Cather Simpson

Miriam Cather Simpson (formerly Schneebeck) is a New Zealand-American physics/chemistry academic. She is currently a professor at the University of Auckland, a joint appointment between the physics and chemistry departments.[1] She is also associated with the Dodd-Walls CoRE and the MacDiarmid Institute.[2] In 2015, Simpson co-founded the Science Scholars Program at the University of Auckland, along with Professor Richard Easther and Professor David Edward Williams.[3] She was awarded the Royal Society Te Apārangi Pickering Medal in 2019.[4]

Cather Simpson
Cather Simpson, October 2019
Other namesMiriam Cather Simpson
Alma materUniversity of Virginia, University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Scientific career
InstitutionsSandia National Laboratories ,Case Western Reserve University, University of Auckland, MacDiarmid Institute
Thesis

Career

Simpson did a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Virginia, followed by a Ph.D. at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine entitled 'Functional dynamics in metalloporphyrin systems.' After making tenure at Case Western Reserve University,[5] she moved to the University of Auckland to set up her own lab, the 'Photon Factory'.[2][6] Her work involves ultra-fast pulsed lasers and studying their effects on materials. In 2018, Simpson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.[7]

Research

Sperm sorting

Simpson set up a spin-off company, Engender Technologies, which uses microfluidic and photonic technology in sex-sorting of cattle sperm.[8][9][10][11]

Awards and honours

Her awards and honours;

Selected works
  • Jentzen, W.; Simpson, M. C.; Hobbs, J. D.; Song, X.; Ema, T.; Nelson, N. Y.; Medforth, C. J.; Smith, K. M.; Veyrat, M.; Mazzanti, M.; Ramasseul, R.; Marchon, J.-C.; Takeuchi, T.; Goddard, W. A.; Shelnutt, J. A. (1995). "Ruffling in a Series of Nickel(II) meso-Tetrasubstituted Porphyrins as a Model for the Conserved Ruffling of the Heme of Cytochromes C". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 117 (45): 11085–11097. doi:10.1021/ja00150a008. PMID 27275517.
  • Drain, Charles Michael; Gentemann, Steve; Roberts, James A.; Nelson, Nora Y.; Medforth, Craig J.; Jia, Songling; Simpson, M. Cather; Smith, Kevin M.; Fajer, Jack; Shelnutt, John A.; Holten, Dewey (1998). "Picosecond to Microsecond Photodynamics of a Nonplanar Nickel Porphyrin: Solvent Dielectric and Temperature Effects". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 120 (15): 3781–3791. doi:10.1021/ja974101h.
  • Shah, Shashin; Simpson, M. Cather; Smith, Rhett C.; Protasiewicz, John D. (2001). "Three Different Fates for Phosphinidenes Generated by Photocleavage of Phospha-Wittig Reagents ArPPMe3". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 123 (28): 6925–6926. doi:10.1021/ja015767l. PMID 11448199.
  • Shreve, Andrew P.; Franzen, Stefan; Simpson, M. Cather; Dyer, R. Brian (1999). "Dependence of NO Recombination Dynamics in Horse Myoglobin on Solution Glycerol Content". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 103 (37): 7969–7975. doi:10.1021/jp991163g. S2CID 55763536.

References
  1. "Professor Cather Simpson – The University of Auckland". Unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  2. "Associate Professor Cather Simpson – MacDiarmid Institute". Macdiarmid.ac.nz. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  3. "Meet new Science Scholars director - The University of Auckland". www.stat.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  4. "2019 Pickering Medal: Ultrafast laser pulses for sorting sperm and micromachining". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  5. "CV : Cather Simpson". Case.edu. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  6. "Photon Factory – The University of Auckland". Photonfactory.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  7. "Centenary cohort of Fellows announced". Royal Society of New Zealand. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  8. "Associate Professor Cather Simpson – University of Auckland – a New Zealand Research Commercialisation Success Stories". Kiwinet.org.nz. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  9. "Auckland company boasts cutting edge cattle breeding technology". Stuff.co.nz. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  10. Saturday Morning (21 May 2016). "Cather Simpson: photonics and sperm". Radionz.co.nz. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  11. "Auckland scientist wins KiwiNet supreme award for sperm-sorting technology | The National Business Review". Nbr.co.nz. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  12. "2019 KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards Programme". kiwinet.org.nz. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  13. "Cather Simpson". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
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