Ann Chapman

Margaret Ann Chapman (14 January 1937 – 23 May 2009) was a limnologist, one of the first New Zealand women scientists to visit Antarctica, and the first woman to lead a scientific expedition to Antarctica. Lake Chapman, in Antarctica's Ross Dependency, was named for Chapman. Chapman spent most of her teaching career at the University of Waikato. Early life and education Chapman was born in Dunedin on 14 January 1937 and studied at Southland Girls' High School and Otago Girls' High School. She graduated with a Masters of Science at the University of Otago in 1960; her thesis was on the taxonomy and ecology of New Zealand freshwater ostracods. She worked at the Sydney Water Board in Australia before moving to Scotland to study toward a PhD at the University of Glasgow, which she completed in 1965. Her doctoral thesis was entitled Ecological studies on the zooplankton of Loch Lomond. Career She worked at the University of Glasgow and the University of Auckland before being appointed as a senior lecturer at the University of Waikato in 1970 and promoted to Reader in 1975. She remained at the University of Waikato until her retirement in 1996. In 1971, Chapman led a three-week scientific expedition to Antarctica, which made her one of the first women on the continent and the first woman to lead an Antarctic expedition. Lake Chapman, near Granite Harbour in Antarctica's Ross Sea Dependency, is named after Chapman.