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.
- Built Environments
Leader: Michael Krausse
Contributing knowledge and understanding of urban systems. - 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: Jerry Cooper
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