Ocean Ripeka Mercier | |
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![]() At 2019 Research Honours Aotearoa | |
Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
Awards | Māori Academic Achievement Award in Physics, Inaugural Recipient, 2002; Ako Aotearoa Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award, 2012; New Zealand Association of Scientists Cranwell Medal 2017 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics, Māori Science |
Thesis | Optical Conductivity of Colossal Magnetoresistance Manganites (2002) |
Doctoral students | Elizabeth Kerekere [1] |
Ocean Ripeka Mercier is a New Zealand academic specialising in physics and Māori science.
After a B.Sc. (Hons) Mercier did a PhD at Victoria University of Wellington, in association with Industrial Research Ltd. [2] [3]
Mercier is involved in the field of Māori science, the application of scientific principles and mātauranga Māori to real-world problems. As well as teaching it, [4] she presents a television programme on the topic called Project Mātauranga, [5] now in its second season. [6] [7] Mercier is on the editorial board of the MAI Journal. [2]
In 2017 she was awarded the New Zealand Association of Scientists Cranwell Medal for science communication efforts. [8] [9] In 2019 Mercier was awarded the Royal Society Te Apārangi's Callaghan Medal. [10] She was a part of the Imagining Decolonised Cities Team, which won the 2021 Te Rangaunua Hiranga Māori Award, conferred by the Royal Society Te Apārangi. [11]
Mercier is of Ngāti Porou descent.
Ocean Ripeka Mercier | |
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![]() At 2019 Research Honours Aotearoa | |
Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
Awards | Māori Academic Achievement Award in Physics, Inaugural Recipient, 2002; Ako Aotearoa Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award, 2012; New Zealand Association of Scientists Cranwell Medal 2017 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics, Māori Science |
Thesis | Optical Conductivity of Colossal Magnetoresistance Manganites (2002) |
Doctoral students | Elizabeth Kerekere [1] |
Ocean Ripeka Mercier is a New Zealand academic specialising in physics and Māori science.
After a B.Sc. (Hons) Mercier did a PhD at Victoria University of Wellington, in association with Industrial Research Ltd. [2] [3]
Mercier is involved in the field of Māori science, the application of scientific principles and mātauranga Māori to real-world problems. As well as teaching it, [4] she presents a television programme on the topic called Project Mātauranga, [5] now in its second season. [6] [7] Mercier is on the editorial board of the MAI Journal. [2]
In 2017 she was awarded the New Zealand Association of Scientists Cranwell Medal for science communication efforts. [8] [9] In 2019 Mercier was awarded the Royal Society Te Apārangi's Callaghan Medal. [10] She was a part of the Imagining Decolonised Cities Team, which won the 2021 Te Rangaunua Hiranga Māori Award, conferred by the Royal Society Te Apārangi. [11]
Mercier is of Ngāti Porou descent.