Heather Hendrickson | |
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| Alma mater | University of Pittsburgh |
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| Doctoral advisor | Professor Jeffrey G. Lawrence |
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| Institutions | University of Canterbury, Massey University |
| Website | hendricksonlab |
Heather Hendrickson is an American microbiologist based in New Zealand. She is an Associate Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. She previously worked at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand. Her research is focussed on the evolution of bacterial cell shape, and the discovery of bacteriophages that can attack antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the bee disease American foulbrood.