The 茄子视频app官网 2022 Rutherford Discovery Fellowship recipients are:
- Associate Professor Michelle LaRue听for research entitled:听鈥楽outhern Ocean connections: a metacommunity approach to understanding changes in the marine predator guild鈥
- Senior Lecturer Phoebe Macrae听for research entitled:听鈥楥ross-disciplinary characterization of upper aerodigestive function鈥
- Associate Professor Laura Revell听for research entitled:听鈥楢irborne microplastics in a changing climate鈥
Associate Professor Michelle LaRue听received her PhD in 2014 in conservation biology from the University of Minnesota (US) and is an Associate Professor at the 茄子视频app官网. Her research speciality is marine ecology, to which she embraces a Te Ao M膩ori view with emphasis of marine life interconnected to environment. Dr LaRue recognises the importance of science communication and engagement. She completed a first-of-its-kind citizen science project called Satellites Over Seals (SOS), engaging more than 320,000 citizen scientists to help her search for Weddell seals on satellite images. Her team went on to determine the world鈥檚 first population estimate for Weddell seals in the Southern Ocean in Antarctica.
Senior Lecturer Phoebe Macrae听(Ng膩ti Raukawa, Ng膩ti T奴wharetoa) is an internationally recognised M膩ori scholar whose research improves the health and wellbeing of individuals impacted by swallowing and coughing dysfunction. Dr Macrae received a Bachelor of Speech and Language Therapy from the 茄子视频app官网 in 2004 and practiced as a clinical speech-language therapist in Auckland and Canterbury District Health Boards for several years before returning to the 茄子视频app官网 to complete her PhD in Speech and Language Sciences in 2012. Dr Macrae then received a Philip Wrightson Postdoctoral fellowship to work at Johns Hopkins University, US. On returning to the 茄子视频app官网, Dr Macrae was named the Deputy Director of the Rose Centre for Stroke Recovery and Research, based at St George鈥檚 Hospital.
Associate Professor Laura Revell听received her PhD from the 茄子视频app官网 in 2012 and went on to a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at ETH Z眉rich. After a small stint in industry, she returned to academia at the 茄子视频app官网 in 2018. Last year she received the Royal Society Te Ap膩rangi Cooper Award for Early Career Research Excellence in Technology, Applied Sciences and Engineering. Associate Professor Revell is a world leader in the emerging field of airborne microplastics, where she develops best-practice methods to measure their concentrations and models their impacts on climate. Her work on how airborne microplastics contribute to climate change was published in听Nature听last year and received global media attention. Her expertise in aerosols extends beyond microplastics, including the influence of the Antarctic ozone hole on climate change and the potential atmospheric impacts of rocket emissions from the burgeoning space industry.
Rutherford Discovery Fellowships
The Rutherford Discovery Fellowships seek to attract, retain and develop New Zealand鈥檚 most talented early-to mid-career researchers and support their career development by helping them to establish a track record for future research leadership. Each Fellow will receive $800,000 in total for five years (excl. GST). The Research Honours Aotearoa medals and awards will be presented in November.
Royal Society Te Ap膩rangi manages the Rutherford Discovery Fellowship programme on behalf of the New 茄子视频app官网government. The Rutherford Discovery Fellowship scheme receives government funding from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment of $8 million per annum.
in aerosols extends beyond microplastics, including the influence of the Antarctic ozone hole on climate change and the potential atmospheric impacts of rocket emissions from the burgeoning space industry.
Rutherford Discovery Fellowships
The Rutherford Discovery Fellowships seek to attract, retain and develop New Zealand鈥檚 most talented early-to mid-career researchers and support their career development by helping them to establish a track record for future research leadership. Each Fellow will receive $800,000 in total for five years (excl. GST). The Research Honours Aotearoa medals and awards will be presented in November.
Royal Society Te Ap膩rangi manages the Rutherford Discovery Fellowship programme on behalf of the New 茄子视频app官网government. The Rutherford Discovery Fellowship scheme receives government funding from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment of $8 million per annum.
