Jean Fleming (environmentalist)
Jean Fleming | |
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.jpg) Fleming in 2008 | |
| Born | Jean Sutherland Fleming 1952 (age 71–72) |
| Alma mater | University of Otago |
| Relatives | Charles Fleming (father) |
| Awards | New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 Companion of the Royal Society of New Zealand (2011) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Reproductive biology, science communication |
| Institutions | University of Otago |
Jean Sutherland Fleming ONZM CRSNZ (born 1952) is a New Zealand reproductive biologist, science communication advocate and environmentalist. She has been a professor emerita in science communication since her retirement from the University of Otago in 2014.
Education
[edit]Fleming was born in 1952, the daughter of scientist Charles Fleming and Margaret Alison Fleming (née Chambers).[1][2] She obtained her BSc in biochemistry from Victoria University of Wellington in 1973 and her MSc in clinical biochemistry from the University of Otago in 1981.[3] She then completed a PhD in reproductive biology at the University of Otago in 1986, focusing on the gonadotrophin-releasing hormone.[3]
Career
[edit]Fleming joined the University of Otago as a lecturer in physiology in 1994, working on ovulation and ovarian cancer.[3] She led the programme committee for the first New Zealand International Science Festival (NZISF) in 1997, and received life membership of the NZISF in 2012.[4]
Fleming held the role of professor of science communication at the University of Otago's Centre for Science Communication from 2008 until 2013.[4] She retired from the University of Otago in 2014, and was conferred with the title of professor emerita.[4]
In 2000, Fleming was appointed to New Zealand’s Royal Commission on Genetic Modification (RCGM).
Fleming was a regular guest on Brian Crump’s National Radio show.[4]
Honours and awards
[edit]Fleming was awarded the Zonta Science Award 1990, the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993.[5] In the 2002 Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee Honours, she was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to science.[6] She was elected a Companion of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2011.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Fleming, Jean Sutherland, 1952–". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ Traue, J. E., ed. (1978). Who's Who in New Zealand (11th ed.). Wellington: Reed. p. 114. ISBN 0-589-01113-8.
- ^ a b c "New Zealand Science Teacher: New Zealand's Latest Science news on, Curriculum and Literacy, Learning in Science, Putaiao, Education and Society, Assessment, Teacher Education". www.nzscienceteacher.co.nz. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ a b c d Board, Otago Bulletin. "Professor Emerita Fleming retires from Science Communication". University of Otago. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 – register of recipients". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee honours list 2002". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 3 June 2002. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ "View our Companions". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- 1952 births
- Living people
- New Zealand environmentalists
- Victoria University of Wellington alumni
- University of Otago alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Otago
- Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Recipients of the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993
- Companions of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Science communicators
- New Zealand biochemists
- New Zealand physiologists
- New Zealand women academics
- New Zealand women scientists