Allison Haywood
Allison Joy Haywood is a planktonologist from New Zealand.[1]
Haywood completed her doctorate degree at the University of Auckland, focusing on molecular systematics. Her thesis project aimed to rapidly identify toxic algae which can cause serious food poisoning.[2]
In 2001, while working at the Cawthron Institute in Nelson, New Zealand, Haywood successfully applied for a fellowship from the L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science.[3] She was the first recipient of such an award or fellowship from the Southern Hemisphere.[2] Haywood used the fellowship to visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in the United States.[1] Her post-doctoral work was at the Florida Marine Institute.[2]
References
- ^ a b "The 2001 L'Oréal - Unesco Awards Go To Women In Science From Around The World - L'Oréal Group". www.loreal.com. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
- ^ a b c "Young Women in Science". Views from the Bay. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
- ^ "Marine biologist's award funds research in Spain". Stuff. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
   | This article about a New Zealand scientist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |