Her current work includes teaching and research into ovarian biology at Otago University but also in the field of popularising science – bringing all branches of science to the community in a readily understandable way. She uses the all forms of the media to achieve this.
Jean’s ties to the school are close although she readily admits that her own years were not easy ones. She followed her two elder sisters though the school in the 1960s, her nieces followed the family tradition, and her great nieces are currently pupils. Jean’s acceptance of her difficulties at school have allowed her to acknowledge the impact it has had on her life and career and she has returned to the school on several occasions and opened the new science labs in 2001.
In her new role her aim is to “produce a new generation of young scientists more capable of getting their message across to young and old”.