Daphne Lee

Daphne Lee carried out her undergraduate study and PhD research at the Geology Department, University of Otago, became a member of the academic staff and is now an Honorary Associate Professor. Her research interests include fossils of all kinds from diatoms to insects to plants and fish. Her main focus over the past two decades has been the study of the remarkable fossil site near Middlemarch called Foulden Maar. In 2017 she received the McKay Hammer, the premier award for geological research in New Zealand, based in part on publications on aspects of Foulden Maar.