10 Facts About Juliet Gerrard

Juliet Gerrard is a professor at the University of Auckland and was New Zealand Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor during the administration of Jacinda Ardern.

Juliet Gerrard's family frequently moved around the United Kingdom when she was a child, living in various locations including Nottingham, Wales and Grimsby.

Juliet Gerrard liked science and focused on chemistry in her studies.

Juliet Gerrard moved to Crop and Food in New Zealand in 1997 and then the University of Canterbury in 1998, where she rose to full professor.

Juliet Gerrard then moved to a professorship at the University of Auckland in 2014, where she holds a Callaghan Innovation Industry and Outreach Fellowship.

Juliet Gerrard's research includes investigations of protein-protein interactions, lysine biosynthesis and the application of protein chemistry to the food industry.

In 2004, Juliet Gerrard won a National Teaching Award for Sustained Excellence in Teaching.

In 2017, Juliet Gerrard was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Aparangi's "150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand.

Juliet Gerrard has a koru tattoo on her back, purchased for by her lab group for being made professor before her fortieth birthday.

Juliet Gerrard has spun out her own company called Hi-Aspect, which produces protein nanofibres for medical and other uses.