Hallie Buckley | |
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Alma mater | University of Otago |
Awards | Mason Durie Medal (2022) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Bioarchaeology |
Institutions | University of Otago |
Thesis |
Hallie Ruth Buckley FRSNZ is a New Zealand bioarchaeologist and professor at the University of Otago. [1]
Buckley completed her PhD at the University of Otago in 2001, with a thesis titled Health and disease in the prehistoric Pacific Islands. [2] She then joined the faculty at Otago, and was appointed a full professor in 2017. [3]
Buckley's research involves the chemical, bio-chemical and DNA analysis of human and animal remains. She has worked extensively at the archaeological site of Teouma, but her highest-profile work to date was on St John's Cemetery in Tokoiti, near Milton. The cemetery, holding mainly the remains of first-generation immigrants from the United Kingdom buried between 1860 and 1926, had already been extensively researched by a local community group. Buckley's team examined remains from unmarked graves and used a range of scientific techniques to match them with historical records. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] As of 2018 [update], she was planning a similar project on the Chinese cemetery at Lawrence. [10] [11] [12] [13]
In 2019, Buckley was awarded a James Cook Research Fellowship for bioarchaeological research into 19th century miners and settlers. [14] In 2022, Buckley was awarded the Mason Durie Medal by the Royal Society Te Apārangi, for "transforming the way we conceptualise the biomedical history of the ancestors of modern Polynesians, and ground-breaking discoveries of ancient disease in Asia". [15] Also in 2022, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. [16]
Hallie Buckley | |
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Alma mater | University of Otago |
Awards | Mason Durie Medal (2022) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Bioarchaeology |
Institutions | University of Otago |
Thesis |
Hallie Ruth Buckley FRSNZ is a New Zealand bioarchaeologist and professor at the University of Otago. [1]
Buckley completed her PhD at the University of Otago in 2001, with a thesis titled Health and disease in the prehistoric Pacific Islands. [2] She then joined the faculty at Otago, and was appointed a full professor in 2017. [3]
Buckley's research involves the chemical, bio-chemical and DNA analysis of human and animal remains. She has worked extensively at the archaeological site of Teouma, but her highest-profile work to date was on St John's Cemetery in Tokoiti, near Milton. The cemetery, holding mainly the remains of first-generation immigrants from the United Kingdom buried between 1860 and 1926, had already been extensively researched by a local community group. Buckley's team examined remains from unmarked graves and used a range of scientific techniques to match them with historical records. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] As of 2018 [update], she was planning a similar project on the Chinese cemetery at Lawrence. [10] [11] [12] [13]
In 2019, Buckley was awarded a James Cook Research Fellowship for bioarchaeological research into 19th century miners and settlers. [14] In 2022, Buckley was awarded the Mason Durie Medal by the Royal Society Te Apārangi, for "transforming the way we conceptualise the biomedical history of the ancestors of modern Polynesians, and ground-breaking discoveries of ancient disease in Asia". [15] Also in 2022, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. [16]