Roger Field (plant scientist)
Roger Field | |
|---|---|
 Field in 2012 | |
| 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b "Roger John Field in the New Zealand, naturalisations, 1843–1981". Ancestry.com Operations. 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Professor Roger Field retires". Lincoln University. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ "Catalogue search". University of Hull. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ "University leader's award 'highly deserved' says Lincoln Chancellor". Lincoln University. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ "New Year honours list 2013". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- 1946 births
- Living people
- Academic staff of Lincoln University (New Zealand)
- Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Scientists from Birmingham, West Midlands
- Alumni of the University of Hull
- English emigrants to New Zealand
- Naturalised citizens of New Zealand
- Plant physiologists
- 20th-century New Zealand botanists