Platform Team

Norman Ragg

Platform co-leader; Senior Scientist and Team leader: Shellfish Aquaculture - Cawthron Institute
Physiology and climate change

Patrick Cahill

Platform co-leader; Research Scientist and Manager: Biosecurity and Aquatic Health - Cawthron Institute
Biosecurity

Zoë Hilton

ShARP Science Leadership Team; Research Scientist - Cawthron Institute
Shellfish physiology, bioenergetics and health
zoe h 2022

Julien Vignier

ShARP Science Leadership Team; Senior Scientist and Team Leader: Shellfish Hatchery Technology - Cawthron Institute
Hatchery techniques, ecotoxicology, cryopreservation, and triploidy

Leo Zamora

ShARP Science Leadership Team; Research Scientist - Cawthron Institute
Aquaculture diversification and new species development
leo z 2

Deborah Long

ShARP Platform administrator - Cawthron Institute
deborah l 2023

Alfonso Schmidt

Head of Bioimaging Facility, Hugh Green Technology Centre - Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
Bioimaging

Andrea Alfaro

Professor of Marine Ecology and Aquaculture - Auckland University of Technology

Anne Vignier (Rolton)

Senior Scientist and Ecotoxicology Leader- Cawthron Institute
Harmful algal blooms, ecotoxicology, flow cytometry, histopathology

Bailey Lovett

Research Scientist - Cawthron Institute
Biosecurity – invasion ecology and pest management

Brendon Dunphy

Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences - University of Auckland
Ecophysiology

Carol Peychers

Research Technician and Team Leader - Cawthron Institute
Aquaculture Research

Charlotte Wastney

Research Technician - Cawthron Institute
Aquaculture and Marine Conservation
charlotte w 2024

David J Burritt

Associate Professor - University of Otago
Oxidative stress and redox biology

Hannah Appleton

Research Technician - Cawthron Institute
hannah a 2023

Hannah Greenhough

Research Scientist - Cawthron Institute, and PhD Candidate University of Otago
Harmful algal blooms and algal biotechnology
hannah g

Javier Atalah

Research Scientist - Cawthron Institute
Biosecurity and Invasive Species
javier a

Jess Ericson

Research Scientist - Cawthron Institute
Shellfish aquaculture and climate change
jess e

Joanna Copedo

Research Scientist - Cawthron Institute, and PhD Candidate - Auckland University of Technology
Histopathology
joanna c 2023

Jordan Elvy

Research Assistant - Cawthron Institute
Fish and shellfish physiology and feed conversion efficiency
jordan e 2022

Jolene Berry

Research Technician - Cawthron Institute
jolene b 2023

Juliette Butler

Technician - Cawthron Institute
Ecotoxicology and aquatic animal health

Kate Hutson

Senior Scientist and Team Leader: Aquatic Animal Health; Programme Leader: Emerging Aquatic Diseases - Cawthron Institute
Aquatic animal health and pathology

Kevin Heasman

Research Scientist and Team leader: Open Ocean Aquaculture - Cawthron Institute
Open ocean aquaculture

Lauren Fletcher

Research Scientist - Cawthron Institute
Biosecurity and invasive species
lauren f

Leonie Venter

Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Auckland University of Technology
Aquaculture biochemistry and metabolomics

Lizenn Delisle

Research Scientist - Cawthron Institute
Shellfish physiology, health and disease
lizenn d

Malindi Gammon

Research Scientist - Cawthron Insitute
Biosecurity – invasion ecology and pest management

Martin Cheng

PhD candidate - University of Auckland
Physiology and Ecology

Matthew Reardon

Research Technician - Cawthron Institute
Pacific oyster hatchery production and breeding
matthew r 2023

Megan Scholtens

Research Scientist - Cawthron Institute
Genetics, genomics, selective breeding and data analysis
megan s 2023

Natali Delorme

Research Scientist - Cawthron Institute
Shellfish stress
natali d

Nicholas Scott

Operations coordinator - Cawthron Institute
Open ocean aquaculture

Paul South

Research Scientist and Team Leader: Algal Aquaculture - Cawthron Institute
Marine ecology, algal ecology and aquaculture
paul s 2021

Petra Reid

Research Technician - Cawthron Institute
Seaweed Aquaculture
petra r 2022

Richard Ingebrigtsen

Research Scientist - Cawthron Institute
Algal biotechnology

Te Rerekohu Tuterangiwhiu

Kaiārahi Rangahau Kaimōana - Cawthron Institute
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