Nicolette Rattenbury

Name Nicolette Rattenbury

Current Job Title Professional Teaching Fellow

Organisation Department of Mathematics, The University of Auckland

AWIS Role Executive; Auckland Co-Convenor

Academic Background BSc (Hons), MSc and PhD, all in Applied Mathematics from The University of Auckland

Area Of Science Mathematics and science communication

My Story

While I was finishing off my PhD I followed my husband to Manchester, where he took up a post-doc. After some part-time lecturing at Manchester University I took up a permanent lecturing post at Manchester Metropolitan University. It was a wonderful place to work, with wonderful students and great colleagues. During my time there I had two lovely children. Some years ago we moved back to Auckland. I spent several years helping set up the Science Scholars Programme at the university, before returning to my first love – teaching mathematics.

Extra Curricular

Spending time with my two lovely (most of the time) children, reading, cycling, cryptic crosswords and handcrafts.