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Stacy Jupiter, a marine scientist with the Wildlife Conservation Society who earned her Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz in 2006, is among the 26 new MacArthur Fellows for 2019. The prestigious MacArthur fellowships, awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for “extraordinary originality and dedication,” come with a no-strings-attached award of $625,000 over five years. Jupiter, 43, lives in Fiji and works on conservation programs in Melanesia, which includes the countries of Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu, and encompasses nearly 2,000 islands.
