Elissa Zanna Cameron FRSNZ is a New Zealand wildlife biologist whose research includes animal behaviour, ecology and conservation biology. In 2025 Cameron was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi.
Elissa Cameron | |
|---|---|
| Other name | Elissa Zanna Cameron |
| Alma mater | Massey University |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Canterbury University of Tasmania |
| Thesis | |
| Edward Minot, Kevin Stafford and Clare Veltman | |
Academic career
editAfter graduating from Massey University with a PhD titled Maternal investment in Kaimanawa horses in 1999,[1] Cameron moved to the University of Nevada, Reno from 2002 to 2006. She worked at the University of Pretoria from 2006 to 2010. She was promoted to full professor in November 2018 at the University of Canterbury.[2]
In March 2025 Cameron was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi "for being an international leader in wildlife biology and conservation management".[3]
Selected works
edit- David G Hamilton; Menna E. Jones; Elissa Z Cameron; Douglas H Kerlin; Hamish McCallum; Andrew Storfer; Paul A Hohenlohe; Rodrigo K Hamede (9 December 2020). "Infectious disease and sickness behaviour: tumour progression affects interaction patterns and social network structure in wild Tasmanian devils". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 287 (1940) 20202454. doi:10.1098/RSPB.2020.2454. ISSN 0962-8452. PMID 33290679. Wikidata Q104130290.
References
edit- ↑ Cameron, Elissa Zanna (1998). Maternal investment in Kaimanawa horses (PhD thesis). Massey University. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ↑ "Promotions announced for 13 College of Science academics". The University of Canterbury. 30 November 2018. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ↑ "Latest cohort of Ngā Ahurei a Te Apārangi Fellows announced". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
External links
edit- Elissa Cameron on X
- Elissa Cameron publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Elissa Cameron on LinkedIn
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