# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alison-r-mercer
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:19:29.131Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alison-r-mercer"
name: "Alison R. Mercer"
slug: "alison-r-mercer"
description: "Alison Ruth Mercer is a New Zealand zoologist based at the University of Otago, with a particular interest in the brain physiology of bees. She was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2022."
tagline: "New Zealand zoologist, emeritus professor at University of Otago in New Zealand"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Otago_University_Zoology_Dept_%E2%80%A2_Alison_Mercer_1987_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
birthDate: "1954"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.36
  momentum:             10
  historical:           6.136141333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  230
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ایلسن مرسر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "أليسون ميرسير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "اليسون ميرسير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Mercer"
    title: "Alison Mercer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Mercer"
    title: "Alison Mercer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Mercer"
    title: "Alison Mercer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Мерсер, Элисон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42048150"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump