At 87 Dr Rayner still contributing actively to aquatic science

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Careers in water I n April 2012, following years of retirement, the active and enthusiastic Dr Rayner was appointed Research Associate at the Department of Zoology and Entomology at the University of the Free State (UFS). Dr Rayner is an aquatic scientist (with many publications behind her name) and one of only a handful of specialists in the identification of zooplankton in South Africa. In 2011 she became co-supervisor of a PhD project focusing on the zooplankton of the Okavango Delta and other water bodies of northern Botswana. She has proved to be irreplaceable in helping with identifications and in giving advice. Dr Rayner has also attended the last three conferences of the Southern African Society of Aquatic Scien tists (SASAqS) as well as the Orange River Basin Symposium in 2012. Ever since she reappeared on the aquatic sciences scene she has been swamped with requests to help with identifications of zooplankton collected at various sites in South Africa, and has received many scientific articles to review, despite having turned 87 in January this year.

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