Wendy Nelson (other)
Wendy Nelson may refer to: * Wendy Nelson (politician), South African politician * Wendy Nelson (marine scientist), New Zealand botanist and phycologist * Wendy Watson Nelson Wendy L. Watson Nelson (born May 31, 1950) is a Canadian-American marriage and family therapist, and professor. She worked with the Family Nursing Unit (FNU) at the University of Calgary (U of C) from 1983 to 1992, training graduate students to u ...

Wendy Nelson (politician)
Wendy Joy Nelson (born 25 December 1962) is a South African politician from the North West (South African province), North West. She was the North West Finance, Economy and Enterprise Development MEC from 2015 to 2018, and the North West Tourism MEC from 2018 to 2019. She was also a Member of the North West Provincial Legislature for the African National Congress (ANC) from 2014 to 2019. She briefly served as the acting Premier of North West in 2018. She was a Member of the National Assembly (South Africa), National Assembly from 2009 to 2014. Nelson had also been involved in the local politics of the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality. Nelson was arrested on charges of fraud in August 2019. Nelson won the case, the North West High Court acquitted Nelson of all charges relating to fraud. Political career She served as a municipal councillor of the Matlosana Local Municipality from 1994 to 2000. At the same time, she served as a member of the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Muni ...
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Wendy Nelson (marine Scientist)
Wendy Alison Nelson is a New Zealand marine scientist and world expert in phycology. She is New Zealand's leading authority on seaweeds. Nelson is particularly interested in the biosystematics of seaweeds/macroalgae of New Zealand, with research on floristics, evolution and phylogeny, as well as ecology, and life history studies of marine algae. Recently she has worked on the systematics and biology of red algae including coralline algae, distribution and diversity of seaweeds in harbours and soft sediment habitats, and seaweeds of the Ross Sea and Balleny Islands. Education Nelson was born in Dunedin. As a child she describes herself as obsessed with rock pools, beginning snorkeling at age 12, and was strongly influenced by Morton and Miller's 1968 book ''The New Zealand Seashore''. She completed a BSc at the University of Auckland in 1975, then a BSc Hons at Victoria University of Wellington, before heading to Vancouver, Canada, to do her PhD at the University of British Co ...
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