Director and Steering Committee
Associate Professor Linn Hoffmann, Director
Associate Professor Linn Hoffmann is the Director of the Future Ocean Research Theme.
- Senior Lecturer, Department of Botany (University of Otago)
- Affiliated with the Research Centre for Oceanography (NIWA/University of Otago)
- Collaborator on Coastal People: Southern Skies
- Research interests: Effect of different environmental stressors for marine phytoplankton physiology and ecology
Email linn.hoffmann@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 479 7583
Dr Kim Currie
Dr Kim Currie is a Steering Committee member of the Future Ocean Research Theme.
- Marine carbonate chemist (University of Otago and NIWA)
- Manager of the New Zealand Ocean Acidification Observing Network
- Principle Investigator of the Munida Time Series
- Affiliated with the Research Centre for Oceanography (NIWA/University of Otago)
- Principal Investigator on Coastal People: Southern Skies
- Research interests: Spatial and temporal variability in carbon uptake of the waters associated with the subtropical front in the South-west Pacific Ocean
Email k.currie@niwa.co.nz
Tel +64 3 479 7583
Professor Miles Lamare
Professor Miles Lamare is a Steering Committee member of the Future Ocean Research Theme.
- Professor, Department of Marine Science (University of Otago)
- Kaiawhina (Maori student support liaison)
- Research interests: Marine ecology, population biology, marine invertebrate biology, and the ecology and physiology of marine invertebrate larval stages
Email miles.lamare@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 479 7463
Professor Cliff Law
Professor Cliff Law is a Steering Committee member of the Future Ocean Research Theme.
- Principle Scientist, Ocean-Atmosphere Group (NIWA)
- Co-Director of the Research Centre for Oceanography (NIWA/University of Otago)
- Collaborator on Coastal People: Southern Skies
- Research interests: The interaction between the ocean and the atmosphere; how biogeochemical cycling in the surface ocean influences atmospheric composition, and how climate variability feeds back to ocean biogeochemistry
Email cliff.law@niwa.co.nz
Tel +64 4 386 0478
Associate Professor Christina McGraw
Associate Professor Christina McGraw is a Steering Committee member of the Future Ocean Research Theme.
- Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry (University of Otago)
- Affiliated with the Research Centre for Oceanography (NIWA/University of Otago)
- Principal Investigator on Coastal People: Southern Skies
- Research interests: Analytical and marine chemistry; design of field-deployable instrumentation for marine ecosystems
Email christina.mcgraw@otago.ac.nz
Blog blogs.otago.ac.nz/christinamcgraw/
Tel +64 3 479 7907
Postgraduate researchers
Visit our postgraduate page for current and past students, their research interests and contact information.
Research staff
Dr Evelyn Armstrong
Senior Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry (University of Otago)- Affiliated with Research Centre for Oceanography (NIWA/University of Otago)
- Research interests: Maintaining the Antarctic and subantarctic phytoplankton culture collection for use in nutrient and photo-physiological experiments
Email evelyn.armstrong@otago.ac.nz
Associate Professor Peter Dillingham
Associate Professor, Department of Statistics (University of Otago)- Principal Investigator on Coastal People: Southern Skies
- Research interests: Experimental design to measure consequences of global climate change on marine organisms
Email peter.dillingham@otago.ac.nz
Professor Chris Hepburn
Associate Professor, Department of Marine Science (University of Otago)- Director, Aquaculture and Fisheries Programme
- Leader on Coastal People: Southern Skies
- Research interests: Kelp forest ecosystems and sub-tidal reefs
Email chris.hepburn@otago.ac.nz
Judith Murdoch
Research Technician, Department of Chemistry (University of Otago)- Affiliated with Research Centre for Oceanography (NIWA/University of Otago)
- Member of New Zealand Ocean Acidification Observing Network
Email judith.murdoch@otago.ac.nz
Dr Malcom Reid
Scientific Officer, Department of Chemistry (University of Otago)- Affiliated with Research Centre for Oceanography (University of Otago)
- Research interests: Apparatus and techniques for measurement of pCO2 and pH in seawater
Email malcom.reid@otago.ac.nz
Professor Abby Smith
Professor, Department of Marine Science (University of Otago)- Director of Oceanography Programme
- Affiliated with Research Centre for Oceanography
- Research interests: Geochemistry of shells, carbonate dissolution, biomineralisation
Email abby.smith@otago.ac.nz
Research collaborators
Associate Professor Helen Bostock
Associate Professor in Oceanography, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (University of Queensland)- Research interests: Understanding the present and past changes in ocean chemistry to reconstruct ocean circulation (changes in ocean currents and fronts)
Email h.bostock@uq.edu.au
Professor Philip Boyd
Professor of Marine Biogeochemistry, Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (University of Tasmania)- Research interests: Range from ecology to biogeochemistry and include the joint development of decision support tools (such as for climate change, geoengineering) with economists and policy analysts
Email philip.boyd@utas.edu.au
Professor Catriona Hurd
Professor, Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (University of Tasmania)- Research interests: seaweed physiological ecology, i.e. the physiological responses of seaweeds to their abiotic and biotic environment
Email catriona.hurd@utas.edu.au
Dr Norman Ragg
Research Scientist, Leader of the Physiology Team (Cawthron Institute)- Research interests: physiology of aquaculture species, including quantifying stress and resilience in shellfish and mitigating the effects of ocean acidification and warming to build resilience in the aquaculture industry
Email norman.ragg@cawthron.org.nz
Professor Mary Sewell
Professor, Biological Sciences (University of Auckland)- Research interests: reproduction and early development of marine invertebrates, with a focus on echinoderms and how external factors such as temperature, salinity and anthropogenic climate change affect reproduction and development
Email m.sewell@auckland.ac.nz