Platform Team
Norman Ragg
Platform co-leader; Senior Scientist and Team leader: Shellfish Aquaculture - Cawthron Institute
Physiology and climate change
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Patrick Cahill
Platform co-leader; Research Scientist and Manager: Biosecurity and Aquatic Health - Cawthron Institute
Biosecurity
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Zoë Hilton
ShARP Science Leadership Team; Research Scientist - Cawthron Institute
Shellfish physiology, bioenergetics and health
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Julien Vignier
ShARP Science Leadership Team; Senior Scientist and Team Leader: Shellfish Hatchery Technology - Cawthron Institute
Hatchery techniques, ecotoxicology, cryopreservation, and triploidy
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Leo Zamora
ShARP Science Leadership Team; Research Scientist - Cawthron Institute
Aquaculture diversification and new species development
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Deborah Long
ShARP Platform administrator - Cawthron Institute
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Alfonso Schmidt
Head of Bioimaging Facility, Hugh Green Technology Centre - Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
Bioimaging
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Andrea Alfaro
Professor of Marine Ecology and Aquaculture - Auckland University of Technology
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Anne Vignier (Rolton)
Senior Scientist and Ecotoxicology Leader- Cawthron Institute
Harmful algal blooms, ecotoxicology, flow cytometry, histopathology
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Bailey Lovett
Research Scientist - Cawthron Institute
Biosecurity – invasion ecology and pest management
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Brendon Dunphy
Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences - University of Auckland
Ecophysiology
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Hannah Appleton
Research Technician - Cawthron Institute
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Hannah Greenhough
Research Scientist - Cawthron Institute, and PhD Candidate University of Otago
Harmful algal blooms and algal biotechnology
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Joanna Copedo
Research Scientist - Cawthron Institute, and PhD Candidate - Auckland University of Technology
Histopathology
![joanna c 2023](https://sharp.cawthron.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Joanna-C-2023-1.jpg)
Jordan Elvy
Research Assistant - Cawthron Institute
Fish and shellfish physiology and feed conversion efficiency
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Jolene Berry
Research Technician - Cawthron Institute
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Kate Hutson
Senior Scientist and Team Leader: Aquatic Animal Health; Programme Leader: Emerging Aquatic Diseases - Cawthron Institute
Aquatic animal health and pathology
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Kevin Heasman
Research Scientist and Team leader: Open Ocean Aquaculture - Cawthron Institute
Open ocean aquaculture
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Leonie Venter
Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Auckland University of Technology
Aquaculture biochemistry and metabolomics
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Malindi Gammon
Research Scientist - Cawthron Insitute
Biosecurity – invasion ecology and pest management
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Matthew Reardon
Research Technician - Cawthron Institute
Pacific oyster hatchery production and breeding
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Megan Scholtens
Research Scientist - Cawthron Institute
Genetics, genomics, selective breeding and data analysis
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Paul South
Research Scientist and Team Leader: Algal Aquaculture - Cawthron Institute
Marine ecology, algal ecology and aquaculture
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Te Rerekohu Tuterangiwhiu
Kaiārahi Rangahau Kaimōana - Cawthron Institute
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