Elisabeth Slooten is a New Zealand zoology academic. She is currently a full professor at the University of Otago.[1]

Liz Slooten
Slooten in 2008
Born
Elisabeth Slooten
Alma materUniversity of Canterbury
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Otago
Thesis

Biography

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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]

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References

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  1. 1 2 "Professor Liz Slooten, Our People, Department of Zoology, University of Otago, New Zealand". Otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  2. Slooten, Elisabeth (1990). Population biology, social organization and behaviour of Hector's Dolphins (Doctoral thesis). UC Research Repository, University of Canterbury. doi:10.26021/7734. hdl:10092/5800.
  3. "Inaugural Professorial Lectures 2015 Archive, Inaugural Professorial Lectures, University of Otago, New Zealand". Otago.ac.nz. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  4. "Royal Society Te Apārangi - Recipients". Royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  5. "Professors Liz Slooten and Steve Dawson | Seaweek, New Zealand's annual national week about the sea". Seaweek.org.nz. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  6. "Liz Slooten". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  7. Alison Ballance - @alisonballance (7 April 2016). "Three decades on the tail of Hector's dolphins". Radionz.co.nz. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
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