Kim Pickering

Kim Louise Pickering is a New Zealand composite materials engineer. She is currently a full professor at the University of Waikato.

Academic career

After a BSc(ENG) at Imperial College London, three years at Plessey Research Caswell and a PhD at the University of Surrey, Pickering started working at the University of Waikato in 1994 and rose to full professor in 2014.

Much of Pickering's research involves 3D printing of "recyclable, biodegradable and bio-derived composite materials" and she has been a major proponent of recycling.

In 2017 she won the RJ Scott Medal from the Royal Society of New Zealand. Also in 2017, Pickering was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand.

In 2026 Pickering was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi.

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