Lisa Matisoo-Smith | |
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![]() Lisa Matisoo-Smith in November 2020 | |
Born | 1963 (age 60–61) |
Alma mater | University of Auckland |
Scientific career | |
Fields | molecular anthropology |
Institutions | University of Otago |
Thesis |
Lisa Matisoo-Smith (born 1963) is a molecular anthropologist and Professor at the University of Otago. [1] As at 2018, she is Head of the Department of Anatomy.
Born in Hawai‘i in 1963, Matisoo-Smith also lived in Japan and California, following her father's naval postings. [2]
She completed her doctoral thesis No hea te kiore : MtDNA variation in Rattus exulans : a model for human colonisation and contact in prehistoric Polynesia at University of Auckland in 1996. [3]
Matisoo-Smith's research focuses on using DNA to map human migration, especially in the Pacific. [4] She is a principal investigator on National Geographic's Genographic project. [5] As part of that project, she is the lead researcher for From Africa to Aotearoa, which is looking specifically at human migration to New Zealand. [6] [7]
She is a Fellow of The Royal Society of New Zealand. [8] In 2017, Matisoo-Smith was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's " 150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand. [9]
In 2018, she was awarded the society's Mason Durie Medal for social science, recognising her research into Polynesian migration across the Pacific. [10] In 2022 she was appointed a distinguished professor at the University of Otago. [11]
Lisa Matisoo-Smith | |
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![]() Lisa Matisoo-Smith in November 2020 | |
Born | 1963 (age 60–61) |
Alma mater | University of Auckland |
Scientific career | |
Fields | molecular anthropology |
Institutions | University of Otago |
Thesis |
Lisa Matisoo-Smith (born 1963) is a molecular anthropologist and Professor at the University of Otago. [1] As at 2018, she is Head of the Department of Anatomy.
Born in Hawai‘i in 1963, Matisoo-Smith also lived in Japan and California, following her father's naval postings. [2]
She completed her doctoral thesis No hea te kiore : MtDNA variation in Rattus exulans : a model for human colonisation and contact in prehistoric Polynesia at University of Auckland in 1996. [3]
Matisoo-Smith's research focuses on using DNA to map human migration, especially in the Pacific. [4] She is a principal investigator on National Geographic's Genographic project. [5] As part of that project, she is the lead researcher for From Africa to Aotearoa, which is looking specifically at human migration to New Zealand. [6] [7]
She is a Fellow of The Royal Society of New Zealand. [8] In 2017, Matisoo-Smith was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's " 150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand. [9]
In 2018, she was awarded the society's Mason Durie Medal for social science, recognising her research into Polynesian migration across the Pacific. [10] In 2022 she was appointed a distinguished professor at the University of Otago. [11]