Academic and Professional Background

• Background:

  Ag Sci (Hons I)

  PhD

  Professor of Pastoral Agriculture

  Director, Massey Agriculture

• Personal Resume: An Honorary Researcher for the Bio-Protection Research Centre, Jacqueline's research career has largely focused on nutrient management in the soil-plant-animal- atmosphere continuum.

  She is a Trustee of AGMARDT, and on the Executive of the New Zealand Grasslands Association, the Primary Resources Advisory Committee for the Royal Society of New Zealand (RSNZ), and the Massey-Lincoln Agricultural Industry Partnership for Excellence.

  Throughout her career, Jacqueline has been an active scientist, with a strong commitment to technology transfer. She has also been dedicated to promoting awareness of science and the importance of research to schools, interest groups and society in general. For her work in all these areas, she received the Zonta Award for excellence in science in 1994, a New Zealand Science and Technology Medal in 1997, and in 2001 was elected as a Companion of the RSNZ, recognising 'pre-eminence in the promotion of science and technology'.

  In 2003 she was elected as a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Agricultural Science in recognition of her contribution to agricultural science. She was also made an honorary member in acknowledgement of her contribution to the profession. In 2008 she was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her work in Agricultural Science, and in 2009 became the inaugural Federated Farmers Personality of the Year.