Biography:Roger Field (plant scientist)
Roger Field | |
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.jpg) Field in 2013 | |
| Born | Roger John Field 5 July 1946 Birmingham, England |
| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Alma mater | University of Hull |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Plant science |
| Institutions | Lincoln University |
| Thesis | The movement of plant growth regulators and herbicides (1970) |
| Doctoral advisor | |
| Vice-Chancellor of Lincoln University | |
| In office 2004–2012 | |
| Preceded by | Frank Wood |
| Succeeded by | Andrew West |
Roger John Field ONZM (born 5 July 1946) is a retired New Zealand plant scientist and university administrator. He served as the vice-chancellor of Lincoln University from 2004 to 2012.
Career
Born in Birmingham, England, on 5 July 1946,[1] Field completed a joint honours degree in botany and zoology at the University of Hull, and a PhD in plant science, also at Hull.[2] The title of his doctoral thesis was The movement of plant growth regulators and herbicides.[3]
Field was appointed as a lecturer in plant science at Lincoln College (now Lincoln University) in 1970,[2] and became a naturalised New Zealand citizen in 1977.[1] He rose to become professor of plant science in 1986.[2] In April 2004, he was appointed vice-chancellor, retiring in 2012.[2][4] He was Lincoln University’s third vice-chancellor and the 10th head of the institution since it was founded in 1878. He also served as the chair of the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors’ Committee, and was a council member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities.[2]
Honours
In the 2013 New Year Honours, Field was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to education and land-based industries.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Roger John Field in the New Zealand, naturalisations, 1843–1981". Ancestry.com Operations. 2010. https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/60852:1844.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Professor Roger Field retires". Lincoln University. 30 March 2012. http://livingheritage.lincoln.ac.nz/nodes/view/3852.
- ↑ "Catalogue search". University of Hull. http://blacklight.hull.ac.uk/catalogue/b1473763.
- ↑ "University leader's award 'highly deserved' says Lincoln Chancellor". Lincoln University. 31 December 2012. http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/News--Events/News/Current/University-leaders-award-highly-deserved-says-Lincoln-Chancellor/.
- ↑ "New Year honours list 2013". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2012. https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2013.
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