Merryn Tawhai

Tawhai in 2019

Merryn Tawhai FRSNZ is a New Zealand engineering scientist. She is a professor at the University of Auckland,[1] director of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute, where she was a fellow from 2002, and a former director of MedTech CoRE.[2] She is known for the development of mathematical models of the lungs that will help scientists understand differences between physiologically normal lungs and the pathological changes that might occur in a disease. She was inducted into the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering in June 2018.[3] In November 2018, Tawhai was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.[4]

  1. ^ "Professor Merryn Tawhai". University of Auckland. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Bioengineering - a boon for New Zealand?". Royal Society Te Apārangi. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Professor's pioneering lung work honoured with top international honour". University of Auckland. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Centenary cohort of Fellows announced". Royal Society of New Zealand. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2019.