Staff Awards 2003-2004
Manaaki Whenua staff contributing professional expertise to other science-focussed organisations
- Award
- Community service
- Directorships/board memberships
- Editorial roles with periodicals
- Formal advisory positions
- Invited Science Contribution
- Miscellaneous travel grants, conference prizes etc
- Staff holding positions in professional societies
- Staff holding university positions 2003/2004
Award
GREENEP Helen
Awarded the ZONTA/BRANZ Award (Zonta Wellington and
Building Research Association of New Zealand) for 2004. The award
encourages women to pursue a science career, especially with the
building industry, including energy and environment. Helen will use
the award to study for her PhD the roles of urban features as habitat
surrogates for indigenous biodiversity.
KELLIHER, Francis
Stapledon Memorial Trust Travel Award to visit Institute
of Grassland & Environmental Research and Rothamsted Research in
the United Kingdom
MCLENNAN John
Queen Services Medal in the New Years honours list
for work on kiwi recovery.
PARKES, John
Royal Society of NZ Rutherford bronze Medal
PARSHOTAM Aroon
Vision Manawatu scholarship for postgraduate study in Environmental Science
at the International Pacific College.
PHILLIPS Chris
McCaskill award from the NZ Association of Resource
Management.
ROSS, Craig
Honorary Lfe Member of NZ Institute of Agricultural
Science
THENG, Benny (Research Associate)
Received the Bailey Distinguished Member Award from
the Clay Minerals Society of America for "scientific eminence
as represented primarily by publication of outstanding original research
in clay science".
WALKER, Susan
Journal of Vegetation Science Editor's Award,
for best scientific paper 2003. for "Walker, S., Wilson, J.B.,
Steel, J.B., Rapson, G.L., Smith, B., King, W.McG. & Cottam, Y.H.
2003. Properties of ecotones: Evidence from five coastal ecotones.
J. Veg. Sci. 14: 579-590.
WARDLE David
Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. David
is one of the youngest recipients of this honour.
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Community service
BYROM, Andrea
Research Officer, Council of the New Zealand Speliological
Society
CARSWELL, Fiona
Judge at Canterbury and Westland School Science Fair
CARSWELL, Fiona
National Convenor of the Association for Women in
the Sciences (AWIS)
DUCKWORTH, Janine
Spoke to Year 13 students on developing new methods
of possum control as part of the biotechnology in science syllabus
at Cashmere High School.
HEDLEY, Carolyn
Judge for "Best student presentation" at
Manawatu Branch of the NZ Geological Society meeting, Massey University.
HEDLEY, Carolyn
Presentation to Freyberg High School Year 13 Biology
students on soil methane.
HEDLEY, Carolyn
Presentation to Waiararapa College Year 13 Ag and
Hort students on "Greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural
soils".
HORN, Chrys
Member of the Styx Living Laboratory Management Committee.
HORN, Chrys
Member of the Banks Peninsula Conservation Trust Management
Committee
HUNTER, David
Coordinate regular blood donations by group of staff
at the Hamilton site
KUHAJEK, Jeanne
Christchurch Science Fair Judge
KUHAJEK, Jeanne
Golden Key Volunteer Mentor
LARIVIÈRE, Marie-Claude
Mentoring of amateur entomologists and students on
insect collection & taxonomy
LLOYD-JONES, Annie
Judged the Environmental Category of the Selwyn District
Council Awards (held every 2 years)
MCGLINCHY, Aaron
Presentation on conservation of kiwi and the threats
they face, to children from Yaldhurst Model School, 15 September
2003 (with information and props provided by John McLennan, Bruce
Warburton, Andrea Byrom, and Wendy Ruscoe)
NORBURY, Grant
Member Galloway Beautification Committee
ROSS, Craig
President, Awapuni Rotary Club
ROSS, Craig
Group Leader, Roslyn Scout Group, Palmerston North
WATTS, Corinne
Jul 03-Jun 04: Interactive talk about insects and
conservation.
13 school talks (aged 6-13 years)
5 community group talks (e.g. Waikato KCC, JunNats)
Ran 3 regional council and DoC community workshops
WHITEHEAD, David
Judge, Canterbury-Westland Science & Technology Fair
WHITEHEAD, David
Judge, Environment Canterbury Resource Management
Awards
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Directorships/board memberships
BARKER, Gary
Member of Waikato Conservation Board
EASON, Charles
Board of Directors, Cawthron Institute (formerly on
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
JOLLANDS, Nigel
Executive Member of Australia New Zealand Society
for Ecological Economics
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
Director, Wool Equities Ltd
PEARCE, Andy
Director, Canesis Network Ltd
PEARCE, Andy
Deputy Chairman, Foundation for Research Science and
Technolgy
PEARCE, Andy
Director, Wool Research Organisation of New Zealand
(Inc) - ceased November 2003
PEARCE, Andy
Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management
PEARCE, Andy
Chairman, Sirtrack Ltd
PEARCE, Andy
Chairman, Marsupial CRC Ltd (ongoing from 2002)
PEARCE, Andy
Director, Keratec Ltd
PENMAN, David
Chair of the Budget Committee of the Global Biodiversity
Information Facility (GBIF) and a member of the Executive Committee.
PHILLIPS, Chris
Director,Australasian Chapter, International Erosion
Control Asscociation
PHILLIPS, Chris
Board of Management of Styx Living Laboratory, Christchurch
SUTHERLAND, Oliver
Board of the Environmental Risk Management Authority
(ERMA)
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Editorial roles with periodicals
AISLABIE, Jackie
Editorial Board, Geobiology.
BEEVER, Ross
Senior editor, Australasian Plant Pathology
BELLINGHAM, Peter
Acting scientific editor, 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 Associate Editor
CARSWELL, Fiona
Editorial Review Board of Tree Physiology
COWAN, Phil
Editorial Board Wildlife Research
EASON, Charles
Editorial Board Biomarkers
FRŌHLICH, Jane
Editor Fungal Diversity.
GALLOWAY, David
Editorial Board Nordic Journal of Botany
GLEESON, Dianne
Editorial Board, Australian Journal of Entomology
HARRIS Warwick (research associate)
Editor, Journal of the Canterbury Botany Society
KELLIHER, Francis
Editorial Board Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
LARIVIÈRE, Marie-Claude
Fauna of New Zealand Series
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
MCLEOD Catriona
Invited to be a guest Associated Editor for the NZ
Journal of Ecology while one of the official Associate Editors is
away on sabbatical.
O´CONNOR, Cheryl
Editorial Board Applied Animal Behaviour Science
PARFITT, Roger
Editorial Board Geoderma Editor of Soil Science
PELTZER, Duane
Interim Scientific 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
SCHIPPER, Louis
Associate editor, Soil Science Society of America
Journal, 2005-
THENG, Benny (Research Associate)
Editorial Board Applied Clay Science
TREMBLAY, Louis
Editorial Board Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
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
Editorial Board (and Chief editor until December 2003)
New Zealand Journal of Ecology
WARDLE, David
Editorial Board of Pedobiologia
WARDLE, David
Reviewer for >60 journals including Science and Nature
WHITEHEAD, David
Editorial Board Tree Physiology
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
YUAN, Guodong
Editorial Board, Communications in Soil Science and
Plant Analysis
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
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Formal advisory positions
ALLEN, Rob
Research subgroup of the sanding committee on forestry,
Australia - New Zealand Ministerial Council on Forestry, Fishing
and Agriculture
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
IMollusc Species Specialist Group of the IUCN Species
Survival Commission
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
BURGHAM, Stephen
Member, Cycling Development Subcommittee, Christchurch
City Council
CLARKSON, Bev
Trustee of the National Wetland Trust
COLEMAN, Jim
Member Animal Health Board´s HokonuiII committee
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
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.
FENEMOR, Andrew
Member, Natural Resources Engineering Advisory Board,
University of Canterbury
FENEMOR, Andrew
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT)
Environmental Science advisory panel
FENEMOR, Andrew
Project manager for Tasman Dictrict Council, Mapua
FCC contaminated site remediation project
FISHER, Penny
Member of advisory/reference group on eradication
of foxes from Tasmania.
FOWLER, Simon
IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group,
FUKAMI, Tadashi
Potential Review Panelist, US National Science Foundation
Graduate Research Fellowship Program
GALLOWAY, David
Fellowship Selection Panel (Plant Sciences), Royal
Society of New Zealand
GIBB, Robert
Chairperson of GIS Antarctic Special Interest Group
of the Officials
Committe of Geospatial Information (OCGI - a LINZ standing committee)
GIBB, Robert
Member of OCGI Reference Group for the Governments
Geospatial Information
Strategy.
GORDON, Richard
Global Reporting Initiative, indicator development
group
HARMSWORTH, Garth
Member of the Royal Society Committee on the International
Geosphere¨CBiosphere 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
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
LARIVIÈRE, Marie-Claude
Invertebrate Systematics Advisory Group
LARIVIÈRE, Marie-Claude
Australian Biological Resource Survey, co-primary
investigator
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
Marsden Panel for ecology and evolutionary biology.
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
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
Ecological advisor to Christchurch City Council (formerly
seconded, now from LCR)
MORGAN, David
Appointed by MAF Animal Welfare as "accredited
reviewer" under the Animal Welfare Act for review of Codes of
Ethical Conduct.
NORBURY, Grant
Appointed to Department of Conservation´s Grand
and Otago Skink Recovery Group
NUGENT, Graham
Advisor on Ngai Tahu kaupapa kereru project
O´CONNOR Cheryl
Technology Advisory Group, AHB
PANDEY, Surya
Science Advisory Committee, WINTEC (Waikato Institute
of Technology), Hamilton
PARKES, John
New Zealand representative on the Vertebrate Pest
Committee of the Australia and NZ Standing Committee on Agriculture
and Resource Management.
SAGGAR Surinder
Palmerston North Environmental Trust Board (3 year
appointment)
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
Norman Taylor lecturer 2004 for the New Zealand Society
of Soil Science
SPURR, Eric
Technical Advisory Group, Department of Conservation,
Rotoiti Nature Recovery Programme
STEPHENS Peter
Co-chair of the New Zealand Natural Hazards Cluster
AGM.
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
TREMBLAY Louis
Selected as a toxicology expert to be a member of
the Expert Committee on Drinking-Water Quality that will guide the
Ministry of Health in developing drinking-water standards.
TROTTER Craig
Member, and Chairman of the Land Use Change subgroup,
of the Technical Advisory group for the New Zealand Carbon Accounting
System
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 (ongoing)
TROTTER, Craig
Principal Investigator, algorithm design for the GLI
sensor on the ADEOS-II satellite (Japanese National Space Development
Agency)
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.
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.
YOUNG, John
Member, Judicial Commission International Committee
of the Systematics of Prokaryotes
(Member, Sub-committee on the taxonomy of Pseudomonas)
ZHANG, Zhi-Qiang
Invited by MAF to join MAF delegation to Australia
as mite expert.
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Invited Science Contribution
AISLABIE, Jackie
Invited to present research findings at NSF-sponsored
workshop on Antarctica, Jekyll Island, GA.
BARBOUR, Margaret
Invited to present a paper at the fall American Geophyical
Union, San Francisco, in a session titled "Isotopic indicators
of biological processes"
BECKEN, Susan
Invited book chapter, in tourism, recreation and climate
change: International perspectives.
BECKEN, Susan
Invited lecture to American echange students under
ECOQUEST programme.
BUCKLEY, Thomas
Invited presentation at the XIX International Congress
of Genetics, Melbourne
CLEMONS, Janine
Expert Science Witness for Nelson Transport Strategy
Group (NELSUST) regarding the appeal to the Environment Court against
the proposed southern link highway in Nelson proposed by Transit
NZ.
CLEMONS, Janine
Invited presentation to the collections conference:
collaborations in Canterbury.
COWAN, Phil
Invited presentation on possum biocontrol at two-day
expert consultation on control of wild elephant populations organized
by Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Netherlands.
COWAN, Phil
Invited to act as external examiner for PhD thesis
on ecology of mammals for colleague from Kyrgyzstan
DALY, Brian and others
Invited paper at the combined Australasian Soil and
Plant Analysis Council (ASPAC) and Fertiliser and Lime Research Centre
(FLRC) Conference, Plamerston North.
DUCKWORTH, Janine
Invited speaker at New Approaches in Molecular Biotechnology
for Biomedicine Conference (NAMMB´03), Vienna, Austria. (All
costs paid by NAMBB´03)
DUCKWORTH, Janine
Guest lecturer at Lincoln University Divisional Seminar
EASON, Charlie
Invited seminar to Royal Society of NZ on risk assessment
and research on 1080.
FOWLER, Simon
FUKAMI, Tadashi
Invited talk at University of California, San Diego
FUKAMI, Tadashi
Invited participant at EU-funded workshop "Habitat
fragmentation and soil biodiversity," CONSIDER (Conservation
of Soil Organism Diversity under Global Change) programme, Lund,
Sweden
FUKAMI, Tadashi
Invited talk at University of Florida, Gainesville
GLEESON, Diane (and N Gemmell)
Invited presentation at DOC phylogenetic workshop.
GOURLAY, Hugh
Invited to speak at a series of 5 seminars run by
the Tai Poutini Polytechnic on the West Coast. (June 2004)
HARMSWORTH, Garth
Invited keynote speaker at Biodiversity Restoration
hui organised by Matakana Island Trust.
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.
HORN, Chrys
Invited member of National Weedbuster New Zealand
Management Committee
JOHNSON Peter
Delivered keynote talk on ¡°New Zealand Wetlands¡± and
co-presented (with Philippe Gerbeaux, DOC, Hokitika) a training workshop
in 'Interpretating
Different Wetland Types' to 'Restoring Wetlands': a national
symposium, held at the Tapu Te Ranga Marae, Island Bay, Wellington.
KUHAJEK, Jeanne
Invited talk, Christchurch Botanical Society
LARIVIÈRE, Marie-Claude
University of Vienna, Austria,invited contribution
to Festcschrift in honour of E. Heiss (world expert on flat bugs)
LAUBACH, Johannes, with KELLIHER, Frank
By invitation from DEXCEL, spoke about measuring methane
emissions from dairy cows to local farm managers at Brookside.
LAUBACH, Johannes, with KELLIHER, Frank
By invitation from DEXCEL spoke to 270 dairy farmers
about developnment of technology to measure methane emission rate
from a herd of grazing dairy cows at the South Island Dairy Development
Centre during a Focus Day organised by Dexcel.
LAWTON, Maggie
Invited to give a paper on sustainable buildings at
the Ecological Engineering Conference in July.
LEE, Bill
Invited presentation on biodiversity inventory and
monitoring at DOC Southern Regional office
LEE, Bill
Invited presentation on biodiversity inventory and
monitoring at National Inventory and Monitoring workshop, DOC.
MARDEN, Mike
Invited to present findings on riparian plant trials
to a willow and poplar reserach collective, HortResearch.
MARDEN, Mike
Invited to present findings on gully erosion on the
East Coast to landowners in the Tapuaeroa valley.
MARDEN, Mike
Invited to present findings on gulley development
in the Mangatu Forest at two forestry workshops in Gisborne.
MCKENZIE, Eric
Co-chair, scientific programme committee, International
Mycological congress
MCLENNAN. John
Invited to speak at 3rd International Wildlife Congress
MCLEOD, Malcolm
invited to attend and present research findings at
International workshop of Antarctic Permafrost and Soils, Madison,
Wisconsin.
MEURK, Colin
Presented the 2003 Banks Memorial Lecture at the RNZIH
2003 conference.
NUGENT Graham
Invited to speak at a wildlife diseases conference in Georgia in May.
NUGENT, Graham
Invited presentation on Tb in NZ wildlife at an international
panel (California, USA) to review spread of Tb in deer in Michigan.
NUGENT, Graham
Invited presentation, World vetinerary deer congress,
Queenstown.
O´HALLORAN, Kathryn
Invited keynote speaker on terrestrial ecotoxicology
at Adelaide meeting on Contaminants and EcologicalRisk Assessment.
PAGE, Mike
Invited presentation at 6th International Gravel bed
River Conference in Australia.
PAIRMAN, David
Invited talk at DLR, Germany
PANDEY, surya
Invited talks at Roading Engineering Association of
Asia and Australasia seminars
PANDEY, Surya
Invited to chair two sessions and facilitate a workshop
at the International Conference on Environment and Urban Management,
Indonesia.
PANDEY, Surya
Invited speaker by the Hong kong Institution of Engineers
(HKIE)at International Conference on Pollution in the Metropolitan
and Urban Environment (POLMET 2003), Hong kong.
PARFITT Roger
Invitation to lecture at a workshop on volcanic soils
in Sendai, Japan, in August.
ROBERTSON, Al
Invited lecture on NZ Ecology to NZ section of the
International Honours Programme
SCHIPPER, Louis
Invited participant (travel and expenses paid) at
Workshop "Advanced Approaches to Quantify Denitrification"
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA May 2004.
SORRELL, Brian
Invited keynote address at Restoring wetlands forum,
Wellington, 27-28 February 2004.
SORRELL, Brian
Invited speaker for two sessions at the 7th INTECOL
international wetlands conference, Netherlands, July 2004.
SPARLING, Graham
Sponsored by Irish Government Dept of Agriculture
(Teagasc) to present keynote lecture and facilitate workshop at the
University of Limerick, Ireland, and advise on setting up a national
soil quality monitoring programme
TATE Kevin
invited by MAF and Professor Charles Rice (Kansas
State University) to represent New Zealand at a Carbon Measurement
and Monitoring Forum to be held in Manhattan, Kansas from October
15-17.
TATE Kevin
Invited to Chair and facilitate the session on ´Trace
gas emissions inventories´ and the concluding session on ´Have
we achieved the workshop goals´ at the recent Trace Gas Workshop
jointly organized by NIWA and PGGRC (Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Research
Consortia).
TATE, Kevin
Invited keynote address presented at COST Action 627
Conference, Ghent, Belgium, June 2004
THENG, Benny
Invited to give a plenary lecture at the 41st annual
meeting of the Clay Minerals Society in Richland, Washington, USA
(19-25 June 2004). The title of the lecture is "Of Clays, Colloids,
and Composites"
TROTTER Craig
Invited to contribute a chapter on carbon inventory
and modelling for the book "Global environmental change in the
ocean and on land", publishers Kluwer Academic Ltd.
TRUSTRUM, Noel and Mike Page
Invited presentation at "De-stressing estuaries" workshop,
Wellington Regional Council.
TRUSTRUM, Noel and PAGE, M
Invited presentations and attendance at International
workshop on source to sink sedimentary dynamics at the catchment
scale, Japan.
WALKER, Susan
Canterbury Botanical Society 50th Anniversary Symposium.
WARDLE, David
Keynote speaker at Ecol Soc conference, Halle, Germany
WEBB, Trevor
Invited paper on impact of irrigation on soils and
environment presented to Otage Regional Council meeting.
WHITEHEAD, David
Invited keynote presentation at an international workshop ´Secondes
rencontres d'ecophysioliogie de l'arbre´. La Rochelle,
France
WHITEHEAD, David
Invited collaborative research undertaken at INRA,
Bordeaux, France for six months
WILLIAMS, peter
Organised and chaired a one-day symposium at the 7th
International Conference on Ecology and Management of Alien Plant
Invasions, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
WILTON, Aaron
Invited to speak on databases at TIFBIS workshop
WISER, Susan
Invited to give a presentation on the NVS Databank
at DOC´s national inventory and monitoring meeting.
YEATES Gregor
Invited to give a keynote paper to the Nematology
committee of the American Phytopathological Society at their annual
conference.
YEATES, Gregor
Presented the 2003 Hudson Lecture (53rd) to Royal
Society of New Zealand Wellington Branch (premier annual lecture
awarded in recognition of effort in Science or the promotion of Science
and Technology) ¡°Nematodes: the bane and blessing of plant
and animal populations¡± .
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Miscellaneous travel grants, conference prizes etc.
ANDREW, Robbie
ISAT travel award to bring a senior scientist from
the US for a two-week visit.
BARBOUR, Margaret
ISAT travel grant to allow travel and collaboration
with a colleague in Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA over a two year period
to investigate rapid responses of trees to changing environmental
conditions using stable isotopes and a new, sophisticated state-of-the-art
field-based tuneable diode laser system.
BORKIN, Kerry
Queen Elizabeth II Technicians´ Study Award
(for study of distance sampling)
BRIGGS, Craig
Queen Elizabeth II Technicians grant to attend a GIS
Spatial Analyst course, October 2003.
CANANAGH, Jo
Awarded a study grant from the Wasteminz Organisation
to support attendance at a workshop on the bioavailability of contaminants
in the terrestrial environment and a conference on the remediation
of contaminated sites being held in Australia during September.
JONES, Chris
FRST Post Doc for research on ¡°Relieving the
Pressure on native Wildlife. How much Pest Control is enough?¡±
LILBURNE, Linda
Commonwealth Science Council travel grant
NOVIS, Phil
FRST Post-doc to study using a snow algae to track
evolutionary changes in biota.
PARSHOTAM, Aroon
ISAT travel grant to work with Peter Smith, University
of Aberdeen, on carbon dioxide emissions from organic soils.
SAGGAR, Surinder
Certified by the Australian Institute of Agricultural
Science & Technology and New Zealand Institute of Agriculture Science
as a Practising Agriculturalist (CPAg) for 2004/05.
SMISSEN, Rob
Australian Systematic Botany Student Prize 2003
WAIPARA, Nick
ICPP (International Congress of Plant Pathology) Travel
grant to attend the Australasian Soilborne Diseases Symposium in
South Australia in February 2004.
WASHBOURNE, Karen
Merit award for top student on an animal care course
at Christchurch Polytech.
WILSON, Deb
Royal Society of New Zealand ISAT Linkages Travel
Award
WILSON-DAVEY, Julia
Queen Eilzabeth II Technicians´ Study Award.
YEATES, Gregor
ISAT grant to bring Prof W van der Putten to New Zealand
from the Netherlands Institute of Ecology and Wageningen University,
The Netherlands to Landcare Research
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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
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)
DAWSON, Murray
Webmaster, NZ Gardens Trust.
GALLOWAY, David
Honorary Life President, International Association
for Lichenology
GIANOTTI, Alison
National Secretary of the New Zealand Biosecurity
Institute
GLEESON, Dianne
Treasurer, Systematics Association of New Zealand
GOURLAY, Hugh
Elected Chairperson of the Canterbury branch of the
Biosecurity Institute.
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
LESCHEN ,Richard
Vice President NZ Entomological Society
LESCHEN, Richard
Research Associate, Natural History Museums, University
of Kansas
LLOYD-JONES, Annie
Granted Membership of the Environment Institute of
Australia and New Zealand.
McKENZIE, Eric
Vice President, International Mycological Association
O'CONNOR, Cheryl
Vice president Australasian Wildlife Management Society
PAIRMAN, David
Member of Technical Program Committee for IGARSS´04
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
REDDIEX, Ben
Treasurer, NZ Ecological Society
ROSS Craig
Environment Committee of the PSA, as one of 3 science
sector delegates.
ROSS, Craig
Companion of the Royal Society of NZ
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 of America 2004-
TREMBLAY, Louis
NZ representative on the Australiasian Society for
Ecotoxicology (succeeded Kathryn O´Halloran)
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
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
ZHANG, Zhi-Quang
Honorary Research Fellow, The Natural History Museum,
London, UK
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Staff holding university positions 2003/2004
AISLABIE, Jackie
Honorary lecturer, Department of Biological Sciences,
University of Waikato
BAISDEN, Troy
Visiting Scholar, Princeton Environmental Institute,
Princeton University
BAISDEN, Troy
NZ District Enrolment Director for Darthmouth College
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 lecturer, Massey University
CLEAVER, Mark
Chair, Manawatu Bio Commerce Trust.
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.
DUCKWORTH, Janine
Honorary lecturer, Lincoln University.
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
Honorary Fellow, Department of Botany, 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
Honorary staff member, University of 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.
JOLLANDS, Nigel
Appointed Senior Lecturer, Resource and Environmental
Planning, Massey University.
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
STANLEY, Margaret
Honorary staff member, School of Biological Sciences
at Auckland University (Coordinate and 15 lectures 3rd year Population
and Community Ecology.
STEPHENS, Peter
Honorary Research Associate, Institute of Natural
Resources, Massey University
TREMBLAY, Louis
Senior Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, University
of Canterbury
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
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