheries ecology. From 2003 to 2010, he was the dean of the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University, after which he became director of the

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's division of ocean sciences, while remaining on the faculty at Stony Brook. In 2013, he left the National Science Foundation, and was named Interim Vice President for Research at Stony Brook; he became Vice President for Research there two years later. Also in 2015, he received the Oscar E. Sette Award from the

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. In 2016, he became the Vice President for Research and Innovation at the University of Oregon. He retired in 2020. On October 27, 2015, Conover appeared as himself in the fifth episode of his son Adam's television series on

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* 1953 births Living people American marine biologists Scientists from Miami Educators from Miami Stony Brook University faculty University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni {{US-biologist-stub