WATERWAYS - Key Persons


Clint Rissmann

Job Titles:
  • Senior Adjunct Fellow, Land & Water Science

Dr Brett Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Environmental Science

Dr Chris Rosin

Job Titles:
  • Department of Tourism, Sport and Society

Dr Ed Challies

Job Titles:
  • Centre Staff Member
  • Senior Lecturer

Dr Leanne Morgan

Job Titles:
  • Centre Staff Member
  • Senior Lecturer

Dr Ricardo Bello Mendoza

Job Titles:
  • Civil and Natural Resources Engineering

Dr. Crile Doscher

Job Titles:
  • Centre Staff Member
  • Senior Lecturer
  • Department of Environmental Management

Dr. David Dempsey

Job Titles:
  • Civil and Natural Resources Engineering

Dr. Frances Charters

Job Titles:
  • Civil and Natural Resources Engineering

Dr. Hamish Rennie

Job Titles:
  • Department of Environmental Management

Dr. Helen Warburton

Job Titles:
  • Centre Staff Member
  • Biological Sciences
  • Senior Tutor

Dr. Hirini Matunga

Job Titles:
  • Department of Environmental Management

Dr. Issie Barrett

Job Titles:
  • Centre Staff Member
  • Lecturer / Professor James Brasington / Director Waterways Centre for Freshwater Management
Issie has recently completed a PhD in freshwater ecology at the University of Canterbury (2020). She moved to New Zealand from the UK after achieving an MSc in River Environments and their Management at the University of Birmingham (2017). Her interests lie in river restoration and she is passionate about linking science to practice through effective engagement and science communication.

Dr. John Pirker

Job Titles:
  • Biological Sciences

Dr. Lin Roberts

Job Titles:
  • Department of Environmental Management

Dr. Markus Pahlow

Job Titles:
  • Civil and Natural Resources Engineering

Dr. Niklas Lehto

Job Titles:
  • Department of Soil & Physical Sciences

Dr. Peter Almond

Job Titles:
  • Department of Soil & Physical Sciences

Dr. Rosalind Dodd

Job Titles:
  • Department of Soil and Physical Sciences

Dr. Sally Gaw

Job Titles:
  • Environmental Science

Dr. Shannon Page

Job Titles:
  • Department of Environmental Management

Dr. Shelley MacDonell

Job Titles:
  • Centre Staff Member
  • Senior Lecturer

Dr. Sylvia Nissen

Job Titles:
  • Department of Environmental Management

Dr. Tonny deVries

Job Titles:
  • Civil and Natural Resources Engineering

Graeme Horrell

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Fellow, Graeme Horrell Consultancy

Jace Carson

Job Titles:
  • Research and Innovation

James Brasington

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer / Professor James Brasington / Director Waterways Centre for Freshwater Management

Jenny Webster-Brown

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor, Our Land and Water National Science Challenge

John Bright - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

John Reid

Job Titles:
  • Ngāi Tahu Research Centre

John Revell

Job Titles:
  • Centre Staff Member
  • Lab Manager
John holds a Master of Science (Chemistry) from Waikato University, 2007. His expertise is in routine analytical chemistry: as a technical assistant (water preparation) then instrument technician (organics) at Hill Laboratories he performed a wide range of analyses on environmental soil and water samples. John was also a research associate at Plant and Food Research investigating chemicals involved in the "communication" of plants and insects as well as the application of these chemicals for monitoring and controlling insect populations. Prior to joining Waterways John spent two years working at Autoneum in Switzerland assisting with quality control and research and development of parts manufactured for the automobile industry.

Ken Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Kevin Brown

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Staff Member
  • Adjunct Professor, GEOKEM

Marc Tadaki

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Fellow, Cawthron Institute

Matt Walters

Job Titles:
  • Biological Sciences

Mike Scarsbrook

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Prof. Angus McIntosh

Job Titles:
  • Biological Sciences

Prof. David Schiel

Job Titles:
  • Biological Sciences

Prof. Hong Di

Job Titles:
  • Department of Soil & Physical Sciences & Centre for Soil & Environmental Quality

Prof. Ken Hughey

Job Titles:
  • Department of Environmental Management

Prof. Mark Milke

Job Titles:
  • Civil and Natural Resources Engineering

Prof. Matthew Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Geospatial Research Institute

Prof. Nick Dickinson

Job Titles:
  • Department of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Prof. Tim Clough

Job Titles:
  • Department of Soil & Physical Sciences

Suellen Knopick

Job Titles:
  • Administrator
  • Centre Staff Member
  • Administrator, Waterways Centre

Tim Davie

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Wes Kitlasten

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Fellow, GNS

Zeb Etheridge

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Staff Member