Science teams
Our science is structured in two broad portfolios, Biological Systems and Environment & Society. Each of these portfolios contains five science teams led by a science leader.
Biological Systems.
- Biodiversity and Conservation
Leader: Matt McGlone
Research to underpin the protection of New Zealand´s biodiversity, and to minimise the impacts of invasive weeds and invertebrates. - Biosystematics
Leader: Peter Buchanan
The Biosystematics team studies plants, insects and other arthropods, fungi, and plant–associated bacteria, to describe New Zealand´s biodiversity and species interrelationships, to work collaboratively with other researchers and end–users, and to make our information readily accessible. - Ecosystem Process
Leader: Rob Allen
Study and management of natural ecosystems - Pest Control Technologies
Leader: Phil Cowan
Understanding the ecological context of existing and emerging pest control techniques. - Wildlife Ecology and Epidemiology
Leader: Andrea Byrom
Ecological response of pest populations and assemblages to management. Includes work on pests as vectors of disease.
Environment and Society.
- Global Change Processes
Leader: David Whitehead
Science underpinning New Zealand´s ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, develop new mitigation options, adapt to the effects of a changing climate, and manage in land–based systems the risks and opportunities arising from global change. - Informatics
Leader: Robert Gibb
GIS, remote–sensing, biometrics and databases - Soils and Landscapes
Leader: Alison Collins
Soils, landscapes and water resources, soil processes and functions through landscape behaviour and response. - Sustainability and Society
Leader: Michael Krausse
Looking at the long–term effects of society on the environment