DR EMILY BENNITT RECEIVES VICE CHANCELLOR'S AWARD FOR PUBLISHING

DR EMILY BENNITT RECEIVES VICE CHANCELLOR'S AWARD FOR PUBLISHING

Dr Emily Bennitt was awarded the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Publishing.

Dr Bennitt is among six UB researchers who received awards at the University Research Awards Ceremony the University of Botswana hosted through the Office of Research and Development at the UB Conference Centre on November 15, 2019.

The Research Awards Ceremony is a premier occasion where the University recognises its academics whose research has international impact, whilst remaining locally relevant.

Dr Bennitt first came to Botswana from the United Kingdom in 2007 to conduct her PhD on Cape buffalo in the Okavango Delta. Dr Bennitt has been working at the Okavango Research Institute as a large herbivore ecologist since 2014.

During this time, Dr Bennitt has been involved in projects on zebra, blue wildebeest, impala, tsessebe, springbok, rhino, human-wildlife conflict and leopard.

Dr Bennitt works collaboratively with multiple research organisations in Botswana and beyond. It is through collaboration with the Royal Veterinary College (University of London), that she was able to publish the two Nature papers that have earned her this award.