MRI student awarded The Exploration Club Grant from The Explorers Club

Loraine Shuttleworth, a PhD student with the Mammal Research Institute Whale Unit, has been awarded the prestigious Exploration Fund Grant from The Explorers Club in support of her PhD fieldwork. Her project will evaluate the quality of lactation by South Africa’s female southern right whales to inform population health and growth rates.

This project will also use photogrammetric assessments and a variety of laboratory techniques including stable isotope-, fatty acid- and endocrine analysis. For this research, Loraine is also the recipient of the Society for Marine Mammalogy’s Small Grant in Aid of Research.

Congratulations Loraine!