Biodiversity & conservation
The Biodiversity and Conservation team works on a range of projects aimed at protecting terrestrial biodiversity in New Zealand, and mitigating the impacts of invasive species on the natural environment and productive sector.
Our core skills and capability fall into three key areas:
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Our team is responsible for managing the Miller Invertebrate Containment Facility at Lincoln, and the Pathogen Containment Facility currently being constructed at Tamaki. We also manage the Ecological Genetics Laboratory at Tamaki and Ecology Labs at Hamilton, Palmerston North and Dunedin.
Currently our team has 38 staff located at our Auckland, Hamilton, Lincoln, Palmerston North and Dunedin sites. We also have 9 Research Associates associated with our team, and a number of casual staff working with us at any one time.
Bev Clarkson
Plant Ecologist / Capability Leader
Location: Hamilton
Tel: +64 7 859 3730
Mob: 027 412 3111
Gary Houliston
Plant Geneticist/Capability Leader
Location: Lincoln
Tel: +64 3 321 9667
William Lee
Portfolio Leader
Location: Dunedin
Tel: +64 3 470 7207
Mob: +64 21 50 9484
Frank Molinia
Reproductive Physiologist/Capability Ldr
Location: Auckland
Tel: +64 9 574 4225
Paul Peterson
Technician
Location: Palmerston North
Tel: +64 6 353 4871
Mob: 027 434 6335
Heather Russell
Sci. Team Manager/Client Acct. Mngr DOC
Location: Lincoln
Tel: +64 3 321 9685
Eric Spurr
Research Associate
Location: Lincoln
Tel: +64 9 428 5290
Mob: 027 210 3883
