by lara | Feb 9, 2021 | Uncategorised
Bhakti is a Programme Manager at BLAKE and works with the team to deliver its environmental education programmes such as BLAKE Inspire, BLAKE Expeditions, and BLAKE Ambassadors. Bhakti obtained her BSc and MSc degrees from the University of Auckland, Leigh Marine Lab...
by lara | Feb 9, 2021 | Uncategorised
Tom is Head of Natural Sciences at Auckland Museum, leading the team of curators and collections staff that care for the museum’s fauna and flora collections, and the team records and interprets the biodiversity of Aotearoa New Zealand and the regional Pacific. He...
by lara | Feb 9, 2021 | Uncategorised
Wendy is a phycologist, a scientist specialising in the study of marine macroalgae or rimurimu. She is a member of the Joint Graduate School in Coastal and Marine Science at the University of Auckland, and a principal scientist at NIWA, based in Wellington. She has...
by lara | Feb 9, 2021 | Uncategorised
Roberta is a macroalgal taxonomist based at NIWA in Wellington. She has worked on the New Zealand macroalgae for the last 15 years discovering many new genera and species. Roberta became interested in algal taxonomy in Italy, studying Mediterranean macroalgae and for...
by lara | Feb 9, 2021 | Uncategorised
Joe O’Callaghan is a physical oceanographer based at NIWA. She adopts an observational approach to better understand the parts of the ocean where people work and play. Her research focuses on understanding the biophysics of Aotearoa New Zealand’s coasts and shelf...
