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'''Garth Alan Carnaby''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM}} (born 1950) is a [[New Zealand]] fibre physicist and science and public administrator.

==Biography== Carnaby completed a [[PhD]] at the Department of Textile Industries at [[University of Leeds]] in 1976. The title of his doctoral thesis was ''The structure and mechanical properties of wool carpet yarns''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lib.leeds.ac.uk/record=b2233340~S5 |title=Catalogue search |date= |website= |publisher=University of Leeds |accessdate=18 January 2018}}</ref> He then returned to New Zealand, where he rose to become managing director of the [[Wool Research Organisation of New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=3000095 |title=Wool board on last step to extinction |publisher=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=21 October 2002 |accessdate=4 July 2017}}</ref>

In 1989 Carnaby received a [[DSc]] by thesis (''Publications and papers on wool and the wool industry'') from the [[University of New South Wales]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://primoa.library.unsw.edu.au/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=UNSWS&search_scope=SearchFirst&docId=UNSW_ALMA21123959580001731 |title=[Publications and papers on wool and the wool industry – UNSW Alma |publisher=Primoa.library.unsw.edu.au |date= |accessdate=4 July 2017}}</ref> followed by an honorary [[DSc]] from [[Lincoln University (New Zealand)|Lincoln University]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://livingheritage.lincoln.ac.nz/nodes/view/6876 |title=14 April 2010 Doctorate awards up at Lincoln University graduation &#124; Lincoln University Living Heritage: Tikaka Tuku Iho |publisher=Livingheritage.lincoln.ac.nz |date= |accessdate=4 July 2017}}</ref>

Carnaby served as president of the [[Royal Society of New Zealand]] from 2009 to 2012, preceded by [[Neville Jordan]] and followed by [[David Skegg]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://royalsociety.org.nz/who-we-are/our-people/our-council/presidents/ |title=Royal Society Te Aparangi – Presidents |publisher=Royalsociety.org.nz |date= |accessdate=4 July 2017}}</ref>

Carnaby has also served as chair of the board of the [[Canterbury Development Corporation]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0805/S00074.htm |title=CDC Chief Executive announces resignation &#124; Scoop News |publisher=Scoop.co.nz |date=8 May 2008 |accessdate=4 July 2017}}</ref> and chair for [[Marsden Fund]] Council (2005–2009).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0902/S00149.htm |title=New Chair for Marsden Fund Council &#124; Scoop News |publisher=Scoop.co.nz |date=11 February 2009 |accessdate=4 July 2017}}</ref> He has served as 'Entrepreneur in Residence'<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2011/10/05/ag-and-hort-scientists-eye-roles-in-future-economy/ |title=Blog Archive Ag and hort scientists eye roles in future economy |publisher=Science Media Centre |date= 5 October 2011|accessdate=4 July 2017}}</ref> and chair of the Research and Commercialisation Committee at [[Lincoln University (New Zealand)|Lincoln University]].<ref name="bio">{{cite web |url=https://bioresourceprocessing.co.nz/our-people/ |title=Our People |publisher=Bioresource Processing |date= |accessdate=4 July 2017}}</ref>

==Honours== In 1992, Carnaby was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://royalsociety.org.nz/members/memberpage/306 |title=Dr Garth Carnaby |date= |website= |publisher=Royal Society of New Zealand |accessdate=18 January 2018}}</ref>

In the [[2006 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|2006 Queen's Birthday Honours]], Carnaby was appointed a [[New Zealand Order of Merit|Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit]], for services to the wool industry.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2006 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2006 |date=5 June 2006 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=18 January 2018}}</ref> He was promoted to [[New Zealand Order of Merit|Companion]] of the same order in the [[2018 New Year Honours (New Zealand)|2018 New Year Honours]], for services to science and governance.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2018 |title=New Year honours list 2018 |date=30 December 2017 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=18 January 2018}}</ref>

== Selected works == * Carnaby, Garth A., and Ning Pan. "Theory of the compression hysteresis of fibrous assemblies." Textile Research Journal 59.5 (1989): 275–284. * Postle, Ron, Garth Alan Carnaby, and Stuart De Jong. "The mechanics of wool structures." (1988). * Lee, Dae Hoon, and Garth A. Carnaby. "Compressional Energy of the Random Fiber Assembly: Part I: Theory." Textile research journal 62.4 (1992): 185–191. * Pan, N., and Garth A. Carnaby. "Theory of the shear deformation of fibrous assemblies." Textile Research Journal 59.5 (1989): 285–292.

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{LinkedIn page|in/garth-carnaby-79096726}}

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