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Born | Diana Florence Hill 29 March 1943 Upper Hutt, New Zealand |
Died | 9 July 2024 Whangārei, New Zealand | (aged 81)
Alma mater | University of Otago |
Awards | New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biochemistry Genetics |
Institutions | University of Otago |
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Doctoral advisor | George Petersen |
Diana Florence Hill CNZM FRSNZ (29 March 1943 – 9 July 2024) was a New Zealand biochemist and geneticist. She was an academic and full professor at the University of Otago, specialising in molecular genetics. Her team's work on the genetics of animal production won a Silver Medal from the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 1996 and she was elected a Fellow in 1997.