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Nicola Gaston

January 01, 1970

Nicola Gaston FRSNZ is a Professor and a former President of the New Zealand Association of Scientists. She is a materials scientist who has worked on nanoparticles, and has spoken out on sexism in the scientific research establishment. In 2023 she was awarded the Thomson Medal. In 2024 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi.

Nicola Gaston
Gaston in 2023
NationalityNew Zealand
Alma materUniversity of Auckland, Massey University
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry, Physics
InstitutionsAuckland University, MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Victoria University of Wellington
Websitehttp://macdiarmid.ac.nz/, http://whyscienceissexist.wordpress.com/

Academic career edit

Gaston was born in England to New Zealand parents.[1] She has a PhD from Massey University.[2]

Gaston is a Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Auckland.[3] She was previously a Senior Lecturer in the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington.[4][1]

After being a Principal Investigator at the MacDiarmid Institute since 2010, she was appointed co-director in 2018.[5]

Her research interests include understanding how and why the properties of clusters of atoms, such as their melting points, depend on size and electronic structure.[6] For example, adding an extra atom of gallium to a cluster can change its melting point by 100 Kelvins.[7][8]

Awards edit

Gaston was awarded the CMMSE prize in 2016 for important contributions in the developments of numerical methods for physics, chemistry, engineering and economics.[9] In 2023, she was awarded the Thomson Medal by the Royal Society Te Apārangi in recognition of her leadership in highlighting and addressing gender equity issues in the science sector, in supporting researchers to speak out for the public good, as well as for her work as co-director of the MacDiarmid Institute and president of the New Zealand Association of Scientists.[10] In 2024 Gaston was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi.[11]

Public profile edit

Gaston has been a strong advocate for women in science, arguing that science is sexist in national media.[4][12][13] She argues that women are well-represented in junior university positions, even forming the majority in some scientific disciplines, but through unconscious bias or stereotyping are lost to academia, which ends up dominated by men in senior positions.[1] One reason is the unforgiving nature of the research establishment to gaps in a CV caused by child-rearing.[1] Gaston explored these impediments to the participation of women scientists in her blog, "Why Science is Sexist", and in 2015 published a book of the same name with Bridget Williams Books.

As President of the New Zealand Association of Scientists Gaston publicly criticised the adoption of the National Science Challenges, due to the possible conflicting roles of the Prime Minister's Science Advisor and the marginalisation of Māori.[14] She has however praised the stability of funding provided for the National Science Challenges as well as the development of the National Statement of Science Investment in mitigating some of the concerns surrounding the adoption of the National Science Challenges.[15]

Selected publications edit

 
Scholia has a profile for Nicola Gaston (Q17061967).
  • Paulus, Beate; Rosciszewski, Krzysztof; Gaston, Nicola; Schwerdtfeger, Peter; Stoll, Hermann (15 October 2004). "Convergence of the ab initio many-body expansion for the cohesive energy of solid mercury". Physical Review B. 70 (16): 165106. arXiv:cond-mat/0409389. Bibcode:2004PhRvB..70p5106P. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.70.165106. ISSN 1098-0121. S2CID 119414858.
  • Schwerdtfeger, Peter; Gaston, Nicola; Krawczyk, Robert P.; Tonner, Ralf; Moyano, Gloria E. (21 February 2006). "Extension of the Lennard-Jones potential: Theoretical investigations into rare-gas clusters and crystal lattices of He, Ne, Ar, and Kr using many-body interaction expansions". Physical Review B. 73 (6): 064112. Bibcode:2006PhRvB..73f4112S. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.73.064112. hdl:1885/30113. ISSN 1098-0121.
  • Gaston, Nicola; Paulus, Beate; Rosciszewski, Krzysztof; Schwerdtfeger, Peter; Stoll, Hermann (14 September 2006). "Lattice structure of mercury: Influence of electronic correlation". Physical Review B. 74 (9): 094102. Bibcode:2006PhRvB..74i4102G. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.74.094102. hdl:11858/00-001M-0000-0029-9DFC-5. ISSN 1098-0121.
  • Gaston, Nicola; Opahle, Ingo; Gäggeler, Heinz W.; Schwerdtfeger, Peter (26 February 2007). "Is Eka-Mercury (Element 112) a Group 12 Metal?". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46 (10): 1663–1666. doi:10.1002/anie.200604262. PMID 17397075.
  • Beal, John H. L.; Prabakar, Sujay; Gaston, Nicola; Teh, Geok B.; Etchegoin, Pablo G.; Williams, Grant; Tilley, Richard D. (24 May 2011). "Synthesis and Comparison of the Magnetic Properties of Iron Sulfide Spinel and Iron Oxide Spinel Nanocrystals". Chemistry of Materials. 23 (10): 2514–2517. doi:10.1021/cm2002868. ISSN 0897-4756.
  • Gaston, Nicola (2015). Why science is sexist. Wellington, New Zealand. ISBN 978-0-908321-65-0. OCLC 930464967.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Tuckett, Graeme (26 February 2015). "The Interview: Nicola Gaston". Fishhead: Wellington's Magazine. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  2. ^ Gaston, Nicola (2003). Mercury clusters from van der Waals to the metallic solid (Doctoral thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/1840.
  3. ^ "Professor Nicola Gaston – The University of Auckland". unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  4. ^ a b Morton, Jamie (10 March 2014). "Women in science". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  5. ^ Webb-Liddall, Alice (20 June 2018). "Nicola Gaston on taking the wheel at the MacDiarmid Institute". The Spinoff. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  6. ^ "The science of stuff used to make things | Nine To Noon, 11:31 am on 10 August 2016 | RNZ". Radio New Zealand. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Nothing but 100 percent positive experiences from start to finish | New Zealand eScience Infrastructure". nesi.org.nz. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  8. ^ "Gallium nanoparticles and better chips | Science Interviews | Naked Scientists". www.thenakedscientists.com. June 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Schedule & CMMSE Prize | CMMSE'17". cmmse.usal.es. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  10. ^ Morton, Jamie (9 November 2023). "'Tenacious boldness': Top honour for change-making NZ scientist". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  11. ^ "University of Auckland researchers elected to the Royal Society Te Apārangi - The University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  12. ^ "On The Spot | Nights, 8:12 pm on 26 July 2013 | Radio New Zealand". radionz.co.nz. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  13. ^ "Sunday Morning: Nicola Gaston". Radio New Zealand. 14 June 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  14. ^ Gaston, Nicola (2014). "New Zealand: Free up systems for funding and advice". Nature. 508 (7494): 44. Bibcode:2014Natur.508R..44G. doi:10.1038/508044b. PMID 24695303.
  15. ^ Flahive, Brad (17 November 2018). "More transparency wanted around Government's national science challenges". Stuff. Retrieved 23 August 2019.

External links edit

  • "Why Science is Sexist" (Gaston's blog)

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Nicola Gaston FRSNZ is a Professor and a former President of the New Zealand Association of Scientists She is a materials scientist who has worked on nanoparticles and has spoken out on sexism in the scientific research establishment In 2023 she was awarded the Thomson Medal In 2024 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Aparangi Nicola GastonGaston in 2023NationalityNew ZealandAlma materUniversity of Auckland Massey UniversityScientific careerFieldsChemistry PhysicsInstitutionsAuckland University MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology Victoria University of WellingtonWebsitehttp macdiarmid ac nz http whyscienceissexist wordpress com Contents 1 Academic career 2 Awards 3 Public profile 4 Selected publications 5 References 6 External linksAcademic career editGaston was born in England to New Zealand parents 1 She has a PhD from Massey University 2 Gaston is a Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Auckland 3 She was previously a Senior Lecturer in the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington 4 1 After being a Principal Investigator at the MacDiarmid Institute since 2010 she was appointed co director in 2018 5 Her research interests include understanding how and why the properties of clusters of atoms such as their melting points depend on size and electronic structure 6 For example adding an extra atom of gallium to a cluster can change its melting point by 100 Kelvins 7 8 Awards editGaston was awarded the CMMSE prize in 2016 for important contributions in the developments of numerical methods for physics chemistry engineering and economics 9 In 2023 she was awarded the Thomson Medal by the Royal Society Te Aparangi in recognition of her leadership in highlighting and addressing gender equity issues in the science sector in supporting researchers to speak out for the public good as well as for her work as co director of the MacDiarmid Institute and president of the New Zealand Association of Scientists 10 In 2024 Gaston was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Aparangi 11 Public profile editGaston has been a strong advocate for women in science arguing that science is sexist in national media 4 12 13 She argues that women are well represented in junior university positions even forming the majority in some scientific disciplines but through unconscious bias or stereotyping are lost to academia which ends up dominated by men in senior positions 1 One reason is the unforgiving nature of the research establishment to gaps in a CV caused by child rearing 1 Gaston explored these impediments to the participation of women scientists in her blog Why Science is Sexist and in 2015 published a book of the same name with Bridget Williams Books As President of the New Zealand Association of Scientists Gaston publicly criticised the adoption of the National Science Challenges due to the possible conflicting roles of the Prime Minister s Science Advisor and the marginalisation of Maori 14 She has however praised the stability of funding provided for the National Science Challenges as well as the development of the National Statement of Science Investment in mitigating some of the concerns surrounding the adoption of the National Science Challenges 15 Selected publications edit nbsp Scholia has a profile for Nicola Gaston Q17061967 Paulus Beate Rosciszewski Krzysztof Gaston Nicola Schwerdtfeger Peter Stoll Hermann 15 October 2004 Convergence of the ab initio many body expansion for the cohesive energy of solid mercury Physical Review B 70 16 165106 arXiv cond mat 0409389 Bibcode 2004PhRvB 70p5106P doi 10 1103 PhysRevB 70 165106 ISSN 1098 0121 S2CID 119414858 Schwerdtfeger Peter Gaston Nicola Krawczyk Robert P Tonner Ralf Moyano Gloria E 21 February 2006 Extension of the Lennard Jones potential Theoretical investigations into rare gas clusters and crystal lattices of He Ne Ar and Kr using many body interaction expansions Physical Review B 73 6 064112 Bibcode 2006PhRvB 73f4112S doi 10 1103 PhysRevB 73 064112 hdl 1885 30113 ISSN 1098 0121 Gaston Nicola Paulus Beate Rosciszewski Krzysztof Schwerdtfeger Peter Stoll Hermann 14 September 2006 Lattice structure of mercury Influence of electronic correlation Physical Review B 74 9 094102 Bibcode 2006PhRvB 74i4102G doi 10 1103 PhysRevB 74 094102 hdl 11858 00 001M 0000 0029 9DFC 5 ISSN 1098 0121 Gaston Nicola Opahle Ingo Gaggeler Heinz W Schwerdtfeger Peter 26 February 2007 Is Eka Mercury Element 112 a Group 12 Metal Angewandte Chemie International Edition 46 10 1663 1666 doi 10 1002 anie 200604262 PMID 17397075 Beal John H L Prabakar Sujay Gaston Nicola Teh Geok B Etchegoin Pablo G Williams Grant Tilley Richard D 24 May 2011 Synthesis and Comparison of the Magnetic Properties of Iron Sulfide Spinel and Iron Oxide Spinel Nanocrystals Chemistry of Materials 23 10 2514 2517 doi 10 1021 cm2002868 ISSN 0897 4756 Gaston Nicola 2015 Why science is sexist Wellington New Zealand ISBN 978 0 908321 65 0 OCLC 930464967 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link References edit a b c d Tuckett Graeme 26 February 2015 The Interview Nicola Gaston Fishhead Wellington s Magazine Retrieved 23 August 2019 Gaston Nicola 2003 Mercury clusters from van der Waals to the metallic solid Doctoral thesis Massey Research Online Massey University hdl 10179 1840 Professor Nicola Gaston The University of Auckland unidirectory auckland ac nz Retrieved 22 July 2017 a b Morton Jamie 10 March 2014 Women in science The New Zealand Herald Retrieved 23 August 2019 Webb Liddall Alice 20 June 2018 Nicola Gaston on taking the wheel at the MacDiarmid Institute The Spinoff Retrieved 12 October 2021 The science of stuff used to make things Nine To Noon 11 31 am on 10 August 2016 RNZ Radio New Zealand 10 August 2016 Retrieved 22 July 2017 Nothing but 100 percent positive experiences from start to finish New Zealand eScience Infrastructure nesi org nz Retrieved 1 June 2014 Gallium nanoparticles and better chips Science Interviews Naked Scientists www thenakedscientists com June 2015 Retrieved 22 July 2017 Schedule amp CMMSE Prize CMMSE 17 cmmse usal es Retrieved 22 July 2017 Morton Jamie 9 November 2023 Tenacious boldness Top honour for change making NZ scientist The New Zealand Herald Retrieved 8 November 2023 University of Auckland researchers elected to the Royal Society Te Aparangi The University of Auckland www auckland ac nz Retrieved 4 April 2024 On The Spot Nights 8 12 pm on 26 July 2013 Radio New Zealand radionz co nz 26 July 2013 Retrieved 1 June 2014 Sunday Morning Nicola Gaston Radio New Zealand 14 June 2015 Retrieved 23 August 2019 Gaston Nicola 2014 New Zealand Free up systems for funding and advice Nature 508 7494 44 Bibcode 2014Natur 508R 44G doi 10 1038 508044b PMID 24695303 Flahive Brad 17 November 2018 More transparency wanted around Government s national science challenges Stuff Retrieved 23 August 2019 External links edit Why Science is Sexist Gaston s blog Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nicola Gaston amp oldid 1217144957, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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