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Wendy V Parr, PhD. Wine Science (Sensory), PhD. Psychology (Cognition)

Senior Research Officer of Wine Sensory Science- Lincoln University

Experience
Wendy is an experienced researcher. Between 1987 and 1999 she held academic positions at Victoria University of Wellington, where her field of expertise in Experimental Psychology included perception, memory and judgment behaviour, along with age-related cognitive decline.

Since 1999, she has been actively engaged in wine science research, achieving international publications and international status for her approach to wine sensory phenomena. She is currently establishing collaborative projects with French sensory and wine scientists in Burgundy and Paris.

Brief Bio
Wendy is also a grape-grower and winemaker, co-owning a boutique vineyard and winery in Golden Bay, N.Z., with her husband, Philip Simpson.

Email
parrw@lincoln.ac.nz

Direct Dial
+64 3 525 6223 or 021 617 511

Fax
+64 3 525 6223