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| Institutions | Australian National University |
Penelope Diane Olsen AM (born 1949) is an Australian ornithologist and author.
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| Born | 1949 |
| Nationality | Australian |
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| Institutions | Australian National University |
Penelope Diane Olsen AM (born 1949) is an Australian ornithologist and author.
Olsen worked with CSIRO as an experimental officer and an Honorary Research Associate, as well as being an ARC Postdoctoral Fellow at the Australian National University. [1]
She has published extensively on raptors, [2] and was involved in the conservation work on Norfolk Island for the Norfolk Island Boobook. [3] [4] She was President of the Australasian Raptor Association 1984–1989. [1]
In 1997 she was awarded the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union's D.L. Serventy Medal for excellence in published work on birds in the Australasian region. [5]
Olsen published several award winning books on science, and was editor of Wingspan , an ornithology magazine published by Birds Australia. [6] She was awarded an Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2011 for "service to the conservation sciences as an author and researcher, and through the study and documentation of Australian bird species and their history." [7]
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