Diana Hill (scientist)

Diana Hill CNZM FRSNZ
Born	Diana Florence Hill (1943-03-29)29 March 1943 Upper Hutt, New Zealand
Died	9 July 2024(2024-07-09) (aged 81) Whangārei, New Zealand
Alma mater	University of Otago
Awards	New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi
Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry Genetics
Institutions	University of Otago
Thesis	Studies of the Structure and Function of the DNA of the Filamentous Bacteriophages  (1980)
Doctoral advisor	George Petersen

Diana Florence Hill CNZM FRSNZ (29 March 1943 – 9 July 2024) was a New Zealand biochemist and geneticist. She was an academic and full professor at the University of Otago, specialising in molecular genetics. Her team's work on the genetics of animal production won a Silver Medal from the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 1996 and she was elected a Fellow in 1997.