Staff Awards 2002-2003
Manaaki Whenua staff contributing professional expertise to other science-focussed organisations
- Awards
- Staff holding positions in professional societies
- Invited Science Contribution
- Misc travel grants, conference prizes etc
- Directorships/board memberships
- Formal advisory positions
- Editorial roles with periodicals
- Staff holding university positions 2001/2002
Awards
BRACKLEY, Hannah
Curtis-Gordon Scholarship, Victoria University
CASSIE-COOPER, Vivienne (Research Associate)
Life Membership: Australasian Society of Phycology and Aquatic Botany
COWAN, Phil
Te Tohi Taiao - NZ Ecological Society Award for ecological excellence
FRAME, Bob
MoRST Future Directors´ Award: Attendance at Institute of
Directors Company Director´s Course
GUO, Jianmin
FRST S&T Post-doctoral Fellowship
KELLIHER, Frank
Nominated for the NZ Meteorological Society´s Edward Kidson Medal for paper entitled "Measuring nitrous oxide emission rate from grazed pasture using Fourier-transform spectroscopy in the nocturnal boundary layer".
McNICHOL, Jeska
Green Globe Auditor - only 3rd to be appointed worldwide.
PANDEY, Surya
Surya Pandey nominated for Ministry for the Environment´s
Green Ribbon Award 2003 'Caring for the Urban Environment' category.
PARKES, John
Australian Academy of Sciences 2002 Caughley Fellow
SAGGAR, Surinder
Fellowship of the NZ Society of Soil Science
SPARLING, Graham
Fellow of the New Zealand Society of Soil Science
TATE, Kevin
M.L.Leamy Award from NZ Society of Soil Science for meritorious contribution to soil science.
WALCROFT, Adrian
Hamilton Memorial Prize from Academy of the Royal Society of NZ.
TopDirectorships/board memberships
CLARKSON, Bev
Waikato Conservation Board
EASON, Charles
Cawthron Trust Board
GORDON, Richard
Board of the Society for Ecological Restoration, USA
HART, Phil
Board of The Natural Step Environment Foundation Aotearoa New Zealand
JOHNSON, Peter
Chatham Islands Conservation Board
LAWTON, Maggie
Member of The Sustainable Business Network National Board
LAWTON, Maggie
Member of The Sustainable Business Network Auckland Regional Board.
LAWTON, Maggie
Co-convenor of the University of Auckland and Landcare Research Board of Management
LAWTON, Maggie
Member of the University of Auckland School of Biological Sciences Advisory Board.
McLENNAN, John
Trust Board, Project Kiwi, Whitianga, Coromandel
McLENNAN, John
Board of the BNZ Kiwi Recovery Programme
PEARCE, Andy
Chairman, Marsupial CRC
(Joint Venture)
PEARCE, Andy
Chariman, Marsupial CRC Ltd
PEARCE, Andy
Director, Wool Equities Ltd
PEARCE, Andy
Director, Canesis Network Ltd
PEARCE, Andy
Board of Foundation for Research, Science and Technology (FRST)
PEARCE, Andy
Board of Wool Research Organisation of New Zealand (WRONZ)
PEARCE, Andy
Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management
PENMAN, David
Chair of the Budget Committee of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and a member of the Executive Committee.
PHILLIPS, Chris
Full Director, Australasian Chapter, International Erosion Control Association (Associate Director until Dec 01)
SUTHERLAND, Oliver
Board of the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA)
Editorial roles with periodicals
AISLABIE, Jackie
Editorial Board, Geobiology.
BARKER, Gary
Editorial Board International Journal of Medical and Applied Malacology.
BELLINGHAM, Peter
Editorial Board NZ Journal of Ecology
BREITWIESER, Ilse
Editorial Advisory Board of the NZ Journal of Botany
BUCHANAN, Peter
Editorial Board Fungal Science
BUCKLEY, Thomas
Systematic Biology Editorial Board member
CARSWELL, Fiona
Editorial Review Board of Tree Physiology
COWAN, Phil
Editorial Board Wildlife Research
EASON, Charles
Editorial Board Biomarkers
FRÖHLICH, Jane
Editor Fungal Diversity.
GALLOWAY, David
Editorial Board Nordic Journal of Botany
GLEESON, Dianne
Editorial Board NZ Entomologist Editorial Board Australian Journal of Entomology
HARRIS Warwick
Editor, Journal of the Canterbury Botany Society
KELLIHER, Francis
Editorial Board Agricultural and Forestry Meteorology
LEE, Bill
Editorial Board J Royal Soc NZ
LESCHEN, Richard
Co-editor, Handbook of Zoology, Coleoptera.
LESCHEN, Richard
Associate Editor Dugesiana
LESCHEN, Richard
Science Editor NZ Entomologist
LESCHEN, Richard
Bulletin co-editor of Handuch der Zoologie volumes devoted to Coleoptera
McGLONE, Matt
Editorial Board "The Holocene"
McGLONE, Matt
Editorial Board "Journal of Biogeography"
McGLONE, Matt
Editorial Advisory Board, NZ J Botany
McKENZIE, Eric
Associate Editor, Mycoscience
McKENZIE, Eric
Associate Editor, Fungal Diversity
McLENNAN, John
Assistant Editor, Notornis
O´CONNOR, Cheryl
Editorial Board Applied Animal Behaviour Science
OVERTON, Jake
Guest Editor, special issue of Biological Conservation
PARFITT, Roger
Editorial Board Geoderma Editor of Soil Science
PELTZER, Duane
Book Review Editor, NZ Journal of Ecology
PENMAN, David
Editorial Board International Journal of Pest Management
PENMAN, David
Editorial Board Experimental and Applied Acarology
PENNYCOOK, Shaun
Editorial Advisory Board, NZ J Botany
SAGGAR, Surrinder
Editorial Advisory Board Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment
THENG, Benny (Research Associate)
Editorial Board Applied Clay Science
TREMBLAY, Louis
Guest Editor Biomarker
TREMBLAY, Louis
Guest editor Australasian Journal of Ecotoxicology
WALCROFT, Adrian
Editorial Review Board of Tree Physiology Journal
WALKER, Susan
Editorial Board, Applied Vegetation Science
WARDLE, David
Receiving editor, Ecology Letters
WARDLE, David
Chief editor New Zealand Journal of Ecology
WARDLE, David
Editorial Board of Pedobiologia
WARDLE, David
Board of Subject Editors Soil Biology and Biochemistry (until December 2002)
WARDLE, David
Editorial Board of Biology and Fertility of Soils (until December 2002)
WARDLE, David
Reviewer for >50 journals including Science and Nature
WHITEHEAD, David
Editorial Board Tree Physiology
WHITEHEAD, David
Editorial Board International Journal of Biometeorolgy
WISER, Susan
Editorial Board Journal of Vegetation Science
WISER, Susan
Associate editor for Journal of Vegetation Science
YEATES, Gregor
Editorial Board of NZ Journal of Zoology
YEATES, Gregor
Editorial Board Nematology
YEATES, Gregor
Editorial Board Pedobiologia
YEATES, Gregor
Editorial Board Journal of Applied Soil Ecology
YEATES, Gregor
Editorial Board Russian Journal of Nematology
YEATES, Gregor
Editorial Board Biology & Fertility of Soils
YOUNG, John
Chief Editor of Bradbury's Guide to Plant Pathogenic Bacteria
YUAN, Guodong
Editorial Board, Journal of Environmental Science and Health (Part A) - Toxic/hazardous substances and environmental engineering
ZHANG, Zhi-Qiang
Editorial Board Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica
ZHANG, Zhi-Qiang
Editorial Advisory Board, Zoological Research
ZHANG, Zhi-Qiang
Editor, ZOOTAXA
ZHANG, Zhi-Qiang
Editorial Board Member, Experimental & Applied Acarology
ZHANG, Zhi-Qiang
Editor, Systematic & Applied Acarology Special Publications
ZHANG, Zhi-Qiang
Assistant Editor, Acarology Bulletin
ZHANG, Zhi-Qiang
Editor-in-Chief, Systematic & Applied Acarology
ZHANG, Zhi-Qiang
Editorial Board Member, Oriental Insects
Formal advisory positions
AISLABIE, Jackie
Member of the Marsden Fund's Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour Panel.
AISLABIE, Jackie
Antarctica NZ Environmental Advisory Group
AISLABIE, Jackie
Antarctic Research Committee for Antarctica NZ
ALLEN, Rob
Research subgroup of the sanding committee on forestry, Australia - New Zealand Ministerial Council on Forestry, Fishing and Agriculture
ALLEN, Will
Member, Steering Committee for IUCN Collaborative Management Working Group
ALLEN, Will
Member, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) system-wide programme on participatory research and gender analysis in natural resource management
ATARIA, Jamie
Science Sub-Committee of NZ National Commission for UNESCO
BAISDEN, Troy
Member of the technical review team for the second in-country review of the 'Good Practice Guidance for Land-Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry: Greenhouse Gas Inventory' for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Kyoto Protocol.
BARKER, Gary
Invasive Species Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission
BARKER, Gary
Member of the ´Expert Reference Group´ for Department of Conservation's ecological management strategy development process
BARKER, Gary
Member of an International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) committee on Mollusca.
BEGGS, Jacqueline
Appointed to DOC´s Kakapo Science and Technical Advisory Committee
BEGGS, Jacqueline
Australia New Zealand Task Force on European Wasps (ANZECC)
BEGGS, Jacqueline
Technical Advisory Group, DoC Rotoiti Nature Recovery Project
BEGGS, Jacqueline
Invasive Species Specialist Group, IUCN
BREITWIESER, Ilse
Trustee of the Koiata Botanical Trust
BUCHANAN, Peter
Member, Forest Health Research Collaborative Management Committee
BUCHANAN, Peter
Member, MAF Forest Biosecurity Consultative Committee
CLARKSON, Bev
Trustee of the National Wetland Trust
COMFORT, Greg
Advisory Committee for the Graduate Diploma of Technical Communication
(GDTC) at Christchurch Polytechnic.
COOPER, Jerry
Member of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility Science Committee
on the Electronic Catalogue of Names
COOPER, Jerry
Member of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility Scientific
and Technical Advsiroy Group on Data Access and Database Interoperability
COOPER, Jerry
Convenor Taxonomic Databases Working Group subcommittee on names
of organisms.
COWAN, Phil
Appointed to Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program Small Grants
Initiative Awards Committee (University of California, Berkeley)
COWAN, Phil
Member, National Science Strategy Committee for the Control of Possums
and Bovine Tuberculosis
COWAN, Phil
Director, Research Operations, and Executive Member, Cooperative
Research Centre for Conservation and Management of Marsupials
DALY, Brian
Secretary, and member of Laboratory Proficiency Sub-committee, of Australasian Soil and Plant Analysis Council (ASPAC).
EASON, Charles
Tertiary Education Commission ( TEC) Performance Based Revue Panel Member
EFFORD, Murray
Member South Island Beech Forest Working Group, Department of Conservation
FENEMOR, Andrew
Advisory member, Wai-iti Water Augmentation Committee, Tasman District.
FISHER, Penny
Member of advisory/reference group on eradication of foxes from Tasmania.
FISHER, Penny
Expert witness in an Environment Court hearing involving an appeal against the West Coast Regional Council granting a resource consent for AHB aerial 1080 drops.
FORSYTH, Dave
Member of an International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) committee on Caprinae (ruminants with horns).
FOWLER, Simon
IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group, Weed Management Advisory Group, Auckland City Council
GALLOWAY, David
Fellowship Selection Panel (Plant Sciences), Royal Society of New Zealand
GORDON, Richard
Global Reporting Initiative, indicator development group
HARMSWORTH, Garth
Member of the Royal Society Committee on the International Geosphere-Biosphere
programme.
HARRIS, Richard
Invasive ant technical advisory group for MAF biosecurity authority.
HAYES, Lynley
Advisor to the Education, Communication and Outreach working group of the Global Invasive Species Programme, Capetown.
HEENAN, Peter
Botanical advisor to the New Zealand Botanical Society Threatened Plant Committee
HILARIO, Elena
Regional Representative for NZ for the International Study of the
Origin of Life, 2000-2002.
INNES, John
Member of the Department of Conservation North Island kokako and black stilt Recovery Groups
INNES, John
Member of the Department of Conservation's emergency response group for rodent arrival on an island.
INNES, John
Member Invasive Species Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission
KILVINGTON, Margaret
Invited reviewer in development of MoRST´s "science and society" survey
LAWTON, Maggie
Member of the Landcare Trust ICM advisory committee
LAWTON, Maggie
Member of the EcoQuest Research advisory committee
LAWTON, Maggie
Trustee of the Tane's Tree Trust
LAWTON, Margaret
National Advisory Committee for Ministry of Education funded WaterWay's project
LAWTON, Margaret
Trustee for DesignIndustry Trust
LEE, Bill
Takahe Recovery Group
LEE, Bill
Governor, Miss E.L.Hellaby Indigenous Grasslands Research Trust
LEE, Bill
Royal Soc. Committee for awarding James Cook Fellowships
LEE, Bill
Kakapo Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee, Department of Conservation
MCGLONE, Matt
NZ representative, Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group, Subsidiary Body on Scientific & Technical Advice of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
MCGLONE, Matt
Member of reference group for the PCE investigation ¡°The role of indigenous flora on non-public land¡±
McLENNAN, John
Scientific advisor, Kuaotunu Kiwi Sanctuary
MCLENNAN, John
Kiwi scientific and technical advisory committee,Dept of Conservation
MEURK, Colin
President, Travis Wetland Trust
MEURK, Colin
Invited contributor, United Nations Environmental Protection Group on Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems, Melbourne Charette
MEURK, Colin
Honorary Botanist, Canterbury Horticultural Society
MEURK, Colin
Advisory Committee, Quail Island Restoration Trust
MEURK, Colin
Advisory Scientist, NZ Ecological Restoration Network
MEURK, Colin
Advisory botanist, Trees for Canterbury
MEURK, Colin
Seconded as ecological advisor to Christchurch City Council
MORGAN, David
Appointed by MAF Animal Welfare as "accredited reviewer" under the Animal Welfare Act for review of Codes of Ethical Conduct.
NUGENT, Graham
Advisor on Ngai Tahu kaupapa kereru project
O´CONNOR Cheryl
Technology Advisory Group, AHB
PANDEY, Surya
Science Advisory Committee, The Waikato Polytechnic, Hamilton
PARKES, John
New Zealand representative on the Vertebrate Pest Committee of the Australia and NZ Standing Committee on Agriculture and Resource Management.
PARKES, John
Member Invasive Species group, IUCN
SAGGAR, Surinder
Appointed technical expert by IANZ to assess soil and plant testing services.
SCHIPPER, Louis
Technical Advisory Committee of the NZ Land Treatment Collective
SPARLING, Graham
Standards New Zealand: Committee Member P8411 Panel for Sustainable Meat Production. 2002/2003.
SPURR, Eric
Technical Advisory Group, Department of Conservation, Rotoiti Nature Recovery Programme
STEPHENS, Peter
International Scientific Committee for Symposium ¨C Sustainable Land Management in the Tropics: Planning & Action
STEPHENS, Peter
President, NZ Society of Soil Science
TATE, Kevin
Member of the technical review team for the second in-country review of the 'Good Practice Guidance for Land-Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry: Greenhouse Gas Inventory' for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Kyoto Protocol.
TATE, Kevin
NZ contact for US/NZ Climate Change Partnership (invited by MAF)
TATE, Kevin
Advisory Board of GNS National Isotope Centre
TATE, Kevin
Member, National Science Strategy Committee for Climate Change (NSSCCC)
TATE, Kevin
Member of review panel reviewing CRC for greenhouse accounting, Canberra, August 2001
TRANGMAR, Bruce
Executive Committee of ENEX of New Zealand Inc.
TRANGMAR, Bruce
Member of the Executive Committee of Consulting NZ Inc (overseas consultancy organization)
TROTTER, Craig
Member of the technical review team for the first and second in-country reviews of the 'Good Practice Guidance for Land-Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry: Greenhouse Gas Inventory' for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Kyoto Protocol.
TROTTER, Craig
Appointed by the Australian Research Council as an Expert Assessor of International Standing
TROTTER, Craig
Principal Investigator, algorithm design for the GLI sensor on the
ADEOS-II satellite (Japanese National Space Development Agency)
TROTTER, Craig
Member of the Technical Steering Committee (Land group) for the
proposed Japanese GCOM satellite series, setting the specifications
for the successor to the ADEOS-II satellite.
TRUSTRUM, Noel
New Zealand representative on the Australia-New Zealand Geomorphology
Group.
TRUSTRUM, Noel
Nominated to become Convenor of IGBP PAGES focus group on Land Use and Climate Change in Fluvial Systems (LUCIFS).
WARBURTON, Bruce
National Animal Welfare Advisory Deputy Chair
WARBURTON, Bruce
Technical Advisory Group for the National Possum Control Agencies
WARDLE, David
Member of expert international advisory panel of BioMedNet, a web-based
service run by Elsevier to provide commentaries on recently published
hot papers in the general area of biology.
WATT, Jim
MfE Advisory Committee to Ministry for Conservation on development of an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy
WATT, Jim
MfE Advisory Committee to Minister for Conservation on Waste Management Minimistation
WILSON, Deb
Member of the Advisory group for Department of Conservation´s Natural
Heritage Management System (NHMS)
WILSON, Deb
Member of the ´Expert Reference Group?for Department of Conservation´s ecological management strategy development process
WILSON, Peter
Technical Advisory Group, DOC Rotoiti Nature Recovery Project
WILSON, Peter
NZ Representative (MFAT) to the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) Working Group Environmentall Monitoring and Management (WG-EMM)
YOUNG, John
Member, Judicial Commission International Committee of the Systematics of Prokaryotes
(Member, Sub-committee on the taxonomy of Pseudomonas)
Invited Science Contribution
AISLABIE, Jackie
Invited attendance (all expenses paid) at US National Science Foundation
meeting to discuss remediation plans for Cape Hallet, Antarctica.
AISLABIE, Jackie
Invited chapter on microbes for cold climate bioremediation fo a monograph on "Cold Regions Engineering" produced by Amer. Soc. Civil Engineers Technical Council.
ALLEN, Will
Invited and funded to participate in a meeting of the expert group for Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Water & Food Challenge programme - ensuring that US$60 million of competitive grant research supports stakeholder involvement and social learning, in Sri Lanka.
BAISDEN, Troy
(Along with PAGE, Mike; SAGGAR, Surinder; TRUSTRUM, Noel) Invited presentation on Erosion and sedimentation response to climatic change and agricultural emissions of greenhouse gases in New Zealand to 26 participants of Australia New Zealand Climate Forum Palmerston North, New Zealand, on 19 March 2003
BECKEN, Susanne
Invited Book Chapter: Tourism, fossil fuels and the resulting Impacts on Climate Change. In M. Hall (ed): Tourism Recreation and Climate Change: International Perspectives. Channel View Publications
BEEVER, Ross
Invited presentation at 8th International Congress of Plant Pathology, 2-7 February.
BEGGS, Jacqueline
Presented a paper on wasp control at the US Entomological Society annual conference as an invited speaker in a symposium on Behavioural Modification: a critical component of social insect IPM.
BELLINGHAM, Peter
Invited to present a paper at a one-day symposium "Ecological Research in low- to mid-altitude indigenous ecosystems of the South Island rainshadow region: conserving indigenous biodiversity", held at the Otago Museum, Dunedin in September, and sponsored by the Miss E.L. Hellaby Indigenous Grasslands Research
BUCKLEY, Thomas
Invited presentations (two) at a phylogenetic methods workshop held at Massey University (April 14-17) and hosted by the Allan Wilson CORE and the Systematics Association of NZ.
CLEMONS, Janine
Invited to present "Toxicology of Benzo[a]pyrene" at the Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand Workshop: Non Criteria Pollutants (May 27, University of Auckland, Tamaki Campus).
COLEMAN, Jim
Invited to attend an AgriQuality Veterinary Seminar, Christchurch, to present a paper, ´Tb eradication project, and Hokonui project´.
COOPER, Jerry
(Along with WISER, Susan) Invited to present a talk "New Zealand initiatives in vegetation databanking" for the VEGBANK working group meeting, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, California, 12-14 September 2002.
COWAN, Phil
Invited oral presentation on biological control of possums at 8th
International Pacific Rim Biotechnology Conference, Auckland 17-20
November 2002
EFFORD, Murray
Plenary speaker 2nd International Conference on Rodent Biology and
Management, Canberra
FENEMOR, Andrew
invited keynote presentation "The Role of Agriculture and Forestry in mitigating landslides and floods in New Zealand" (co-authored by Preston, Page, Trustrum, Basher, Phillips, Marden and Lawton) at the OECD meeting on Environmental Indicators for Agriculture in Kyoto, Japan.
FENEMOR, Andrew
Member of Preparatory Committee for forming the Asia-Pacific Association
of Hydrology and Water Resources, and invited speaker at their First
International Confertence held in Kyoto 13-15 March. Paper was titled
"Resolving Water Resource Over-Allocation: The Wai-iti
Catchment Community Water Augmentation Initiative" with co-authors
David LEONG, Paul WHITE, Timothy HONG, and Evan BAIGENT
FENEMOR, Andrew
Invited plenary speaker with Breck Bowden and Neil Deans at the
UNESCO-IHP HELP Symposium "towards integrated catchment management:
Increasing the dialogue between scientists, policy makers and stakeholders",
Kalmar, Sweden
FENEMOR, Andrew
Invited attendance, with Minister for the Environment and as part of NZ Government delegation, at Third World Water Forum.
FISHER, Penny
Invited by Tasmania National Parks and Wildlife to provide wildlife toxicology (1080) input as a member of an advisory/reference group on the current strategy for eradicating foxes newly introduced to Tasmania.
GALLOWAY, David
Invited by the Auckland Botanical Society to deliver this year´s Lucy Cranwell Lecture in October 2003.
GOURLAY, Hugh
Invited by AgResearch to join the International Congress on Plant Pathology Organising Committee.
HAYES, Lynley
Invited to join the Weedbuster Establishment Group, a new initiative co-ordinated by DOC to raise public awareness about weeds and the damage they cause.
KELLIHER, Frank
Agreed to co-author a university textbook chapter on evaporation. The book, to be completed December 2003, will be entitled Freshwaters of New Zealand.
KELLY, Dave
Invited guest speaker at the University of Otago Botany Department Annual Symposium (Friday 11th October), reviewed the relevance of scale in ecology using examples from his beech forest research.
LAURIE, Andrew
Invited to present a seminar at the Cawthron Institute entitled "The commonality of molecular biology: nature´s bottom line, or a means to finance a lifestyle?"
LEE, Bill
Invited guest speaker at the University of Otago Botany Department Annual Symposium (Friday 11th October), spoke on moas and plant defense strategies.
NEWELL, Claire
Invited speaker at the 50-year Canterbury Botanical Society Symposium on June 7th and gave a talk entitled 'How resilient are our alpine grasslands?'
NORBURY, Grant
Invited to write chapter on lagomorphs for 2nd ed. of the Handbook of New Zealand Mammals, Oxford Univ. Press.
NUGENT, Graham
Invited to attend an AgriQuality Veterinary Seminar, Christchurch, to present a paper, ´Tb in deer and pigs and their use as sentinels.´
O´HALLORAN, Kathryn
Invited keynote speaker on terrestrial ecotoxicology at Adelaide meeting on Contaminants and EcologicalRisk Assessment.
PAGE, Mike
Invited to present paper at the International Workshop for Source-to-Sink Sedimentary Systems at the Catchment Scale to be held in Hokkaido Japan, June 16-21
PARKES, John
Invited to produce 2 papers for a book.
PARKES, John
Invited to produce a paper for book.
RAMSEY, Dave
Invited to attend an AgriQuality Veterinary Seminar, Christchurch, to present a paper, ´Monitoring strategies for low density possum populations.´
SAGGAR, Surinder
invited chapter on "gaseous emission of nitrogen from grazed pasture: environmental implications" for Advances in Agronomy
SAGGAR, Surinder
Invited chapter "Calcium and Magnesium in soils" for Encyclopaedia of Soils and Environment.
SARMAH, Ajit
Presented an invited paper at the INTERACT 2002 conference held in Sydney, Australia: "Estrogenic compounds in soil-water systems: occurrences and their implications in the environment".
SCHIPPER, Louis
Invited plenary speaker to American Water Resources Association
"Riparian Ecosystems and Buffers: Multi-scale structure, function,
and management" to be held at Lake Tahoe June 2004.
SPARLING, Graham
Invited to contribute chapter ´Stewardship and Soil Health´for
the book ´A History of Soil Science´; (Editor B. Warkentin)to
be published by Soil Science Society of America.
SPARLING, Graham
Sponsored by the University of Wageningen to travel to the Netherlands
and be a presenter for a post graduate course on soil biology.
SPARLING, Graham
Invited to be a "partner investigator" in a 3-year proposal to the Australian Research Council to manipulate soil micribial populations for water protection.
SPURR, Eric
Invited by Secretariat for Conservation Biology to present paper
at Hawaii Conservation Conference, July 2002
SPURR, Eric
Invited by Marcell Dekker to write chapter on bird control chemicals
in Encyclopedia of Pest Management
STEPHENS, Peter
Invited by NZ Climate Change Office to attend IPCC meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, with Mike Jebson, MAF.
TATE, Kevin
Invited by MfE to represent NZ at OECD Expert meeting, Ottawa, Canada, on agricultural soil organic carbon indicators from agricltural land,15-18 October 2002.
TREMBLAY, Louis
invited participation, with 20 other international experts, in APEC workshop on biomarkers (expenses paid by APEC and KORDI)
TROTTER. Craig
Invited keynote speaker at a symposium on evaluation of terrestrial carbon storage and dynamics by in-situ and remote sensing measurements, Gifu University, Japan, 12 November 2002.
TRUSTRUM, Noel
Invited to present paper at the International Workshop for Source-to-Sink Sedimentary Systems at the Catchment Scale to be held in Hokkaido Japan, June 16-21
WAGSTAFF, Steve
Invited lecture titled "Patterns of diversification in the New Zealand Stylidiaceae" to the advance botany class at Massey University
WARDLE, David
Plenary presentation at the EURECOL congress, Lund, Sweden, 25-29 July 2002 (talk title: plant biodiversity and ecosystem properties).
WARDLE, David
Plenary opening presentation at the Soil Ecology Society biennial
conference, Palm Springs, California, 12-14 May 2003 (talk title:
Belowground consequences of foliar herbivory and introduced browsing
mammals in New Zealand).
WARDLE, David
Invited talk at the British Ecological Society Symposium Biological
Diversity and Function in Soils, 25-27 March 2003 (talk title: Plant
community composition and diversity: implications for the decomposer
subsystem).
WARDLE, David
Plenary keynote presentation at the joint New Zealand and Australian
Ecological Societies conference, Cairns, 2-6 December 2002 (talk
title: Biodiversity and ecosystems: grasslands, islands and deer).
WARDLE, David
Invited participant at the SCOPE workshop ´Integrating Concepts
of Biodiversity in Soils and Sediments´, Estes Park, Colorado,
USA, October 19-23 2002.
WHITEHEAD, David
Invited keynote presentation at the workshop on the Productivity
of Eucalyptus, Hobart
WILMSHURST, Janet
Invited by Associate Professor John Ogden to talk to and participate in MSc discussion forum, School of Geography and Environmental Science, Auckland University as part of a course on human impacts on the New Zealand environment.
WILMSHURST, Janet
Invited by Professor Mark Westoby to give the keynote talk "Space and Time: recent advances in palaeoecology" at the "2nd one day postgraduate course on Current Ecology and Evolution", December 1st, 2002, at James Cook University, Cairns.
WILSON, Deb
Agreed to give one lecture per semester to the Wildlife Management Diploma students at the University of Otago.
WISER, Susan
Invited contribution "Research progress on the invasion of indigenous ecosystems by Hieracium lepidulum" as an expert participant at the Hieracium lepidulum - research workshop sponsored by Miss E.L. Hellaby Indigenous Grasslands Research Trust, Dunedin, New Zealand 6 September 2002.
YEATES, Gregor
Invited speaker on "How nematodes make a positive contribution
to soil processes" at GRDC-sponsored workshop "Root /Soil Biology
in Agriculture - Towards a new conceptual framework III", CSIRO
Plant Industry, Canberra, Australia
YEATES, Gregor
Invited contributor to plenary paper at British Ecology Society
2003 Symposium, "Soil Biodiversity and Function", University of
Lancaster, England.
YUAN, Guodong
Invited presentation at International Symposium on Nanotechnology and Materials for the Environment, financially supported by the Japanese Society of Non-traditional technologies.
YUAN, Guodong
Invited membership of NZ delegation to Chile to develop science linkages (invited by Royal Society of NZ).
Misc travel grants, conference prizes etc
ANDREW, Robbie
Lincoln University Foundation Travel Award
ANDREW, Robbie
International Science and Technology Linkages Fund (ISAT) travel award
AWATERE, Shaun
Best overall presentation at the 2003 Annual Conference of the Land Treatment Collective for paper - Tangata Whenua perspectives.
BECKEN, Susanne
ISAT travel grant to visit CRC for sustainable tourism
BRIGGS, Craig
Commonwealth Science Council Travel Grant to attend ESRI Conference.
DUCKWORTH, Janine
International Science and Technology Linkages Fund (ISAT) travel
award to USA
HILL, Linda
Commonwealth Science Council Award to attend a 5-day workshop entitled "Training the Trainers: Nutrients in the Environment", run by Queensland Health Scientific Services and held in Brisbane, Australia.
KELLIHER, Frank
Stapledon Memorial Trust Travelling Fellowship from the British
Grassland Society
McLEOD, Malcolm
Award for the best technical paper at the 2003 Annual Conference of the Land Treatment Collective - Towards national map coverage of rapid leaching of microbes through soil - implications for effluent irrigation: Malcolm McLeod, Jackie Aislabie, Trevor Webb, Janine Ryburn, Alexandra McGill and Matthew Taylor.
MORGAN, Fraser
Winner, Best Analytical Application at the 2002 ESRI International User Group Conference
MORGAN, Fraser
Winner, Best Overall Poster at the 2002 ESRI International User Group Conference
MORGAN, Fraser
MoRST funding (TPP Grant) to attend ESRI conference
PANDEY, Surya
Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) Waikato, Bay of Plenty branch Environmental Engineering (2002)award for the Treatment wall project.
Other members of the team were Bob Lee and Matthew Taylor.
TAYLOR, M
Best poster, 17th World Congress of Soil Science, 14-21 August 2002
THENG, Benny (Research Associate)
Received a grant from the Regional Council of Orleans (France) to
spend 4 months at CRMD-CNRS-University of Orleans (February-May
2003), compiling a Handbook of Clay Science
WHITEHEAD, David
Awarded funding from the French Embassy to support collaborative
research to be undertaken at INRA, Bordeaux, France for six months
starting from July 2003
Staff holding positions in professional societies
BEEVER, Ross
Vice-President, Auckland Botanical Society
BEGGS, Jacqueline
Sub-committee on education, New Zealand Ecological Society
BUCKLEY, Thomas
Secretary of the Systematics Association of New Zealand
BURNS, Bruce
Councillor, New Zealand Ecological Society
CARSWELL, Fiona
Convenor, Canterbury Branch Association of Women in Science
COMFORT, Greg
Vice-President and Senior Member of Society for Technical Communication.
COOPER, Jerry
Secretary of the Australasian Mycological Society
DALY, Brian
International Accreditation NZ (IANZ)- appointed technical expert in chemical testing
DAWSON, Murray
National Executive, Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture (RNZIH)
DAWSON, Murray
Webmaster, Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture (RNZIH)
GALLOWAY, David
Honorary Life President, International Association for Lichenology
GALLOWAY, David
Honorary Fellow, Department of Botany, University of Otago
GIANOTTI, Alison
Secretary of the Northland/Auckland Branch of the New Zealand Biosecurity Institute
GLEESON, Dianne
Treasurer, Systematics Association of New Zealand
HAYES, Lynley
President of the NZ Biosecurity Institute.
HOARE, Robert
President of the Auckland Branch of the Entomological Society of New Zealand.
JOHNSTON, Peter
Executive Committee Member, International Mycological Association
LEE, Robert
Member, Organising Committee, Golden Jubilee Conference (Nov 2002),
NZ Society of Soil Science
LESCHEN ,Richard
Vice President NZ Entomological Society
LESCHEN, Richard
Research Associate, Natural History Museums, University of Kansas
McKENZIE, Eric
Vice President, International Mycological Association
O´CONNOR, Cheryl
Vice president Australasian Wildlife Management Society
O´HALLORAN, Kathryn
NZ representative on the committee for the Australasian Society for Ecotoxicology (ASE).
PANDEY, Surya
Executive Member, Waikato Environmental Business Network
PERCIVAL, Harry
Councillor, Royal Society of NZ, Manawatu Branch
PHILLIPS, Chris
Editor of the newsletter "Broadsheet" of the New Zealand Association of Resource Management
PHILLIPS, Chris
Steering Group Member of the Ecological Engineering Programme within Isaac Centre for Nature Conservation
PHILLIPS, chris
Executive Committee Member NZ Association of Resource Management (NZARM)
REDDIEX, Ben
Treasurer, NZ Ecological Society
ROSS, Craig
Companion of the Royal Society of NZ
ROWE, Lindsay
Treasurer of the New Zealand Hydrological Society.
SAGGAR, Surrinder
Executive Council of the Manawatu Branch of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology and the NZ Institute of Agricultural Science NZIAS/NZSHS
SCHIPPER, Louis
Committee member representing Division S-10 (Wetlands) on the "Glossary
of Soil Science Terms" committee of Soil Science Society America
SPURR, Eric
NZ Coordinator, NZ-Hawaii Conservation Exchange
WARDLE, Peter (Research Associate)
President of the Canterbury Botanical Society
WILMSHURST, Janet
President, NZ Ecological Society
WISER, Susan
Council of the New Zealand Ecological Society.
YEATES, Gregor
President, Royal Society of NZ, Manawatu Branch (to Nov 01)
YEATES, Gregor
Secretary , Royal Society of NZ, Manawatu Branch (from Nov 01)
YOUNG, John
Chair, Committee on Taxonomy of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria, International Society of Plant Pathology
ZHANG, Zhi-Qiang
President 2000-2003, Systematic & Applied Acarology Society, London, UK
Staff holding university positions 2002/2003
AISLABIE, Jackie
Honorary lecturer, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato
BOWDEN, Breck
Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of New Hampshire
BREITWIESER, Ilse
Research Associate, Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences, University of Canterbury
BREITWIESER, Ilse
Honorary Research Associate, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
BURNS, Bruce
Honorary Lecturer, Dept Biological Sciences, University of Waikato.
CASSIE-COOPER, Vivienne (Research Associate)
Honorary Research Associate, CBER Freshwater Ecology Section of the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato
CLARKSON, Bev
Honorary Lecturer, Dept Biological Sciences, University of Waikato
CLEAVER, Mark
Honorary Research Associate, Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University.
COWAN, Phil
Honorary Research Associate, Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University.
DAVIE, Tim
Senior Fellow, Department of Geography, University of Canterbury, NZ
DAVIE, Tim
Honorary Research Associate, Queen Mary College, University of London, UK.
DYMOND, John
Teaching Associate, Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University.
FAHEY, Barry
Senior Fellow, Department of Geography at the University of Canterbury
FAHEY, Barry
Adjunct Lecturer, School of Forestry, University of Canterbury
GALLOWAY, David
Professorial Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago
GALLOWAY, David
Member of Hocken Library Committee, University of Otago
GIBB, Robert
Teaching Associate, Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University
GLEESON, Dianne
Lecturer and course coordinater for 3rd year and MSc Entomology, Auckland
GLEESON, Dianne
Lecturer in Biogeography, Auckland University University
HEENAN, Peter
Research Associate, University of Canterbury
INNES, John
Honorary Lecturer , Dept Biological Sciences, University of Waikato.
KELLIHER, Frank
Lecturer, Environmental Physics, Lincoln University
LEE, Bill
Honorary Research Fellow, Botany Department, University of Otago
MCGLONE, Matt
Honorary Research Associate, Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University.
MCLENNAN, John
Honarary Research Associate, Massey University
MCLENNAN, John
Honorary Research Associate, University of Canterbury
MEURK, Colin
Lecturer in restoration and landscape ecology, Lincoln University
PANDEY, Surya
Contract lecturer in Environmental Engineering, Department of Materials and Process Engineering, University of Waikato
PARFITT, Roger
Honorary Research Associate, Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University
PARSHOTAM, Aroon
Honorary Research Associate , Institute of Technology and Engineering, Massey University
RIJKSE, Wim
Honorary lecturer, Waikato University
ROSS, Craig
Honorary Research Associate, Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University
SAGGAR, Surinder
Honorary Research Associate, Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University
SIMCOCK, Robyn
Honorary Research Associate, Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University
STEPHENS, Peter
Honorary Research Associate, Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University
TREMBLAY, Louis
Guest lecturer, Department of animal and food sciences, Lincoln University.
TROTTER, Craig
Teaching Associate, Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University
TRUSTRUM, Noel
Honorary Research Associate, Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University
TRUSTRUM, Noel
Honorary Research Associate, School of Chemical & Physical Sciences, Victoria University
WARDLE, David
Adjunct Professorship, School of Boological Sciences, University of
Canterbury, Christchurch
WARDLE, David
Professor of Ecology (50% time), Department of Forest Vegetation
Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umea, Sweden
WHITEHEAD, David
Research Associate with University of Canterbury's Department of Biological Sciences
WHITEHEAD, David
Honorary Lecturer, Lincoln University Soil, Plant and Ecological Sciences Division
YEATES, Gregor
Nematology consultant to the Centre for Advanced Plant Biosecurity
Studies (Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University)
YEATES, Gregor
Honorary Research Associate, Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University
ZHANG, Zhi-Qiang
Adjunct Professor, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
ZHANG, Zhi-Qiang
Honorary Professor, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, China