Center Personnel
Director - Craig Cary
Craig Cary is a Professor at the University of Waikato, studying microbial diversity. Professor Cary is one of several Principle Investigators and Field Event Leaders on the nzTABS project.
Associate Director - Charles Lee
Based at the University of Waikato, Charlie researches the microbial ecology of the Antarctic Dry Valleys. Dr. Lee is involved with planning and executing ICTAR’s Antarctic field seasons, while working on his own research program.
International Director - Allan Green
One of the head Principle Investigators in the Project, Allan Green is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Waikato based in Spain. His interests focus on photosynthesis in lichens from all over the world, and has included sending Antarctic lichens into space.
Associate Personnel
Byron Adams
Professor of Biology
College of Life Sciences, Brigham Young University
Stephen Archer
Senior Research Fellow
School of Science, Auckland University of Technology
Megan Balks
Adjunct Senior Fellow
School of Science, University of Waikato
Jeb Barrett
Professor of Biological Sciences
Department of Biological Sciences at Virginia Tech
Mike Bentley
I’m a geomorphologist, a scientist who studies how the landscape gets formed, and have worked in the Dry Valleys.
Professor
Department of Geography, Durham University
Lars Brabyn
Senior Lecturer
Geography Programme, University of Waikatoiversity of Waikato
Tancredi Caruso
Associate Professor,
School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin
Don Cowan
Professor and Director
Genomic Research Institute, University of Pretoria
Craig Herbold
Staff Scientist
Division of Microbial Ecology, University of Vienna
David Hopkins
Professor
University of Bolton
Ian Hawes
Professor
Coastal Marine Station, University of Waikato
Marwan Katurji
Senior Lecturer
School of Earth and Environment, University of Canterbury
Ian McDonald
Originally from the U.K, Ian works at the University of Waikato studying the micro-organisms of the Dry Valleys
Professor
School of Science, University of Waikato
Steve Pointing
Professor and Director
Division of Science, Yale-NUS in Singapore
Eric Sokol
Studying Quantitative Ecology via metacommunities
Staff Scientist
NEON and Battelle Ecology
Diana Wall
Distinguished Professor
Department of Biology, Colorado State University.
Peyman Zawar-Reza
Professor
School of Earth and Environment, University of Canterbury