Professor Dame Juliet Gerrard, DNZM, of Auckland, for services to science
Professor Dame Juliet Gerrard, DNZM, of Auckland, for services to science
Dame Juliet Gerrard is a biochemist at the University of Auckland and was appointed as the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Kaitohutohu Mātanga Pūtaiao Matua ki te Pirimia, in 2018.
Dame Juliet joined the University of Canterbury in 1998, where she rose to full professor.
She has been a professor in the School of Biological Sciences and School of Chemical Science at the University of Auckland since 2014.
She was Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Science from 2016 to 2018 and held a Callaghan Innovation Industry and Outreach Fellowship from 2012 to 2016. She chaired the Royal Society of New Zealand’s Marsden Fund Council from 2012 to 2018.
Since 2018 she has supported the science and science advisor community to provide advice to the Prime Minister, Ministers, and the public on a wide range of topics and events.
Her research background is broad and interdisciplinary, with particular interests in fundamental and applied protein science.
She has more than 175 publications, including three books. From 2015 to 2018, she founded and directed her own company, Hi-Aspect, which produces protein nanofibres for medical and other uses.
She was Director of New Zealand Institute of Plant and Food Research from 2013 to 2018. Dame Juliet is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, and Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and has received awards for her teaching.