Frances is a Master’s student in the Marine Science department at the University of Otago, where she also completed her undergraduate Zoology and Marine Science degree. Her masters research is looking at the potential for New Zealand and sub-Antarctic kelp-associated...
Xavier leads the Molecular Surveillance team at the Cawthron Institute and is Associate Professor at University of Auckland. Of Swiss origin, it is against all odds that he became a marine biologist with an academic background in coral reefs symbioses, diversity,...
Ulla works as a PostDoc in the marine biosecurity department of the Cawthron Institute in Nelson and will collect eDNA samples to investigate plankton biodiversity patterns and invasive species distributions. Ulla studied marine biology at the University of Rostock in...
Gary Wilson is General Manager Research Strategy and Partnerships, and Chief Scientist at GNS Science. He has held academic positions at the University of Oxford and University of Otago, where he is still an Honorary Professor in Marine Science. Prior to 1997, he was...
Clare Woodward has been a GP in Auckland for 26 years. She trained at Auckland Medical school graduating in 1990 and did Post Graduate diplomas in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Paediatrics. She has lived and worked also in Taranaki, England and a stint in Kenya. She...