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{{Short description|Soil health and biosecurity researcher}}
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| workplaces = [[Lincoln University (New Zealand)|Lincoln University]]
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| thesis1_title = Bioavailability of cadmium, copper, nickel and zinc in soils treated with biosolids and metal salts
| thesis1_url = https://researcharchive.lincoln.ac.nz/handle/10182/1561
| thesis1_year = 2010
| doctoral_advisor = Ron McLaren, Suzie Reichman, Tom Speir, Leo Condron
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'''Amanda Black''' is a New Zealand soil chemist who as of 2023 is a full professor at [[Lincoln University (New Zealand)|Lincoln University]], specialising in soil health and biosecurity. She has worked on [[kauri dieback]] and integration of [[Mātauranga Māori|matauranga Māori]] into science.
==Early life and education ==
Black is of [[Ngāi Tūhoe|Tūhoe]], [[Whakatōhea]] and [[Te Whānau-ā-Apanui|Te Whanau a Āpanui]] descent.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Congratulations to our newly appointed professors :: Lincoln University |url=https://www.lincoln.ac.nz/news-and-events/congratulations-to-our-newly-appointed-professors/ |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=www.lincoln.ac.nz}}</ref> After a master's degree at the [[University of Otago]], Black completed a [[PhD]] titled ''Bioavailability of cadmium, copper, nickel and zinc in soils treated with biosolids and metal salts'' at Lincoln University in 2010. Her work was supervised by Ron McLaren, Suzie Reichman, Tom Speir and Leo Condron.<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Black |first=Amanda |title=Bioavailability of cadmium, copper, nickel and zinc in soils treated with biosolids and metal salts |date=2010 |degree=PhD |publisher=Lincoln University |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10182/1561 |hdl=10182/1561}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lincoln University |title=Professor Amanda Black, profile |url=https://researchers.lincoln.ac.nz/amanda.black |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=researchers.lincoln.ac.nz}}</ref>
==Academic career==
Black joined the staff at the university, rising to full professor in 2022.<ref name=":0" /> She was appointed co-director of the Bioprotection Aotearoa [[Centre of Research Excellence (New Zealand)|Centre of Research Excellence]] when it was refunded in 2020.<ref name=":0" />
== Honours and awards ==
Black received a Māori Television Matariki Award, the Te Tupu-ā-Rangi for Health and Science in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Māori Television |date=2020 |title=Te Tupu-ā-Rangi Award for Health and Science |url=https://www.maoritelevision.com/shows/matariki-awards-2020/matariki-2020-finalists/te-tupu-a-rangi-award-health-and-science}}</ref>  She also received the [[Ministry for Primary Industries (New Zealand)|Ministry for Primary Industries]] Biosecurity Award for an Emerging Leader in 2018.<ref name=":0" /> In 2021 Black was awarded a [[Rutherford Discovery Fellowships|Rutherford Discovery Fellowship]] for the project ''Genomes to giants: restoring resilient soil ecosystems in kauri forests''. This project aimed "to reconstruct the [[kauri]] soil ecosystem using soil DNA and integrat[e] matauranga Māori of the ngāhere forest, to build [[whakapapa]] of the soil."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amanda Black |url=https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/funds-and-opportunities/rutherford-discovery-fellowships/rutherford-discovery-fellowship-recipients/amanda-black/ |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=Royal Society Te Apārangi}}</ref>
== Selected works ==
* {{Cite Q|Q113281346}}
* {{Cite Q|Q113281350}}
* {{Cite Q|Q117306170}}
* {{Cite Q|Q93002286}}
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://researchers.lincoln.ac.nz/amanda.black University staff profile]
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