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\"NANO GIRL\": Michelle Dickinson is a perfect example of a millennial woman. <\/p>\n
When a computer advised a young Michelle Dickinson to be a fish farmer when she grew up, she did the only sensible thing: she grew up to be a bio engineer - albeit unintentionally. <\/p>\n
\"I found that totally by accident at a university open day,\" Dickinson says. <\/p>\n
\"It wasn't until I finished my PhD in biomaterials engineering that I had a clearer idea about where I wanted my career to go and I had been in university for eight years by then.\" <\/p>\n
The self-starter went on to found New Zealand's first nanomechanical research laboratory after gaining a PhD from Rutgers University in the United States and a Masters in biomedical materials engineering from Manchester University. <\/p>\n
Now she holds down a senior lecturer position at the University of Auckland's engineering department, writes her own science blog, Nano Girl, and squeezes in regular television appearances with TV3's Firstline Breakfast and 3rd Degree. <\/p>\n
The high-energy millennial woman also counts adventure sports as a favourite pastime and at one stage planned to be the first woman to kitesurf under the Auckland Harbour Bridge until bad weather put paid to that idea. <\/p>\n
According to new research by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Dickinson is the type of woman more women want to be like, with millennial women - those born between 1980 and 1995 - more ambitious than any other generation. <\/p>\n
The survey of nearly 9000 women from 75 countries found more are highly educated, are entering the workforce in unprecedented numbers and have \"entirely new career mindsets\". <\/p>\n
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