Dr. Robyn Dunmore
Robyn is a marine ecologist who specialises in rocky shore ecology. Robyn has worked on a wide range of projects including impact assessments, resource consent monitoring and the experimental evaluation of a marine incursion response tool.
Prof. David R. Schiel
David is Distinguished Professor of Marine Science. He founded and leads the Marine Ecology Research Group.
Dr. Mike Hickford
Mike is a long-standing Research Associate and has helped, lead and managed the Marine Ecology Research Group for many years.
Dr. Leigh Tait
Marine ecologist specialising in ecophysiology and the application of remote and in situ sampling techniques.
Prof. Chris Battershill
Chris holds the inaugural Bay of Plenty Regional Council Chair in Coastal Science, based in Tauranga
Dr. Mads Solgaard Thomsen
I am an ecologist researching environmental impacts on coastal plant and animal communities.
Dr. Tommaso Alestra
I am a marine ecologist with 13 years of research experience in intertidal and subtidal benthic systems.
Ben Crichton
My M.Sc. research seeks to provide insight into how the whitebait fishery influences the populations dynamics of these kōkopu.
Shawn Gerrity
Recovery, restoration, and population dynamics of New Zealand blackfoot abalone (pāua) affected by large-scale disturbance and mass-mortality.
Andrew Watson
Effects of whitebait fishing on population dynamics and structure of īnanga (Galaxias maculatus)
Daniel Crossett
Resilience, recovery and changing reef conditions along the Kaikoura coast, post earthquake.
