Women in science
Catherine McGovern
“It’s a real honour to be part of the team that won the 2018 Prime Minister’s Science Prize for STRmix™,” says Catherine McGovern. “That software is incredible when you think about it. It’s helping transform the way the forensic community…
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Charlotte Gilkison
“Some might argue that epidemiology is not a science, but others consider it to be the science of public health,” explains Charlotte Gilkison epidemiology analyst at ESR.
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Chrissy Stansfield
Chrissy Stansfield, Senior Technician in the Forensic Business (Forensic Drug Chemistry Group) says being a forensic scientist, was her dream job since she was 10 years old.
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Georgia Bell
Georgia Bell (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Pū, me Ngāi Te Rangi) is ESR’s inaugural Kai Pūtaiao Māori – Māori Impact scientist in the recently established He Pūtaiao Māori Impact Group. Her unique role reflects the organisation’s intentional investment to enhance and…
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Heidi Baker
Heidi Baker’s life is full of variety, and she loves it that way.“I’m a navigator for ESR’s He Wai Māpuna programme and a senior scientist in the Forensic Research team, and I definitely don’t have a typical day! I could…
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Jacqui Ralston
Jacqui Ralston has been working for ESR’s Clinical Virology department for 12 years now, initially as a senior technician, then as a scientist.
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