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Academic awarded more than £2million to study rapid evolution in Scottish seabird populations
A University of Aberdeen scientist has been awarded EUR2.5million by the European Research Council (ERC) to lead a team in predicting how seabird populations on the east coast of Scotland will respond to increasingly extreme seasonal weather conditions.
Royal composer elected to RSE
Professor Paul Mealor, Professor of Composition at the University of Aberdeen, has been elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh's (RSE) Fellowship.
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