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Dr Shubha Sathyendranath receives A.G. Huntsman Award

Dr Shubha Sathyendranath, PML Merit Remote Sensing Scientist, received the prestigious A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences during a ceremony on the 26th November 2021.

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