MIMMP research associate Chris Oosthuizen was recently awarded the Population Ecology Young Author award for his paper entitled: Individual heterogeneity in life‐history trade‐offs with age at first reproduction in capital breeding elephant seals.

Each year, the Society of Population Ecology nominates candidates for this award recognizing early career researchers publishing the best papers in the journal Population Ecology. This year we are proud to boast with a MIMMP winner!

In an interview with the University of Pretoria, Dr Oosthuizen acknowledges that “This award highlights the collective efforts of those who have led the MIMMP, and the nearly 100 field assistants who have walked the extra mile to collect demographic data on marine mammals at Marion Island”. He goes on to highlight the important role of long-term research and data sets such as those made possible through the MIMMP: “Our research would have been impossible without the support of funding bodies, and the dedicated work of MIMMP field assistants over a period of nearly 40 years.”

Congratulations to Chris on this prestigious award and fantastic article!

To read more about the Population Ecology Young Author Awards and see the announcement click HERE.