Keith Hunter (chemist)

Keith Hunter
Alma mater University of Auckland
University of East Anglia
Awards Marsden Medal (2014)
Scientific career
Fields Ocean chemistry
Institutions University of Otago
Thesis Chemistry of the Sea Surface Microlayer (1977)
Website Professor Keith A. Hunter

Keith Andrew Hunter is a New Zealand ocean chemist who is currently a professor of chemistry and Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Sciences, at the University of Otago.[1]

He was educated at Auckland Grammar School, graduated from the University of Auckland with a first-class degree in chemistry in 1974, and completed his PhD at the University of East Anglia in 1977.[2] He joined the University of Otago in 1979 and is a former president of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry. He was awarded the Prime Minister’s Science Prize in 2011 and the Marsden Medal in 2014, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1997.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Chris de Freitas and Keith Hunter: The great climate debate". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "University appoints new Pro-Vice-Chancellor". University of Otago. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "NZ wildlife could one day be predator-free". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Professor Keith Hunter". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "The Academy: G–I". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 12 April 2016.



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