Sue Gardiner

Sue Gardiner
Born
Susan Elizabeth Gardiner
NationalityNew Zealand
Alma materUniversity of Otago
AwardsFRSNZ
FISHS
Outstanding International Horticulturist Award
Science New Zealand Plant & Food Research Lifetime Achievement Award
Prime Minister’s Science Prize
Scientific career
FieldsFruit breeding, genetics
ThesisStudies on the biochemical basis for the photoperiodic control of flowering. (1977)

Susan Elizabeth Gardiner is a New Zealand horticultural scientist, who works on using genetics and genomics for fruit breeding. Gardiner has received multiple awards. Gardiner has been a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi since 2020 and is a Fellow of the International Society for Horticultural Science. She is an Honorary Fellow of Plant & Food Research.