Mia Momberg Awarded for The Best PhD Thesis in Botany

 Mia Momberg, UP, University of Pretoria, Zoology Botany Entomology
An early career researcher from the University of Pretoria have been announced the winner of Best PhD Thesis in Botany 2023. 

Dr Mia Momberg, a post doctoral researcher from the Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria (UP) was awarded the South African PhD Best Thesis for her title:  "Wind as a climatic driver of biotic communities in the sub-Antarctic’'

The thesis was based on wind, plant and albatross data collected from Marion Island during several expeditions. This was truly a multidisciplinary project involving collaborators from botany, ecology, engineering and ornithology. 

She received this award at the 48th South African Association of Botanists meeting in January 2023. 


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