Philippa Black

Philippa Margaret Black
Born 1941
Residence New Zealand
Fields Mineralogy and Metamorphic Petrology
Institutions University of Auckland
Alma mater University of Auckland
Thesis Petrology of the Cuvier and Paritu Plutons and their metamorphic Aureoles (1967)

Philippa Margaret Black CNZM (born 1941[1])[2] is a New Zealand academic specialising in geology, specifically Mineralogy and Metamorphic Petrology.[3] She studied at the University of Auckland, with an MSc in geology[4] and a PhD in the geology of the Tokatea Reef in the hills behind Coromandel township.[1][5] She later got an MA in History.[6] She was appointed a professor there in 1986[7] and headed the department for 15 years.[7]

Between 1993 to 1997, she was President of the Royal Society of New Zealand, the first woman to hold the role.[7]

In 2013, after her retirement, she was elected Companion to the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ).[8]

References

  1. 1 2 Exhibition notes to company The Art of Science, a joint exhibition of the Royal Society of New Zealand and the New Zealand Portrait Gallery, curated by Rebecca Priestley, touring New Zealand 2011–2013.
  2. ↑ The Queen's Birthday Honours List 1996 | DPMC
  3. ↑ Academic staff – The University of Auckland
  4. ↑ Igneous and metamorphic rocks from Tokatoka, Northland. – The University of Auckland
  5. ↑ Petrology of the Cuvier and Paritu plutons and their metamorphic aureoles. – The University of Auckland
  6. ↑ Cornishmen and convicts : mining and European settlement of the Diahot, northern New Caledonia – The University of Auckland
  7. 1 2 3 Philippa Black – Geological exploration – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
  8. ↑ Two of the School's Geologists Receive Recognition – The University of Auckland
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