Center Personnel
Director Prof. 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 Dr. 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 Prof. Allan Green
One of the head Principle Investigators in the Project, Allan Green is a New Zealand Professor often 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
Research Fellow
School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol
Stephen Archer
Research Fellow
Auckland University of Technology. Email: sarcher@aut.ac.nz
Dr Megan Balks
Adjunct Senior Fellow
School of Science, University of Waikato
Professor Jeb Barrett
Professor of Biological Sciences
Virginia Tech
Professor Mike Bentley
I’m a geomorphologist, a scientist who studies how the landscape gets formed, and have worked in the Dry Valleys.
Dr. Lars Brabyn
Senior Lecturer
University of Waikato
Dr. Tancredi Caruso
School of Biological Sciences, Queens University Belfast
Professor Don Cowan
Emeritus Professor Roberta Farrell
Professor Ian Hawes
University of Waikato
Professor David Hopkins
Dr. Kurt Joy
University of Canterbury
Gateway Antarctica
Dr. Marwan Katurji
Department of Geography, University of Canterbury
Professor Ian McDonald
Originally from the U.K, Ian works at the University of Waikato studying the micro-organisms of the Dry Valleys
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato
Professor Steve Pointing
Director of Division of Science, Yale-NUS in Singapore.
Eric Sokol
Studying Quantitative Ecology via metacommunities at NEON
Professor Diana Wall
Distinguished Professor
Department of Biology, Colorado State University.
Associate Professor Peyman Zawar-Reza
University of Canterbury