Nicola Gaston | |
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Nationality | New Zealand |
Alma mater | University of Auckland, Massey University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry, Physics |
Institutions | Auckland University, MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Victoria University of Wellington |
Website | http://macdiarmid.ac.nz/, http://whyscienceissexist.wordpress.com/ |
Nicola Gaston FRSNZ is a Professor and a former President of the New Zealand Association of Scientists. She is a materials scientist who has worked on nanoparticles and low-temperature liquid metals, and who has spoken out on sexism in the scientific research establishment. In 2023 she was awarded the Thomson Medal. In 2024 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi.