Simon Thrush
Appearance
Simon Thrush | |
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Born | 10 November 1958 |
Alma mater | University of Otago University of East Anglia |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Marine Science |
Institutions | University of Auckland |
Thesis | Community ecology of the sublittoral macrobenthos of Lough Hyne (INE) (1985) |
Doctoral advisor | Colin R. Townsend |
Website | Professor Simon Francis Thrush |
Simon Francis Thrush FRSNZ (born 10 November 1958) is a New Zealand marine scientist and current Director of the Institute of Marine Science at the University of Auckland.[1]
He graduated from the University of Otago with a first class BSc in Zoology in 1980, and completed his PhD at the University of East Anglia in 1985.[2] He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, and in 2010 was awarded the New Zealand Marine Sciences Life Time Achievement Award.[3]
References
- ^ "Professor Simon Francis Thrush". University of Auckland. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ "Niwa scientist receives marine science award". One News (New Zealand). Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ "Simon Thrush". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 2 October 2014.