Alison Cree | |
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![]() Cree in 2024 | |
Nationality | New Zealand |
Alma mater | University of Waikato |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Herpetology |
Institutions | University of Otago |
Thesis |
Alison Marion Cree CNZM is a New Zealand herpetologist. She is currently a professor at the University of Otago. [1]
Cree graduated from the University of Waikato in 1986 with a D.Phil. for her thesis titled "Water relations of the endemic New Zealand frogs Leiopelma archeyi, L. Hamiltoni and L. Hochstetteri". [2] Prior to this she had attained a diploma on environmental pollution in Christchurch, through the University of Canterbury. [3] [4]
Cree's work has been on a number of species, but her work with tuatara has attracted the most media attention. [5] [6] [7]
In the 2023 King's Birthday and Coronation Honours, Cree was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to herpetology, particularly tuatara. [8]