Allison Haywood

Allison Joy Haywood (born 1966 or 1967) is a planktonologist from New Zealand.[2]

Allison Haywood
Born
Allison Joy Haywood

1966 or 1967 (age 56–57)[1]
Scientific career
ThesisMorphological and molecular systematics of unarmoured dinoflagellates (Gymnodiniales, Dinophyceae) from New Zealand (2002)

Haywood completed her doctorate degree at the University of Auckland, focusing on molecular systematics. Her thesis project aimed to rapidly identify toxic algae which can cause serious food poisoning.[3] The title of her 2002 doctoral thesis was Morphological and molecular systematics of unarmoured dinoflagellates (Gymnodiniales, Dinophyceae) from New Zealand.[4]

In 2001, while working at the Cawthron Institute in Nelson, New Zealand, Haywood successfully applied for a fellowship from the L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science.[5] She was the first recipient of such an award or fellowship from the Southern Hemisphere.[3] Haywood used the fellowship to visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in the United States.[2] Her post-doctoral work was at the Florida Marine Institute.[3]

References
  1. Oliver, Paula (29 March 2001). "Scientist's award puts thesis to work". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  2. "The 2001 L'Oréal – Unesco Awards Go To Women In Science From Around The World – L'Oréal Group". www.loreal.com. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  3. "Young Women in Science". Views from the Bay. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  4. Haywood, Allison (2002). Morphological and molecular systematics of unarmoured dinoflagellates (Gymnodiniales, Dinophyceae) from New Zealand (Doctoral thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/1009.
  5. "Marine biologist's award funds research in Spain". Stuff. Retrieved 20 February 2018.


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