Wendy Nelson
1954
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: New Zealand
educated at: University of Auckland, Victoria University of Wellington, University of British Columbia
occupation: botanist, phycologist, researcher
Wendy Alison Nelson is a New Zealand marine scientist and world expert in phycology. She is New Zealand's leading authority on seaweeds. Nelson is particularly interested in the biosystematics of seaweeds/macroalgae of New Zealand, with research on floristics, evolution and phylogeny, as well as ecology, and life history studies of marine algae. Recently she has worked on the systematics and biology of red algae including coralline algae, distribution and diversity of seaweeds in harbours and soft sediment habitats, and seaweeds of the Ross Sea and Balleny Islands. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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