Juliet Gerrard

Juliet Gerrard FRSNZ is a New Zealand biochemist. Her research includes investigations of protein-protein interactions, lysine biosynthesis (particularly the enzyme dihydrodipicolinate synthase) and the application of protein chemistry to the food industry. Gerrard is a Professor at the University of Canterbury, Chair of the Marsden Fund Panel, is an IRL Industry and Outreach Fellow and a Co-Director of the Biomolecular Interaction Centre. She has a koru tattoo on her back, purchased for by her lab group for being made professor before her fortieth birthday.