Bio
Dr. Harpreet Kaur is a research scientist in the Applied Sensors Team of Plant and Food Research, New Zealand. Her research work focusses on optical spectroscopy in horticulture, particularly the use of near- and mid- infrared spectroscopy for measurement of fruit and fruit juice properties.
Harpreet was born and educated in India, graduating with an ME degree in Electronics in 2014, before studying in NZ and gaining a Ph.D. in 2020 from the University of Waikato. Her PhD work focused on investigating Aquaphotomics for fruit quality assessment using near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). The research resulted in a number of publications in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. During her PhD studies she also received the prestigious Three Minute Thesis (3MT) award from her university and subsequently was a semi-finalist in the 3MT Asia Pacific 2017 competition held at the University of Queensland, Australia.