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DR VIC ARCUS (BIOCHEMISTRY): This professor from the University of Waikato is one of New Zealand’s outstanding biochemists, although you may never have heard of him. “Vic is doing hard, fundamental research that will probably be in every biochemistry textbook in the world one day,” says Victoria University biochemist Dr Wayne Patrick.
DR MARGARET BRADSHAW (GEOLOGY): Bradshaw, 78, is a trailblazer for women in Antarctic research – Bradshaw Peak in Antarctica is named after her.
The Otago University professor is a hugely influential ecologist and teacher, but her important work – invasive plant
