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Cawthron Institute
98 Halifax Street East
Private Bag 2, Nelson
New Zealand

Phone: (+64) 03 548 2319
Fax: (+64) 03 546 9464

Email for general enquiries:
Format for staff emails: firstname.lastname@cawthron.org.nz

Corporate

Name Job Profile
Gillian Wratt Chief Executive Yes
Michelle Jones Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive -
Daryl Wehner Chief Financial Officer Yes
Mike Mandeno Business Development Manager Yes
Robert Matheson Research Strategy & Business Development Manager -
Shaun Ogilvie, PhD Maori Business Development Consultant Yes
Juliette Plank Finance & Administration Manager Yes
Accounts -
Employment Enquiries -
General Administration -
IS / IT -

Coastal and Freshwater Resources

Name Job Profile
Rowan Strickland Coastal and Freshwater Group Manager -
Rod Asher, NZCS, Cert SMgt Senior Technician (Invertebrates). Marine and freshwater ecology -
Mike Bailey, BSc (Hons) Marine Ecologist -
Paul Barter, BA Marine Scientist. Marine ecology -
Joanne Clapcott, PhD Freshwater Ecologist. River health indicators, ecosystem processes, restoration Yes
Deanna Clement, PhD Marine Ecologist Yes
Chris Cornelisen, PhD Coastal and Estuarine Scientist. Benthic ecology, environmental assessment and monitoring, water quality Yes
Tim Dodgshun, Cert.An.Tech Marine bio-invasions, ballast water -
Kati Doehring, MSc (Hons) Freshwater Ecologist -
Robyn Dunmore, PhD Marine Ecologist Yes
Barrie Forrest, PhD Senior Marine Ecologist. Marine ecology and biosecurity Yes
Reid Forrest, PGDipSci, BSc (Zoology) Coastal Scientist -
Paul Gillespie, PhD Coastal and Estuarine Scientist. Aquatic microbial ecology, eutrophication, environmental impact assessment Yes
Joe Hay, BSc (Hons) Freshwater Biologist. Flow modelling, fish habitat modelling -
John Hayes, PhD Recreational fisheries, fish ecology, flow modelling, fish habitat and bioenergetics Yes
Robin Holmes, MSc (Zoology) Freshwater Ecologist -
Grant Hopkins, MSc Senior Marine Ecologist. Coastal ecology, impact assessment Yes
Nigel Keeley, MPhil Coastal Scientist. Coastal ecology, impact assessment Yes
Kathryn Laurence, BIT Administration Support -
Iain Maxwell, BSc (Hons) Senior Freshwater Ecologist -
Dean Olsen, PhD Freshwater Scientist. Hypoheic zone ecology, stream macroinvertebrate ecology Yes
Richard Piola, PhD Senior Marine Ecologist. Biofouling, marine ecology, marine biosecurity Yes
Aaron Quarterman Freshwater research, data processing, digital imaging -
Karen Shearer, MSc Freshwater Biologist. Macroinvertebrate sample processing, biomonitoring -
Ross Sneddon, MSc (Water pollution control) Environmental Scientist. Impact assessment, contaminants, water quality -
Dave Taylor, PhD Coastal Marine Ecologist. Ecological impact assessment, Benthic ecology, Community recovery and resilience, Near shore oceanographic processes -
Roger Young, PhD River ecology, ecosystem health, freshwater fisheries, integrated catchment management Yes

Sustainable Business

Name Job Profile
Jim Sinner, MSc Sustainable Business Group Manager Yes
Chris Batstone, PhD Resource and Environmental Economist Yes
Ian Challenger Sustainable Business Analyst Yes
Eric Goodwin, BSc (Hons) Systems Analyst Yes
Weimin Jiang, PhD Natural Resources Analyst Yes
Ben Knight, MSc Biophysical Systems Specialist Yes
Helen Mussely Aquaculture Analyst -
Marg O'Brien Environmental Policy and Risk Analyst -
Bethany Roberts, PhD Projects Manager & Marine Ecologist Yes

Aquaculture and Biotechnology

Name Job Profile
Danette Olsen Group Manager, Aquaculture and Biotechnology Yes
Serean Adams, PhD Cryobiology, cryopreservation. reproductive biology Yes
Janet Adamson, DipAgSci Research Technician. Harmful algal blooms and marine biotoxins -
Veronica Beuzenberg, NZCS Research Technician. Phytoplankton ecology -
Andrew Fidler, PhD Molecular biology, reproductive physiology, chronobiology, conservation biology Yes
Samantha Gale, PhD Research Scientist / Cryobiologist Yes
Kevin Heasman, MSc Problem solving at aquaculture/engineering interface, finfish husbandry and breeding Yes
Achim Janke, MSc Manager Cawthron Aquaculture Park. Hatchery and nursery technology, hatchery management Yes
Henry  Kaspar, PhD Senior Scientist, Aquaculture Group Yes
Nick King, MSc Shellfish genetics, selective breeding, reproductive biology and larval rearing Yes
Marek Kirs, PhD   Environmental Microbiologist Yes
Lincoln MacKenzie, BSc (Hons) Senior Research Scientist. Aquatic microbial ecology & taxonomy, shellfish toxins -
Doug Mountfort, PhD Marine Biosecurity, molecular detection of marine pests. Biosensors for marine toxins and pollutants. Marine derived pharmaceuticals, biotoxins and their pharmacology Yes
Mike Packer, PhD Seaweed cell wall biochemistry, stem cell biology, biological hydrogen production Yes
Krystyna Ponikla, Eqv MBChB Curator, Micro-algae Collection. Phytoplankton ecology & taxonomy -
Norman Ragg, PhD Shellfish physiologist Yes
Lesley Rhodes, PhD Marine microalgal ecology & taxonomy, harmful algal blooms, molecular probes Yes
Kirsty Smith Molecular Scientist. Molecular probes technologies -
Steve Webb, PhD Marine parasites and pathology of shellfish and finfish Yes
Susie Wood, PhD Freshwater Scientist. Cyanobacteria and freshwater algae Yes

Analytical Laboratories

Name Job Profile
Nico van Loon Laboratory Services Manager -
Augusta van Wijk Customer Services Manager -
Joanne Sketcher, DipSc Environmental & trace elements -
Andrea Heuberger Acting Key Account Manager, Environmental -
Ron Fyfe, FIMLS Microbiology -

Sam Murray

Microbiology Blenheim -
Paul Parker, BSc Nutraceuticals & natural remedies -
Catherine Moisan Acting Section Head: Marine & fresh water algae & toxins -
Paul McNabb, MSc Research & method development -
Cristina Ramadan Food chemistry testing -
Pat Holland, PhD Senior Scientist -
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