Lee Berger (biologist)

Lee Berger
Lee Berger
Born	16 January 1970; Epsom, England
Alma mater	University of Melbourne ; James Cook University
Awards	CSIRO Medal; Fellow, Australian Academy of Science; Frank Fenner Prize; Ian Clunies Ross Memorial Award;
	Scientific career
Fields	Infectious diseases; Veterinary Science; Fungal Pathogenesis;
Thesis	Diseases in Australian Frogs (2001)
Doctoral advisor	Rick Speare

Lee Berger FAA (born 16 January 1970), is an Australian biologist and veterinarian, who discovered during her PhD that the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis was responsible for the decline and extinction of hundreds of amphibian species.

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