"Thanks, Swift, for enduring my graduate days with me!"
With her success in her own field of study, a so-called 'holiness' researcher who has rewarded the singer she loves appears and draws attention.
The topic of discussion is Dr. Derek Hennen, a polypod expert at Virginia Tech.
A research team led by Dr. Derek Hennen, a polypod expert (centipede/singer) at Virginia Tech University, recently published a paper on 17 newly identified 'nararia millipedes' in the journal 'ZooKeys'.
Previously, experts had estimated that there were many undiscovered Nararia millipedes, but Dr. Hennen's research team, who had been collecting new specimens, identified 17 new species of Nararia millipedes.
The research team named one of the 17 newly discovered species of millipedes, and named one of them as 'Nannaria swiftae'.
It was named after the famous American pop singer Taylor Swift.
According to the journal publisher 'Pensoft', it means 'nararia' paper of 'Swift', and the name was given by Dr. Hennen, a fan of the famous American pop singer Taylor Swift.
Taylor Swift's 'blank space', 'ME!'
Although the names of famous pop singers seem out of the way in scientific journals, in fact, scientists sometimes give names such as the person who helped them with the study in determining the Latin name for the species.
Dr. Hennen, the first author of the paper, said, "Swift's music helped me endure all of graduate school.
It's a reward for the singer who made it through her arduous days in her 'naming' to leave behind her own research achievements.
Previously, in 2020, researchers at the University of Illinois in the United States named a new species of horned cicadas found in the forests of Nicaragua in Central and South America as 'Kaicaia Gaga', the same name as the famous pop star Lady Gaga. Names were also given to nine new species, including parasites.
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