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{{short description|Indian marine biologist}}
{{Orphan|date=September 2018}}

{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = Sister
| name = Avelin Mary
| image = Sister Avelin Mary OSM.jpg
| caption = Mary in July 2017
| birth_name =
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| nationality = Indian
| alma_mater = [[St. Mary's College, Tuticorin]]
| education = [[Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University|Marathwada University]] Ph.D, [[marine biology]]
| occupation = Marine Biologist
| awards = National Environmental Science Academy (NESA) Scientists of the Year for 2002, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose National Award for Excellence in 2003
}}
'''Avelin Mary''' is a [[marine biologist]] and a [[Roman Catholic]] nun belonging to the Congregation of the Mother of Sorrows, Servants of Mary.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://poseidonsciences.scienceblog.com/tag/sister-avelin-mary/|title=Sister Avelin Mary {{!}} Poseidon Sciences|website=poseidonsciences.scienceblog.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-11-03}}</ref> She is a Director of Sacred Heart Marine Research Center (SHMRC), [[Thoothukudi|Tuticorin]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=http://defenceforumindia.com/forum/threads/indias-women-achievers-a-tribute-to-the-woman-of-india.9219/page-2|title=India's Women Achievers: A Tribute to the woman of India|work=Indian Defence Forum|access-date=2017-11-03|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Education ==
Mary received her Ph.D. in [[marine biology]] from [[Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University|Marathwada University]], Aurangabad. She completed her post-doctoral work at Osborne Laboratories ([[New York Zoological Society]]) and Duke University Marine Laboratories (Beaufort, North Carolina).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://poseidonsciences.com/aboutsis.html|title=Sister Avelin Mary {{!}} PoseidonSciences|website=poseidonsciences.com|access-date=2017-11-03}}</ref> She was a visiting scientist at [[Tulane University]], [[Duke University]], [[University of Delaware]], [[University of Hawaii]] and [[Fu Jen Catholic University]] in Taiwan.<ref name=":1" />

In 1988, she returned to India to establish her own independent research group. Her research area is the biology of barnacles.<ref name=":0" /> Her specific interest is in the replacement of toxic chemicals affecting the ocean environment with alternative compounds from natural sources that may have similar functional properties without the toxic effects on other marine organisms.<ref name=":1" />

== Career ==
Mary was the principal of [[St. Mary's College, Tuticorin|St. Mary's College]], a Catholic institution for higher education of women in Tuticorin.<ref name=":1" />

In 1991, she founded Sacred Heart Marine Research Center (SHMRC) as an independent non-profit organization for the purpose of marine research and conservation. She is currently the Director of the institute, which is affiliated with U.S.-based research and development company Poseidon Ocean Sciences, Inc.<ref name=":2" />

During her study of corals, she discovered they produce chemicals that could prevent fouling in ships and save millions of dollars.<ref name=":2" />

== Awards ==
Mary was named one of the "2,000 outstanding scientists of the 20th century" by the International Biographical Research Centre at Cambridge. In 1999, the vanity press [[American Biographical Institute]] awarded her "Woman of the Year 1998",<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sister-avelin-mary-awards-woman-of-the-year-by-american-institute-for-discovery-of-fouler/1/256478.html|title=Sister Avelin Mary awards Woman of the Year by American Institute for discovery of fouler|access-date=2017-11-03}}</ref>

In 2002, she was recognized by India’s National Environmental Science Academy (NESA) in New Delhi as one of 14 Scientists of the Year. She received the award in Calcutta.{{cn|date=November 2020}}

In January 2003, she was one of 12 recipients of the Jagruthi Kiran Foundation’s 2003 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose National Award for Excellence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://poseidonsciences.com/archived_news.html#021903|title=Archived News {{!}} PoseidonSciences|website=poseidonsciences.com|access-date=2017-11-03}}</ref>

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