New Zealand academic
Ocean Ripeka Mercier is a New Zealand academic specialising in physics and Māori science.
Career.
After a B.Sc. (Hons) Mercier did a PhD at Victoria University of Wellington, in association with Industrial Research Ltd.
Mercier is involved in the field of Māori science, the application of scientific principles and mātauranga Māori to real-world problems. As well as teaching it, she presents a television programme on the topic called Project Mātauranga, now in its second season. Mercier is on the editorial board of the MAI Journal.
In 2017 she was awarded the New Zealand Association of Scientists Cranwell Medal for science communication efforts. In 2019 Mercier was awarded the Royal Society Te Apārangi's Callaghan Medal. She was a part of the Imagining Decolonised Cities Team, which won the 2021 Te Rangaunua Hiranga Māori Award, conferred by the Royal Society Te Apārangi.
Personal life.
Mercier is of Ngāti Porou descent.
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