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1978
Michelle was born -
2001
She got her Masters of Engineering from Manchester University -
2004
Michelle was involved in a nanotechnology coating to help smartphone manufacturers Apple create film to prevent screens from being scratched. -
2005
She achieved her PhD in Biomedical Materials Engineering from Rutgers University -
2007
She invented a way to test the hardness of bone without the need for X-rays for patients that couldn't be exposed to radiation. -
2010
She helped to create an artificial gecko hair material that could stick to surfaces without the need of an adhesive. -
2012
She started a youtube channel to try to help people be better at presentations and also to help them to learn more about science and engineering -
2014
She was awarded the Prime Minister's Science Communication Award -
2014
She received the New Zealand Association of Scientists' Science Communicators Award -
2015
She collaborated with the New Zealand clothing company Icebreaker, a technical designer and a printer to produce a line of dresses featuring science and technology-related designs. -
2015
She was awarded the Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) for services to science, Birthday Honours -
2015
She received the Royal Society of New Zealand's Callaghan Medal -
2015
She was awarded the Sir Peter Blake Leadership award -
2016
Michelle became a senior lecturer in Chemical and Material Engineering at Auckland University -
2016
She became an associate investigator at the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology -
2016
She was awarded the New Zealand Women of Influence Award for Innovation and Science -
2017+
Michelle Dickinson is now working on creating a new type of medical catheter with nanotechnology inside the tube to stop them from blocking to help patients after surgery