Nerida Wilson

Nerida Wilson
Nerida Wilson in 2016
NationalityAustralian
Alma materBSc University of Melbourne
PhD University of Queensland
AwardsAntarctic Service Medal
Scientific career
FieldsInvertebrate marine biology
InstitutionsCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Nerida Gaye Wilson is an invertebrate marine molecular biologist at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation[1] who has interests in diversity, systematics, phylogeny, phylogeography and behavior. Wilson has been instrumental in demonstrating the level of marine cryptic species complexes in Antarctic waters, testing the circumpolar distribution paradigm with molecular data, and using interdisciplinary approaches to show how Antarctic diversity may have been generated. Her work with NOAA on Antarctic Marine Living Resources has been used to regulate exploratory benthic fisheries.[2]

  1. ^ "Ruby Seadragon Makes its Debut as a New Species". Nature World News. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Antarctic Ecosystem Research: the US AMLR Program - SWFSC". swfsc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 31 May 2016.