thesis_year awards fields alma_mater thesis_url residence article_title name thesis_title
2002 māori , 2002 ; ako aotearoa tertiary teaching excellence award , academic 2012 achievement award in physics , inaugural recipient physics , māori science victoria university of wellington http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/handle/10063/598 new zealand ocean mercier
 ocean ripeka mercier optical conductivity of colossal magnetoresistance manganites
ocean mercier

ocean ripeka mercier is a new zealand academic specialising in physics and māori science .
she is of ngāti porou descent .
after a b.sc .
-lrb- hons -rrb- 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 program on the topic called project mātauranga , now in its second season .
mercier is on the editorial board of the mai journal .
