Background
Minchin, Peter Etheride Haviland was born on April 28, 1947 in Landour, Missorie, India. Son of Leslie Roderick Haviland and Marion Frances (Passmore) Minchin.
Minchin, Peter Etheride Haviland was born on April 28, 1947 in Landour, Missorie, India. Son of Leslie Roderick Haviland and Marion Frances (Passmore) Minchin.
Bachelor of Science, University Canterbury, New Zealand, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy, University Canterbury, New Zealand, 1972.
Postdoctoral fellow, U. East Anglia, Norwich, England, 1974-1975; medical physicist, Department Clinical Physics and Bioengring., Glasgow, Scotland, 1975-1976; physicist, Department Science and Industrial Research, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, 1976-1992; physicist, Horticultural and Food Research Institute New Zealand Ltd., since 1992.
Member New Zealand Society Plant Physiologists, New Zealand Federation Biological Sciences.
Married Joan Sandra Weir, December 6, 1970. Children: Paul Walter, Stephen Mark.