Diana Hill

Diana Florence Hill (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.

Early life and education Hill was born on 29 March 1943 at the Braeburn maternity hospital in Upper Hutt, to Norman Harold and Weva Marguerite Hill .

Hill established Global Technologies (NZ) Ltd in 1999, a joint venture with Silver Fern Farms and was awarded a personal chair at Otago.

Death Hill died in Whangārei on 9 July 2024, at the age of 81.

Honours and awards Hill received a New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal in 1993. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1997.

Selected work