Staff Awards 2005-2006

Manaaki Whenua staff contributing professional expertise to other science-focussed organisations

Prestigious Awards

BEEVER, Ross

Fellow of The New Zealand Institute of Agricultural & Horticultural Science, in recognition of Ross's contribution to New Zealand's horticulture and agricultural industries

BEEVER, Ross

Fellowship of the Royal Society of New Zealand

BUCHANAN, Peter

New Zealand Science Communicator's Award for 2004.  This is fitting recognition of Peter's efforts in promoting events like BioBlitz and Fungal Forays, and for his passion and commitment to communicating science in schools and to the public

FORD, Kerry

Canterbury Botanical Society's Junior Bledisloe Trophy. This is awarded annually to a member who has done meritorious work in popularising and extending interest in and knowledge of the native flora 

FUKAMI, Tad

Denzaburo Miyadi Award, Ecological Society of Japan, awarded by the Society annually to two young-to-mid career society members for their contribution to ecology.

McLENNAN, John

Hawke's Bay Conservation Council ※Conservator of the Year§ in recognition of his work with kiwi

ROSSER, Suzanne

Fellow of the Association of Administrative Professionals (AAPNZ)

SPARLING, Graham

Norman Taylor Memorial Award from the NZ Soil Science Society recognising Graham as one of New Zealand's topsoil scientists, and his outstanding contribution to soil science.

STANLEY, Margaret

The inaugural ※Peter Ingram Memorial Award" from the NZ Biosecurity Institute. The award recognises a NZ Biosecurity Institute member who undertakes further study in the field of pest plants or helps others to learn more

SYKES, Bill

Canterbury Botanical Society's Senior Bledisloe Trophy. This is awarded annually to a member who has done meritorious work in popularising and extending interest in and knowledge of the native flora 

WAGSTAFF, Steve

National Geographic Grant from the Committee for Research and Exploration

WARBURTON, Bruce

Bronze Medal from the Royal Society, for his significant contribution to progressing the humane treatment of wildlife in research and management, both nationally and internationally

YEATES, Gregor

Honorary Member of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Manawatu Branch

YUAN, Guodong

Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship to visit Canada and study Canadian policy on, strategies for, and advances in hydrogen technology, and to develop linkages there for the benefit of New Zealand. Only seven Churchill Fellowships have been funded from nearly ten times as many applications

 Grants and Prizes

AUSSEIL, Anne-Gaelle

ISAT travel grant to visit the Institut de recherche pour le Development (IRD) in Noumea, New Caledonia. The goal is to develop a project on erosion modelling on a site in New Caledonia, and study effects on the coastal zone (coral reefs in particular).

BAISDEN, Troy (and others)

Presentation: ※High Riverine Carbon Export in New Zealand: Potential Significance of Soil Erosion to Carbon Accounting§ was chosen from dozens of submissions as one of the 5 carbon cycling talks for presentation at the carbon cycle plenary session of the first Symposium of the Earth System Scholars Network

BAISDEN, Troy (and others)

Best Conference Poster presentation Best Poster presentation, Soil and Climate Symposium: Durelle T Scott, W. T. Baisden, Nick J. Preston, Noel A. Trustrum, R. Davies-Colley, Ross A. Woods, Murray Hicks, Basil Gomez, Michael J. Page, K.R. Tate: High riverine transport of particulate organic carbon in New Zealand: potential significance of soil erosion to carbon accounting. Joint Australian and NZ Soil Science Societies ※SuperSoils§ conference in Sydney in December 2004.

BRACKLEY, Hannah

Victoria University Science Faculty Small Research Grant to help her attend the AGU Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting in Honolulu, where she presented the poster, ※Changes in organic carbon from land to ocean in the Waipaoa Sedimentary System, New Zealand§

BRIGGS, Craig

QE II Technicians Study Award to travel to Edmonton to look at systems for rural fire risk prediction

GILTRAP, Donna

Funding from the Climate Change Office to travel to US under the US/NZ Climate Change Partnership and work with Changsheng Li, the developer of the DNDC model.

GILTRAP, Donna (and others)

Soil and Farming Systems Symposium Best Poster presentation: Giltrap Donna, Surinder Saggar, Kevin Tate and Changsheng Li: Using 'NZ-DNDC' model to simulate the effects of changing land management on the emissions of nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide from New Zealand grazed pastures. Joint Australian and NZ Soil Science Societies ※SuperSoils§ conference in Sydney in December 2004.

HONA, Shane

QEII technician study award to travel to the UK and work with CABI biosciences in Ascot, England to investigate new gorse and broom biocontrol agents in their native range

HOWITT, Robin

QE II Technicians Study Award to spend two months at Wildlife Genetics International in Nelson, British Columbia

HUNT, John

ISAT travel grant to undertake new collaborative research with colleagues in Texas to partition the sources of respired CO2 in a C4 grassland being invaded by C3 trees

LAUBACH, Johannes

Marsden funding to look at ※How does the atmospheric boundary layer adapt to landscape irregularities?§  The grant will be used to test new theory of turbulence in boundary layer meteorology in conjunction with atmospheric physicists from Canada and the UK

LESCHEN, Rich

Coleopterists Society Outstanding Paper of the Year award for the 2003 paper published in Coleopterists Bulletin (Leschen, R. A. B.; Newton, A. F. 2003. Larval description, adult feeding behaviour, and phylogenetic placement of Megalopinus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Coleopterists Bulletin, 57(4):469每493.)

LOWE, Cara

FRST postdoctoral fellowship on ※Methods to biomonitor effects of cumulative pollution in New Zealand estuarine environments§

MacLEOD, Catriona

Fast-Start Marsden grant to look at avian parasites on introduced passerines

McGILL, Alex

QE II Technicians Study Award to travel to Leeds for HPLC training

PRICE, Robbie

QE II Technicians Study Award to travel to Aberdeen to look at systems modelling

RUTLEDGE, Daniel

NZ-Hawaii Conservation Exchange Programme travel grant

SARMAH, Ajit

 

Best poster award at the ※New Zealand Hydrological Society Conference, Queenstown, 16每18 November 2004: Kinetics of Degradation Mechanisms for pesticides in two contrasting New Zealand soils (with Murray Close (ESR)).

SINGH, Jagrati (and others)

T.W Walker award for Best Oral Presentation at the joint Australian and NZ Soil Science Societies ※SuperSoils§ conference in Sydney in December 2004 Singh Jagrati, Surinder Saggar and N.S. Bolan: Mitigating gaseous losses of N from pasture soil with urease and nitrification inhibitors.

TOMPKINS, Dan

(with MACLEOD, Catriona)

Marsden funding for the project  ※Lost parasites: did they miss the boat or drown on arrival?§

Travelling River art-science exhibition

Winner of the Cultural Heritage section of the Tasman District Council 2004 Environmental Awards.

TROWSDALE, Sam

Best presentation on the conference theme of ※Land Treatment of Wastewater and Stormwater in Urban catchments§ at the New Zealand Land Treatment Conference, Auckland (7每9 March).

WILMSHURST, Janet

Marsden Funding for ※Solving the kiore controversy - when did people bring the Pacific rat to prehistoric New Zealand?§

YOCKNEY, Ivor

QEII study award

YUAN, Guodong

ISAT funding to support work on clay-nanocomposites with Toyota Central R&D Labs, Japan. A senior Japanese scientist visited Palmerston North in 2004, for a symposium on clay nanocomposites

YUAN, Guodong

Aichi Fund grant to develop research links between New Zealand and Japan in the area of clay polymers with potential applications in the automotive sector

Directorships/board memberships

BARKER, Gary

Member of Waikato Conservation Board

CLEAVER, Mark

Trustee, Vision Manawatu

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

National Board of the Sustainable Business Network

LAWTON, Maggie

Auckland Regional Board of the Sustainable Business Network

LAWTON, Maggie

Co-convenor of the University of Auckland and Landcare Research Board of Management

LAWTON, Maggie

University of Auckland School of Biological Sciences Advisory Board

McLENNAN, John

Trust Board, Project Kiwi

McLENNAN, John

Board of the BNZ Kiwi Recovery Programme

MEURK, Colin

Quail Island Trust

PEARCE, Andy

Director, Wool Equities Ltd

PEARCE, Andy

Director, Canesis Network Ltd

PEARCE, Andy

Deputy Chairman, Foundation for Research Science and Technology

PEARCE, Andy

Director, Wool Research Organisation of New Zealand Inc. (until November 2003)

PEARCE, Andy

Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management

PEARCE, Andy

Chairman, Sirtrack Ltd

PEARCE, Andy

Chairman, Marsupial CRC Ltd

PEARCE, Andy

Director, Keratec Ltd

PENMAN, David

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Executive Committee  and Budget Committee (Chair)

PHILLIPS, Chris

Director, Australasian Chapter, International Erosion Control Association

PHILLIPS, Chris

Board of Management of Styx Living Laboratory, Christchurch

SAGGAR, Surinder

Expert Reviewer, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Editorial roles with periodicals

AISLABIE, Jackie

Editorial Board, Geobiology

ALLEN, Will

Editorial Board RSNZ Social Science Journal

BECKEN, Suzanne

Editorial Board Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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

FRÖHLICH, 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

HOARE, Robert

Editor, NZ Entomologist

HOARE, Robert

Editor, Fauna NZ

JOLLANDS, Nigel

Editor, Australian National University Environment and Ecology Network

KELLIHER, Francis

Editorial Board Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

LARIVIÈRE, Marie-Claude

Editor, Fauna of New Zealand Series

LEE, Bill

Editorial Board Journal of the Royal Society of 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

Chairman, Editorial Advisory Board, NZ Journal of Botany

McKENZIE, Eric

Associate Editor, Mycoscience

McKENZIE, Eric

Associate Editor, Fungal Diversity

McLENNAN, John

Assistant Editor, Notornis

MCLEOD Catriona

Guest Associate Editor, NZ Journal of Ecology

O´CONNOR, Cheryl

Editorial Board Applied Animal Behaviour Science

OVERTON, Jake

Biology Conservation Special Issue

PARFITT, Roger

Editorial Board Geoderma Editor of Soil Science

PELTZER, Duane

Interim Scientific Editor, NZ Journal of Ecology

PELTZER, Duane

Editor, Plant Ecology

PENMAN, David

Editorial Board International Journal of Pest Management

PENMAN, David

Editorial Board Experimental and Applied Acarology

PENNYCOOK, Shaun

Editorial Advisory Board, NZ Journal of Botany

PENNYCOOK, Shaun

Editor, Mycotaxon

PENNYCOOK, Shaun

Editor, Fungal Diversity

PRICE, Sally

Editor, Global Change Biology

SAGGAR, Surrinder

Editorial Advisory Board Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment

SCHIPPER, Louis

Associate editor, Soil Science Society of America Journal

THENG, Benny (Research Associate)

Editorial Board Applied Clay Science

THENG, Benny

Editor, Handbook of Clay Science

TREMBLAY, Louis

Editorial Board, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

TREMBLAY, Louis

Guest Editor, Biomarker

TREMBLAY, Louis

Editorial Board Australasian Journal of Ecotoxicology

WALCROFT, Adrian

Editorial Review Board of Tree Physiology Journal

WALKER, Susan

Associate Editor, Applied Vegetation Science

WARDLE, David

Receiving editor, Ecology Letters

WARDLE, David

Editorial Board (Chief Editor until December 2003) NZ Journal of Ecology

WARDLE, David

Editorial Board of Pedobiologia

WARDLE, David

Reviewer for >60 journals including Science and Nature

WARDLE, David

Editorial Board, Ecology (AES)

WARDLE, David

Editorial Board, Ecological Monographs (AES)

WATSON,

Editor, Journal of the World Association of Soil and Water Conservation

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

YEATES, Gregor

Editorial Board USA Journal of Nematology

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

Assistant Editor, Acarology Bulletin

ZHANG, Zhi-Qiang

Editor-in-Chief, Systematic & Applied Acarology

ZHANG, Zhi-Qiang

Editorial Board Member, Oriental Insects

Formal advisory positions

ALLEN, Rob

Research subgroup of the standing committee on forestry, Australia - New Zealand Ministerial Council on Forestry, Fishing and Agriculture

ALLEN, Rob

Advisory Board, Australian Research Council-funded network on vegetation and futures

ALLEN, Will

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Working Group

BARKER, Gary

Invasive Species Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission

BARKER, Gary

Mollusc Species Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission

BREITWIESER, Ilse

Trustee of the Koiata Botanical Trust

BUCHANAN, Peter

Forest Health Research Collaborative Management Committee

BUCHANAN, Peter

MAF Forest Biosecurity Consultative Committee

BUCHANAN, Peter

Pine Pitch Canker Technical Advisory Group

BURGHAM, Stephen

Cycling Development Subcommittee, Christchurch City Council

BURNS, Bruce

Tane Tree Trust

CHOQUENOT, Dave

Science Advisory Committee of Earthwatch, Australasia

CLARKSON, Bev

Trustee of the National Wetland Trust

COLEMAN, Jim

Animal Health Board's HokonuiII committee

COMFORT, Greg

Advisory Committee for the Graduate Diploma of Technical Communication (GDTC) at Christchurch Polytechnic.

COOPER, Jerry

Global Biodiversity Information Facility Science Committee on the Electronic Catalogue of Names

COOPER, Jerry

Global Biodiversity Information Facility Scientific and Technical Advisory Group on Data Access and Database Interoperability

COOPER, Jerry

Convenor, Taxonomic Databases Working Group subcommittee on names of organisms

COOPER, Jerry

Convenor, Taxon names

COWAN, Phil

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

CROSBY, Trevor

Samoa Plant Protection Advisor

DALY, Brian

Secretary and member of Laboratory Proficiency Sub-committee, of Australasian Soil and Plant Analysis Council (ASPAC).

DALY, Brian

International Accreditation NZ (IANZ) 每 Appointed technical expert in chemical testing

EASON, Charles

Tertiary Education Commission ( TEC) Performance-based Review Panel Member

EFFORD, Murray

Member South Island Beech Forest Working Group, Department of Conservation

FENEMOR, Andrew

Wai-iti Water Augmentation Committee, Tasman District.

FENEMOR, Andrew

Natural Resources Engineering Advisory Board, University of Canterbury

FENEMOR, Andrew

Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) Environmental Science advisory panel

FENEMOR, Andrew

Project advisor for Tasman District Council, Mapua FCC contaminated site remediation project

FENEMOR, Andrew

UNESCO

FISHER, Penny

Member of advisory/reference group on eradication of foxes from Tasmania.

FORDYCE, Alison

Massey University Genetic Technology Committee

FOWLER, Simon

IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group

FRAME, Bob

FRST advisory group

FRAME, Bob

Prime Minister and Cabinet Futures Project

FUKAMI, Tadashi

US National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Programme

GALLOWAY, David

Fellowship Selection Panel (Plant Sciences), Royal Society of New Zealand

GIBB, Robert

Chairperson of GIS Antarctic Special Interest Group of the Officials Committee of Geospatial Information (OCGI - a LINZ standing committee)

GIBB, Robert

OCGI Reference Group for the Government's Geospatial Information Strategy

GORDON, Richard

Global Reporting Initiative, indicator development group

HARMSWORTH, Garth

Royal Society Committee on the International Geosphere每Biosphere programme

HARMSWORTH, Garth

Science Faculty Committee Te Whare Wananga O Awanuiarangi

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

HEENAN, Peter

Technical Work Group for National Pest Plant Accord (Biosecurity NZ)

INNES, John

Department of Conservation North Island kokako and black stilt Recovery Groups

INNES, John

Department of Conservation emergency response group for rodent arrival on an island

INNES, John

DOC Waikato Management Strategy

KILVINGTON, Margaret

MORST- invited reviewer in ※science and society§ survey

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, Tane Tree 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 Society Committee for awarding of James Cook Fellowships

LEE, Bill

Kakapo Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee, Department of Conservation

LYVER, Phil

National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee

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 Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment investigation ※The role of indigenous flora on non-public land§

MCGLONE, Matt

Science Advisory Group to advise the CEO FRST  on portfolio strategies

MCKENZIE, Eric

MAF Dutch Elm Disease Technical Advisory Group

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

MEURK, Colin

Science Advisory Panel of NZ Ecological Restoration Network

MOORE, Stephen

Auckland Regional Council working committee for urban development impacts on streams

MOORE, Stephen

Royal Society of NZ Waterways

MORGAN, David

MAF Animal Welfare  "accredited reviewer" under the Animal Welfare Act for review of Codes of Ethical Conduct

NORBURY, Grant

Department of Conservation Grand and Otago Skink Recovery Group

NUGENT, Graham

Advisor on Ngai Tahu kaupapa kereru project

O´CONNOR Cheryl

Technology Advisory Group, AHB

O'CONNOR, Cheryl

National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee

PAGE, Mike

NZ Landslide Guidelines Steering Group

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.

PARKES, John

Technical Advisory Group for goat eradication from Guadaloupe Island

PARKES, John

Invasive species group, IUCN

PENNYCOOK, Shaun

Nomenclature Committee for fungi, International Association of Plant Taxonomy

PHILLIPS, Chris

Ecological Engineering Programme, Isaac Centre for Nature Conservation

RAMSEY, Dave

AHB Technical Advisory Committee

SAGGAR Surinder

Palmerston North Environmental Trust Board Member

SAGGAR, Surinder

IANZ technical expert to assess soil and plant testing services

SAGGAR, Surinder

Expert Reviewer, IPCC Guidelines for national greenhouse gas inventories

SCHIPPER, Louis

Technical Advisory Committee of the NZ Land Treatment Collective

SCHIPPER, Louis

Steering panel to develop a Research Coordination Network for denitrification science

SPURR, Eric

Technical Advisory Group, Department of Conservation, Rotoiti Nature Recovery Programme

TATE, Kevin

NZ contact for US/NZ Climate Change Partnership (invited by MAF)

TATE, Kevin

Advisory Board of GNS National Isotope Centre

TATE, Kevin

RSNZ Marsden Fund,  Earth Science and Astronomy Advisory Panel

TOFT, Richard

MAF High Risk Surveillance Committee

TREMBLAY Louis

Member of the expert committee on drinking-water quality that will guide the Ministry of Health in developing drinking-water standards

TROTTER, Craig

Australian Research Council, 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) 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.

TROTTER, Craig

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) international roster of experts to assess Kyoto Protocol Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects

TROTTER, Craig

Expert Reviewer, IPCC Guidelines for national greenhouse gas inventories

VALE, Robert

Auckland City Mayoral Taskforce for urban Design

WARBURTON, Bruce

Technical Advisory Group for the National Possum Control Agencies

WARBUTON, Bruce

National Animal Welfare Advisory Council

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

WILLIAMS, Peter

Technical Work Group for National Pest Plant Accord (Biosecurity NZ)

YEATES, Gregor

Expert assessor in the joint FRST/Health Research Council International Investment Opportunities Fund

YOUNG, John

Member, Judicial Commission International Committee of the Systematics of Prokaryotes (Member, Sub-committee on the taxonomy of Pseudomonas)

Staff holding positions in professional societies

BEEVER, Ross

Vice-President, Auckland Botanical Society

BRAISHER, Tamsin

National Executive Committee Member, Association for Women in Sciences

BUCHANAN, Peter

Office holder, Fungal Network of New Zealand

BUCHANAN, Peter

Councillor, NZ Plant Conservation Network

BUCKLEY, Thomas

Secretary of the Systematics Association of New Zealand

BURNS, Bruce

Councillor, New Zealand Ecological Society

BYROM, Andrea

Chair, Australasian Wildlife Management Society

CLARKSON, Bev

Trustee, National Wetlands Trust

COMFORT, Greg

Vice-President and Senior Member of Society for Technical Communication

COOPER, Jerry

Secretary of the Australasian Mycological Society

COOPER, Jerry

Office holder, Fungal Network of New Zealand

DALY, Brian

Secretary Australasian Soil and Plant Analysis Council (ASPAC)

DAWSON, Murray

National Executive and Webmaster, Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture (RNZIH)

DAWSON, Murray

Webmaster, NZ Gardens Trust

GIANOTTI, Alison

National Secretary of the New Zealand Biosecurity Institute

GLEESON, Dianne

Treasurer, Systematics Association of New Zealand

GOBULESKI, Nancy

Secretary, Ecological Society America Ecology Section

GOURLAY, Hugh

Re-elected Chairperson of the Canterbury branch of the Biosecurity Institute.

HAYES, Lynley

President of the NZ Biosecurity Institute

HOARE, Robert

President, Entomological Society of New Zealand (Auckland Branch)

JOHNSTON, Peter

Executive Committee Member, International Mycological Association

JOLLANDS, Nigel

NZAssociation of Agricultural and Resource Economists

LESCHEN, Richard

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

PAIRMAN, David

Member of Technical Program Committee for IGARSS´04

PANDEY, Surya

Executive Member, Waikato Environmental Business Network

PHILLIPS, Chris

President of the New Zealand Association of Resource Management

PHILLIPS, Chris

Steering Group Member of the Ecological Engineering Programme within Isaac Centre for Nature Conservation

PRICE, Sally

Council of Royal Society (Canterbury Branch)

PYE, Pam

Treasurer, Canterbury Women's Association

PYE, Pam

Library Committee, Canterbury District Law Society

REDDIEX, Ben

Newsletter Editor, Australasian Wildlife Management Society (AWMS)

ROSS Craig

Science sector delegate, Environment Committee of the Public Service Association

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-

SORRELL, Brian

Office holder, Fungal Network of New Zealand (FUNNZ)

SORRELL, Brian

Executive Member, International Society for Plant Anaerobiosis

STANLEY, Margaret

Organising Committee and Programme Convenor, 2005 Entomological Society Conference

TREMBLAY, Louis

NZ representative on the Australasian Society for Ecotoxicology

WARBURTON, Bruce

National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (retired April 05)

WARDLE, Peter (Research Associate)

President of the Canterbury Botanical Society

WILKIE, Paula

Office holder, Fungal Network of New Zealand (FUNNZ)

WILMSHURST, Janet

President, NZ Ecological Society

WILSON-DAVEY, Julia

National Executive Member, Association of Women in Sciences

WILTON, Aaron

Secretary/Treasurer, NZ Botanical 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

Staff holding honorary positions in professional societies

BEEVER, Ross

Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

BEEVER, Ross

Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Agriculutral Science

TATE, Kevin

Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

YEATES, Gregor

Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

YEATES, Gregor

Fellow of the New Zealand Soil Science Society

YEATES, Gregor

Honorary Member, Royal Society of New Zealand (Manawatu Branch)

THENG, Benny

Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

WARDLE, David

Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

ZHANG, Zhi-Qiang

Honorary Research Fellow, Natural History Museum, London FRSNZ

Staff holding university positions 2005-2006

AISLABIE, Jackie

Honorary lecturer, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato

BAISDEN, Troy

Visiting Scholar, Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University

BECKEN, Suzanne

Guest Lecturer, Lincoln University

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.

CUI, Xianian

Visiting Professor, Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, China

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

HEENAN, Peter

Research Associate, University of Canterbury

INNES, John

Honorary Lecturer, Dept Biological Sciences, University of Waikato.

JOLLANDS, Nigel

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

Honorary 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

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.

TREMBLAY, Louis

Senior Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury

TREMBLAY, Louis

Associate of the Faculty of Science, Sydney University of Technology

TROTTER, Craig

Teaching Associate, Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University

WARDLE, David

Adjunct Professorship, School of Biological 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



Staff awards

2007 - 2008 2006 - 2007 2005 - 2006 2004 - 2005 2003 - 2004 2002 - 2003 2001 - 2002 2000 - 2001 1999 - 2000