working in STEM

Position: Senior scientist, Land and Environment group, AgResearch, Invermay, Mosgiel. Field: Soil scientist. Dr Ross Monaghan is a senior scientist for the Land and Environment Group...

Position: Stakeholder Relationship Manager for Māori Agribusiness, (formerly Scientist), AgResearch. Field: Environmental science (soil) Dr Selai Letica’s interest is in soil nitrogen cycling in agriculture. She...

An online search of the word ‘scientist’ produces about 127 million results. Interestingly, the same search for images yields variations of a single representation – you...

Position: Professor, Principal Investigator Centre for Brain Research, The University of Auckland. Field: Marine science. Professor John Montgomery is the former Director of the of Leigh...

Imagine having a job where you get to work outside and no one worries if you get dirty! That is one aspect many soil scientists enjoy...

Position: field services manager and research assistant, University of Canterbury. Field: Ecology As part of her job as Terrestrial Ecology Technician, at the School of Biological...

Position: Professor, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury. Field: Population ecology Professor Dave Kelly is a population ecologist who has a particular interest in pollination...

Position: Head of research, Plant & Food Research. Field: Honey bees and pollination. For Dr Mark Goodwin, working with pollination has its challenges. Most crop plants...

Nikki Webb, a student at the University of Waikato, worked on a summer research scholarship collating an inventory of biodiversity for Tauranga Harbour. This was a...

Position: Research Leader at Olsson Fire & Risk. Field: Fire engineering. When we first interviewed Mike he was Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Natural Resources...

Position: Extreme Fire Project Leader, Scion Field: Rural fire research Grant was interested in science and the natural environment at school. This continued at university, where...

Position: Resilience to Wildfires Project Leader, Scion Field: Social research Lisa Langer is a social research scientist. One of her current areas of focus is social...

Position: Emeritus Professor, Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury. Principal research engineer, (FSRI). Field: Fire engineering, dynamics and research. Professor Charley Fleischmann’s...

Position: Currently Director of Fisheries Management, Ministry for Primary Industries. Previously Fire scientist, Scion. Field: Rural (vegetation) fire behaviour and management. Stuart began his career by...

Position: Former Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago. Field: Trace metals in natural waters, chemical equilibria in marine and freshwater systems. Professor Keith Hunter’s fascination...

Position: formerly Professor, University of Waikato, currently Deputy Director, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University. Field: Fresh water systems. David studied science at Otago University. In his...

Position: Associate Professor (Earth sciences), University of Waikato. Field: Carbon dioxide energy and water vapour fluxes from natural and managed ecosystems; hydrology, carbon exchanges and ecology...

Position: Marine chemist, NIWA. Field: Carbon cycle, atmosphere and ocean carbon dioxide exchange. When Dr Kim Currie goes to sea on the Polaris from Dunedin, she...

Position: Physical oceanographer, NIWA and Argo project. Field: Physical ocean processes. Dr Phil Sutton started off studying physics at Auckland University. When it came time to...

Position: Founding trustee and Trust secretary, Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust Pūrerehua Aotearoa (formerly the Monarch Butterfly New Zealand Trust). Field: Conservation of native...

Position: Emeritus Professor, Science and Engineering, University of Waikato Field: Geochemistry – mineralogy and chemistry of rocks Professor Richard Price, who passed away in March 2024,...

Position: Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, Environment, University of Auckland. Fields: Volcanoes, volcano hazards, petrology, geochemistry. Dr Phil Shane has a PhD from Victoria University of...

Position: Associate Dean of Science (Research), School of Environment, The University of Auckland Field: Volcanology, volcanic hazard and risk. Professor Jan Lindsay holds an MSc in...

Position: Master navigator, Field: Māori tradition/celestial navigation. Master navigator Jack Thatcher is based in Tauranga and is of Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Porou and...