Sally Davenport
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- N M R Studies of Coal (1985)
Sally Jane Davenport | |
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| Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
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| Fields | Business incubators |
| Institutions | Victoria University of Wellington |
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Sally Jane Davenport MNZM is an Aotearoa-New Zealand academic and a full professor at the Victoria University of Wellington.[1]
Professor Davenport completed her PhD in 1985 at Victoria University of Wellington,[2] before taking up a post-doctorate at the University of Oxford. On her return to New Zealand, Davenport joined the staff at Victoria University of Wellington, rising to full professor.[1][3][4][5][6]
Davenport was appointed to the New Zealand Productivity Commission in 2011[7] and reappointed in 2014.[8]
In 2018, Davenport was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit.[7][9]
She was Director of the Science for Technological Innovation (SfTI), a 10-year (2014–2024) National Science Challenge with the mission to enhance the capacity of New Zealand to use physical sciences and engineering for economic growth and prosperity.
