Senior Research Fellow, Auckland War Memorial Museum
Research Interests include: marine phycology, particularly the discovery and documentation of New Zealand’s algal biodiversity; research on floristics and phylogeny, as well as ecology and life history studies.
Qualifications include: PhD in Botany; FRSNZ
Positions held include: Programme leader Marine Biodiversity - NIWA; Professor - School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland
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