Dr Sally-Ann Harbison, of Auckland, for services to forensic science
TO RECEIVE THE INSIGNIA OF A MEMBER OF THE NEW ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT
Dr Sally-Ann Harbison, of Auckland, for services to forensic science
Dr Sally-Ann Harbison leads the Forensic Biology Team at the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR). She has played a significant part in prominent New Zealand cases and contributed to the development and application of New Zealand’s Forensic DNA capability.
In 1999, she worked on the first homicide case solved by using the DNA Profile Databank. She has represented ESR on international committees and spoken at many conferences and meetings.
Dr Harbison has supervised more than 60 MSc and PhD students at the University of Auckland, led the Biology Specialist Advisory Group of the Australia/New Zealand Forensic Executive Committee, and been an assessor for Australian and American accreditation bodies.