Louise Nicholson (academic)

Louise Nicholson
Awards	Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, Rhodes Visiting Fellowship
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Auckland, University of Auckland, Epsom Girls' Grammar School
Theses	The structure and function of the hind-gut of the nymph of the dragonfly, Uropetala carovei (White) (1974) Structure and function of the Malpighian tubules of the larva of the New Zealand glow-worm Arachnocampa luminosa (Skuse) (1978)
Doctoral advisor	Patricia Bergquist, John Sidney Bullivant
Academic work
Institutions	University of Auckland

Louise Frances Basford Nicholson CNZM (nee Green) is a New Zealand neuroscientist, and is professor emerita at the University of Auckland, specialising in molecular mechanisms common to neurodegenerative diseases. In 2021, Nicholson was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to neuroscience and education.