Staff

The heart of CBRE is its qualified and experienced staff, who have a wide range of expertise in biodiversity, biotechnology, conservation, ecology and genetics. 

Director & administration 

	Assoc. Prof. Ben Bell	Director Ecology, Behaviour, Conservation
	Dr. Murray Williams	Deputy Director Restoration Ecology, Conservation
	Lesley Thompson	Manager, School Administration
	Tracy Blower	Administrator, Applied Research Centres

Advisory Board

David Newman, (Chair) Chairman of Infratil Limited, Wellington Airport, Loyalty New Zealand Limited, Austral Pacific Energy Limited and a director of Infratil Airports Europe.
Member of the Board of the Guardians of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund. Chartered accountant, previously Managing Director of BP New Zealand and Chief Executive of the Institute of Directors, of which he is a Fellow

Prof. Fred Allendorf BS Penn, MS PhD Wash
Regents Professor, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana.
Professorial Research Fellow, Victoria University of Wellington.

Alan Dixson, BSc (Hons) Nott, PhD DSc Birm
Professorial Research Fellow, Victoria University of Wellington.
Former Director Centre for Research on Endangered Species (CRES), San Diego Zoo.

Ian R. Swingland OBE, BSc Lond, PhD Edin, DSc Kent
Emeritus Professor of Conservation Biology and founder, Durrell Institute of Conservation & Ecology (DICE), University of Kent, U.K.
International consultant in conservation and biodiversity management.

Associates, School of Biological Sciences

Dr. Paul Teesdale-Spittle , Head of School Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Prof. Charles Daugherty , Professor, Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Research) Ecology, Genetics, Conservation
Dr. Kevin Burns, Lecturer Community Ecology, Biogeography
Assoc. Prof. Geoff Chambers , Reader Molecular Biology, Evolution
Dr. Simon Davy , Senior Lecturer Marine Symbiosis, Coral Reef Biology
Dr. John Dawson, Senior Associate Botany
Prof. Alan Dixson , Professorial Research Fellow Behaviour, Reproductive Biology, Conservation
Dr. Doug Eckery , Assoc. Professorial Research Fellow Conservation Biotechnology
Prof. Phil Garnock-Jones , Professor Plant Taxonomy, Phylogeny, Evolution
Dr. George Gibbs , Teaching Fellow Entomology, Conservation
Dr. Stephen Hartley , Senior Lecturer Conservation Biology
Dr. Phil Lester , Senior Lecturer Insect Ecology
Dr. Wayne Linklater , Senior Lecturer Conservation Biology
Prof. Ken McNatty , Professor Reproductive Biology
Dr. Nicola Nelson , Lecturer Conservation Biology
Dr. Ronan O'Toole , Senior Lecturer, Environmental Microbiology
Dr. Nicole Phillips , Lecturer Ecology, Larval Biology
Dr. Peter Ritchie, Senior Lecturer Evolutionary Genetics
Dr. Ken Ryan , Research Fellow, Phycology
Dr. Bruce Sampson , Senior Associate Botany
Dr. Jeff Shima , Senior Lecturer Marine Ecology, Fish Biology
Dr. Barry Sneddon , Senior Associate Botany
Dr. Joe Zuccarello , Senior Lecturer Molecular Biology, Phycology

External Associates, Victoria University

Dr. Michael Gavin , School of Earth Sciences
Dr. J. Haywood, School of Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science
Prof. K. Sterelny , School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations
Dr. Sean Weaver, School of Earth Sciences