Early career researchers awarded fellowships and scholarships

EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS AWARDED

fellowships & scholarships

Our Rutherford Foundation awarded seven postdoctoral fellowships and two PhD scholarships with funding from government in 2020. The researchers will be exploring a diverse range of research topics, including:

› children’s involvement in management of their asthma as a chronic illness

› improving models for how snow and glacier melt water affects water quality and quantity in Aotearoa

› how global warming affects New Zealand snapper populations › tracking interactions between magma and geothermal activity in the Taupō Volcanic Zone.

TWO-YEAR NEW ZEALAND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS

Dr Julie Spray, University of Auckland, for research titled: Passive patients, active participants, or responsible self-managers? Children’s involvement in chronic illness management in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Dr Emily Greenbank, Victoria University of Wellington Te Herenga Waka, for research titled: Refugee and migrant employable identities in action.

Dr Alice Hill, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, for research titled: Improving New Zealand’s long term water security through advances in water quantity and quality forecasting.

Dr Tristan McArley, University of Auckland, for research titled: Tolerance to climate warming in New Zealand snapper (Chrysophrys auratus).

Dr Leighton Watson, University of Canterbury, for research titled: Coupled seismic-acousticvisual study of snow avalanche dynamics: a natural laboratory for understanding particleladen gravity currents.

Dr Shane Rooyakkers, GNS Science, for research titled: Tracking Magmatic-Geothermal Interactions in the Taupō Volcanic Zone.

Dr Alexis Marshall, University of Waikato, for research titled: Unravelling the paradox of a globally invasive diatom.

THREE-YEAR CAMBRIDGE RUTHERFORD MEMORIAL PHD SCHOLARSHIPS

Jennifer Palmer, University of Otago, for research titled: Investigating novel regulators of autophagy in neurodegenerative diseases.

Amelia Cordwell, University of Auckland, for research titled: Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics: Planet-Disk Interactions.

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