Liz Slooten
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Liz Slooten | |
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.jpg) Slooten in 2008 | |
| Born | Elisabeth Slooten |
| Alma mater | University of Canterbury |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Otago |
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Elisabeth Slooten is a New Zealand zoology academic. She is currently a full professor at the University of Otago.[1]
After secondary school in the Netherlands and a BSc and MSc in marine biology at the University of Auckland, Slooten completed a 1990 PhD from the University of Canterbury entitled Population biology, social organization and behaviour of Hector's Dolphins.[2] Moving to the University of Otago for an extended period, she rose to the rank of full professor in 2015.[1][3]
In 2004, Slooten and Steve Dawson won the Charles Fleming Award for environmental achievement from the Royal Society of New Zealand.[4][5] In 2017, Slooten was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand.[6]
Slooten's partner, Steve Dawson, is a professor of marine biology at Otago.[7]
