Michael Dominic Richard Guiry (born 1949), is an Irish botanist, who specialises in

phycology Phycology () is the scientific study of algae. Also known as algology, phycology is a branch of life science. Algae are important as primary producers in aquatic ecosystems. Most algae are eukaryotic, photosynthetic organisms that live in a ...

(algae). See for example the articles. He is the founder and director of the algal database,

AlgaeBase AlgaeBase is a global species database of information on all groups of algae, both seaweed, marine and freshwater algae, freshwater, as well as sea-grass. History AlgaeBase began in March 1996, founded by Michael D. Guiry, Michael Guiry. Text ...

. He is a graduate of both

University College Cork University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC) () is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, and located in Cork (city), Cork. The university was founded in 1845 as one of three Queen's Universit ...

and the

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a collegiate university, federal Public university, public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The ...

. In addition to his interest in the taxonomy and the databasing of algae, his algal site promotes the sustainable use of seaweed resources. Since 2009, he has been an emeritus professor at the Ryan Institute,

National University of Ireland The National University of Ireland (NUI) () is a federal university system of ''constituent universities'' (previously called '' constituent colleges'') and ''recognised colleges'' set up under the Irish Universities Act 1908, and signifi ...

, in

Galway Galway ( ; , ) is a City status in Ireland, city in (and the county town of) County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay. It is the most populous settlement in the province of Connacht, the List of settleme ...

Some published names

*'' Achnanthes armillaris'' ( O.F.Müller) Guiry *'' Aglaothamnion priceanum'' Maggs, Guiry & Rueness *'' Capreolia implexa'' Guiry & Womersley *'' Chondracanthus canaliculatus'' (Harvey) Guiry *'' Chondracanthus corymbiferus'' (Kützing) Guiry *''

Nostoc flagelliforme Fat choy (; ''Nostoc flagelliforme'') is a terrestrial cyanobacterium (a type of photosynthetic bacteria) that is used as a vegetable in Chinese cuisine. When dried, the product has the appearance of black hair. For that reason, its name in C ...

'' Harvey ''ex'' Molinari, Calvo-Pérez & Guiry (in

, as Guiry, over 300 algal species listed, not all currently accepted)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Guiry, Michael Dominic Richard 20th-century Irish botanists Living people 1949 births Phycologists 21st-century Irish botanists