12 Facts About Margaret Brimble

Margaret Brimble's research has included investigations of shellfish toxins and means to treat brain injuries.

Margaret Brimble attended Diocesan School for Girls, Auckland from 1972 to 1978, and was dux in her final year.

Margaret Brimble went on to study chemistry at the University of Auckland from 1979 to 1983, graduating Bachelor of Science in 1982 and Master of Science with first-class honours in 1983.

Margaret Brimble was awarded a New Zealand Commonwealth scholarship to undertake a PhD in organic chemistry at the University of Southampton.

Margaret Brimble holds the Chair of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Auckland and is a Principal Investigator in the Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery.

Margaret Brimble is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand and the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Margaret Brimble was the first New Zealander to receive the L'Oreal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science, and the second woman to receive the Rutherford medal.

Margaret Brimble was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to science in the 2004 New Year Honours.

Margaret Brimble was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2018.

In 2014, Margaret Brimble received the Science and Innovation Award at the New Zealand Women of Influence Awards.

In 2017, Margaret Brimble 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.

In 2023, Margaret Brimble received the Ernest Guenther Award in Chemistry of Natural Products.