Raechel Margaret Laing | |
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Alma mater | University of Otago |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Clothing and textiles |
Institutions | University of Otago |
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Raechel Margaret Laing is a New Zealand clothing and textiles academic. She is currently a professor emeritus at the University of Otago. [1]
After a 1987 PhD titled 'The lockstitch seam : a model of the geometric structure and tensile behaviour' at the University of Otago, she taught at Otago, rising to full professor. [1]
Laing's research is focused on clothing and has received media attention. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] In 1997 she was awarded the Holden Medal for Education from the Textile Institute followed by the Institute Medal - their oldest award. [7]
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