Nicola Gaston

Nicola Gaston
Gaston in 2023
Nationality	New Zealand
Alma mater	University of Auckland, Massey University
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry, Physics
Institutions	Auckland University, MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Victoria University of Wellington
Website	http://macdiarmid.ac.nz/, http://whyscienceissexist.wordpress.com/

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 low-temperature liquid metals, and who 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.