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SA scientist honoured with ocean science award
Cape Argus
|December 19, 2025
THE University of Cape Town's Professor Lynne Shannon has made history after being awarded the 2025 Prince Albert I Grand Medal for Ocean Science for her lifetime contributions to advancing understanding of the ocean and its ecosystems.
The award was presented at a ceremony at the Oceanographic Institute in Paris on December 8.
Shannon, deputy director of UCT’s Marine and Antarctic Research Centre for Innovation and Sustainability (MARIS) and a research professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, is the first South African and the first recipient from the Global South to receive the prestigious ocean science medal.
The Prince Albert I Grand Medal recognises lifetime achievement, groundbreaking discovery, or a significant body of work in oceanography. Shannon was honoured for her pioneering research on ocean and marine ecosystem dynamics, ecosystem-based fisheries management, and climate-ocean interactions, work that has shaped global science and policy.
This story is from the December 19, 2025 edition of Cape Argus.
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