{{short description|New Zealand inorganic chemist and crystallographer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Joyce Waters | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=100%}} | image = Joyce Waters 2000 (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Joyce Mary Partridge | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1931|06|02|df=y}} | birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand | death_date = | death_place = | fields = X-ray crystallography | workplaces = University of Auckland<br>Massey University | education = Diocesan School for Girls | alma_mater = Auckland University College | thesis_title = A study of some co-ordination compounds formed between nickel diamines and the nitrite ion | thesis_url = http://hdl.handle.net/2292/2160 | thesis_year = 1960 | doctoral_advisors = John Llewellyn<br>David Hall | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | influences = | influenced = | spouse = {{marriage|Neil Waters|1959|2018|end=d.}} | signature = | signature_alt = }} '''Joyce Mary Waters, Lady Waters''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=85%}} (née '''Partridge'''; born 2 June 1931) is a New Zealand inorganic chemist and X-ray crystallographer, who is currently professor emeritus at Massey University. She was the second woman to receive a PhD in chemistry at the University of Auckland, and the first woman to serve as president of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry.
==Early life and family== Waters was born Joyce Mary Partridge in Auckland on 2 June 1931, the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Partridge (née Harrison) and Thomas Harold Charles Partridge.<ref name="Whos who">{{cite book |editor-last=Taylor |editor-first=Alister |editor-link=Alister Taylor |title=New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 2001 |year=2001 |publisher=Alister Taylor Publishers |location=Auckland |issn=1172-9813 |page=922}}</ref> She was educated at Diocesan School for Girls, Auckland, from 1938 to 1949, and went on to study at Auckland University College, graduating Bachelor of Science in 1954, Master of Science with first-class honours in 1955, and PhD in 1960.<ref name="Whos who"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/university24.html |title=NZ university graduates 1870–1961: U–Wh |website=Shadows of Time |accessdate=7 September 2019}}</ref> The title of her doctoral thesis, supervised by John Llewellyn and David Hall, was ''A study of some co-ordination compounds formed between nickel diammines and the nitrite ion''.<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Waters |first=Joyce |year=1960 |type=Doctoral thesis |title=A study of some co-ordination compounds formed between nickel diammines and the nitrite ion |publisher=ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland |hdl=2292/2160 |url=https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/2160}}</ref> She was the second woman to complete a PhD in chemistry at Auckland.<ref name="Suffrage 125">{{cite web |url=https://suffrage125science.auckland.ac.nz |title=Suffrage 125 – women in science |year=2018 |publisher=University of Auckland |accessdate=7 September 2019}}</ref>
In 1959, she married fellow inorganic chemist Neil Waters, who was knighted in 1995.<ref name="Whos who"/>
==Academic career== Waters was appointed as a lecturer in chemistry at the University of Auckland in 1961, rising to the rank of associate professor.<ref name="Whos who"/> In 1983, she joined Massey University as a senior research fellow and associate professor in chemistry, and in 2000 she was made a full professor at Massey's Albany campus.<ref name="Whos who"/> Following her retirement, she was conferred with the title of professor emeritus.<ref name="Suffrage 125"/>
Her research focused on the determination of molecular structure using X-ray crystallography.<ref name="Whos who"/> An early publication by Waters was the first to describe the structure of a coordination complex containing a metal–hydrogen bond.<ref name="Suffrage 125"/>
Waters served as president of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry in 1989–1990, and was the first woman to hold the position.<ref name="Whos who"/><ref name="Suffrage 125"/>
==Later life== Following her formal retirement, Waters continued part-time research and teaching activities at Massey Albany.<ref name="Suffrage 125"/> Her husband, Neil Waters, died in Auckland in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle_uuid=5B2C8267-57F4-4C26-A9FE-DCCB54529A16 |title=Former vice-chancellor Sir Neil Waters dies |date=14 June 2018 |publisher=Massey University |accessdate=8 September 2019}}</ref>
==Honours and awards== In 1996, Waters was awarded the Massey Medal of Massey University, in recognition of services to the university and to science.<ref name="Whos who"/><ref>{{cite book |title=Massey University Calendar 2017 |url=https://sme-centre.massey.ac.nz/massey/fms/calendar/documents/2017/2017-Massey-University-Calendar.pdf?C04A8097106357DBCCCD5F01FE2AD716 |accessdate=8 September 2019 |year=2017 |publisher=Massey University |location=Palmerston North |page=51 |archive-date=31 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131100535/https://sme-centre.massey.ac.nz/massey/fms/calendar/documents/2017/2017-Massey-University-Calendar.pdf?C04A8097106357DBCCCD5F01FE2AD716 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the 2006 New Year Honours, she was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to chemistry.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2006 | title=New Year honours list 2006 |date=31 December 2005 | publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | accessdate=8 September 2019}}</ref>
Waters was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1999,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://royalsociety.org.nz/who-we-are/our-people/our-fellows/all-fellows/v-z/ |title=List of all Fellows with surnames V–Z |publisher=Royal Society of New Zealand |accessdate=8 September 2019}}</ref> and is also a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry.<ref name="Whos who"/>
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