Jemma GeogheganAcademics Jemma Geoghegan and Nathan Kenny have been awarded $800,000 Rutherford Discovery Fellowships to pursue scientific research in Dunedin. Announced yesterday by the Royal Society Te Aparangi, the government-funded fellowships help early to mid-career researchers to accelerate their careers in New Zealand. This would be the first study examining virus ecology and evolution of such magnitude in this country, she said. Dr Kenny undertook undergraduate studies at Otago, and gained his PhD in Zoology from the University of Oxford in 2014. The mussels, were a New Zealand taonga (treasure) species and played a key role in water filtration and food webs.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 22, 2020 15:33 UTC