Senior researcher receives the Else Kai Sass Award
After completing her master’s thesis on freeze tolerance in earthworms, Stine Slotsbo went on to write a PhD dissertation on the behaviour and climate-related impacts of the Spanish slug. Known as the “Queen of Killer Slugs”, she is a frequent contributor to the media, where she shares her expertise with the wider public. At the annual celebration, she will receive the Else Kai Sass Award in recognition of her research communication skills.
Senior researcher at the Department of Ecoscience, Stine Slotsbo, will receive the Else Kai Sass Award at Aarhus University's annual celebration on 11 September for her work in "putting small animals on the big agenda," the Faculty of Natural Science writes in a news release.
Most gardeners are familiar with the Iberian or Spanish slug, often referred to in Danish as the ‘killer slug’ (dræbersnegl, ed.). But few know the species as well as Stine Slotsbo.
Her PhD dissertation examined the climate impacts and behaviour of the Spanish slug, an eight- to 12-centimetre-long reddish-brown or greyish-brown species. Her extensive expertise has earned her the nickname ‘Queen of Killer Slugs’.
“As a frequent expert commentator in the media, Stine Slotsbo shares her knowledge with the wider public. It is this ability, and her skill as a communicator, that will be recognised on Friday with the Else Kai Sass Award, named after Aarhus University’s first female professor.
The award, previously known as the Research Communication Award, is given to a candidate who, according to AU, "brings knowledge from AU out into society and who has made a particularly positive impression within research communication, collaboration and/or innovation."
“I am very grateful, but at the same time I also have a bit of a hard time with awards. It's a joint effort with many of my colleagues, and I could never have done it alone," Stine Slotsbo says in the news release.
The award, which is given by the Aarhus University Research Foundation, comes with DKK 75,000.
This text is machine translated and post-edited by Mie Skov Jeppesen.