Allison Haywood

Allison Haywood
Born
Allison Joy Haywood

1966 or 1967 (age 57–58)[1]
Scientific career
ThesisMorphological and molecular systematics of unarmoured dinoflagellates (Gymnodiniales, Dinophyceae) from New Zealand (2002)

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

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]

  1. ^ Oliver, Paula (29 March 2001). "Scientist's award puts thesis to work". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c "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.