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E-mail

General enquiries: delwyn.carter-jarratt@vuw.ac.nz

Centre Director: ben.bell@vuw.ac.nz


Phone

Enquiries: +64-4-463 5207

Director: +64-4-463 5770

Fax: +64-4-463 5331


Postal Address

Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology

PO Box 600

Victoria University of Wellington

Wellington

NEW ZEALAND


Centre Members and Associates

The heart of the Centre is its qualified and experienced staff, who have a wide range of expertise in biodiversity, biotechnology, conservation, ecology and genetics, and their post-graduate research students. Currently the Centre has 11 academic staff members, 12 academic staff associates and a further 10 advisory staff, 6 of them serving on the Centre's advisory Board.

Director: A/Prof Ben Bell

Deputy Director: Dr Wayne Linklater

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Centre Members

The following staff are members of the Centre. Please refer to the Ecology and Restoration Research Index for more information about their research interests and for contact details.

  • A/Prof Ben Bell
  • Dr Kevin Burns
  • Prof Alan Dixson
  • A/Prof Doug Eckery
  • Prof Kevin Gould
  • Dr Stephen Hartley
  • A/Prof Phil Lester
  • Dr Wayne Linklater
  • Prof Ken McNatty
  • Dr Nicola Nelson
  • Dr Heiko Wittmer

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Centre Associates

Associates in the School of Biological Sciences
  • Dr David Burton
  • A/Prof Geoff Chambers
  • Prof (Emeritus) Phil Garnock-Jones
  • Dr George Gibbs
  • Dr Bruce Sampson
  • Dr Barry Sneddon
Associates at Victoria University of Wellington
  • Dr Michael Gavin - School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences
  • Dr Sean Weaver - School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences
  • Dr John Haywood - School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research
  • A/Prof Shirley Pledger  - School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research
  • Prof Kim Sterelny - School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International
Associates beyond Victoria University of Wellington
  • Dr Phil Bishop - Zoology Department, University of Otago
  • Dr Kelly Hare - Zoology Department, University of Otago

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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.
  • 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.

Geraldine McBride, BSc (Zoology)

  • Until 2010, CEO of SAP (Asia-Pacific) in Singapore.

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, UK.
  • International consultant in conservation and biodiversity management.

Dr Murray J. Williams, PhD Aberd, BSc(Hons)

  • Until 2010, Senior Lecturer in Restoration Ecology, Victoria University of Wellington.
  • Formerly research scientist in waterfowl biology with the Department of Conservation, and before that the NZ Wildlife Service.
  • Until 2010, Deputy Director of the Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology.