Our People

Collaboratory Director
Dr Kristin StockGeographic information science
School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences
Auckland
Collaboratory Members
Prof Chris AndersonEnvironmental science, farm landscapes
School of Agriculture and Environment
Palmerston North
Niloofar AflakiGeoinformatics, natural language processing
School of Agriculture and Environment
Auckland
Assoc Prof David AguirreMarine ecology
School of Natural Sciences
Auckland
Prof Glenn BanksImpact of resource industries in Papua New Guinea
School of People, Environment and Planning
Palmerston North
Prof Barry BormanEpidemiology, biostatistics, environmental health
Research Centre for Hauora and Health
Wellington
Dr Alistair ClementPhysical geography
School of Agriculture and Environment
Palmerston North
Dr Ina DraganovaAnimal behaviour and welfare and precision agriculture
School of Agriculture and Environment
Palmerston North
Prof Russell DeathFreshwater ecology
School of Agriculture and Environment
Palmerston North
Prof Ian FullerFluvial geomorphology
School of Agriculture and Environment
Palmerston North
Prof Hans GuesgenArtificial intelligence
School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences
Palmerston North
Carolin HaenflingEpidemiology, biostatistics, environmental health
Research Centre for Hauora and Health
Wellington
Assoc Prof Matthew HenryResource and environmental planning
School of People, Environment and Planning
Palmerston North
Patrick HipgraveEvironmental health intelligence
Research Centre for Hauora and Health
Wellington
Dr Emma Hudson-DoyleCommunication and modelling of uncertainty in disaster situations
Joint Centre for Disaster Research
Wellington
Matt IrwinGIS and remote sensing
School of Agriculture and Environment
Palmerston North
Prof David JohnstonHuman responses to volcano, tsunami, and weather warnings, crisis decision-making
Joint Centre for Disaster Research
Wellington
Dr Gabor KereszturiGeospatial mapping, remote sensing
School of Agriculture and Environment
Palmerston North
Dr Cadey KorsonCritical and popular geopolitics, Indigenous rights and island studies, visual methods and geography education
School of People, Environment and Planning
Auckland
Agnieszka Kowalik-TaitData visualisation
Research Centre for Hauora and Health
Wellington
Dr Libby LigginsMarine ecology
School of Natural Sciences
Auckland
Dr John LowryGeospatial science applications addressing human-environment interactions
School of People, Environment and Planning
Palmerston North
Dr Kierin MacKenzieGIS, ethnoecology, Traditional Land Use studies, traditional cosmologies, ethnobotany, ethnozoology
School of Agriculture and Environment
Auckland
Dr Jeff McNeilResource and Environmental Planning
School of People, Environment and Planning
Palmerston North
Dr Andrew MurphyMarketing
School of Communication, Journalism and Marketing
Auckland
Assoc Prof Alan PalmerEarth science
School of Agriculture and Environment
Palmerston North
Dr Matt PawleyBiological statistics
School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences
Auckland
Prof Diane PearsonEnvironmental management
School of Agriculture and Environment
Palmerston North
Dr Raj PrassanaTechnology and systems for supporting emergency management
Joint Centre for Disaster Research
Wellington
Dr Russell PrinceHuman geography
School of People, Environment and Planning
Palmerston North
Prof Jon ProcterVolcanology; geomorphology; emergency management; GIS/Remote sensing; Maori natural resource management; Treaty of Waitangi historical research
School of Agriculture and Environment
Palmerston North
Dr Joanna RossResource and Environmental Planning, Urban design
School of People, Environment and Planning
Palmerston North
Eduardo Sandoval CruzPrecision agriculture
School of Food and Advanced Technology
Palmerston North
Dr Allanah RyanDirector, Sustainability
Sustainability at Massey
Palmerston North
Prof Karen StockinMarine biology
School of Natural Sciences
Auckland
Rachel SummersGIS
School of People, Environment and Planning
Palmerston North
Dr Iqbal SyedEconomic measurements, index numbers, urban economics, and property economics and finance
School of Economics and Finance
Auckland
Assoc Prof Lin Mei TanTax compliance behaviour, and the relationship between tax practitioners and taxpayers
School of Accountancy
Auckland
Dr Marion TanEnhancing resilience through understanding the intersection between human behaviour and technology during disasters
Joint Centre for Disaster Research
Wellington
Prof Karen WittenUrban neighbourhoods and how their design and infrastructure influences the social relationships, transport choices and well-being of residents
SHORE & Whariki Research Centre
Auckland
Prof Ian YulePrecision Agriculture
School of Food and Advanced Technology
Palmerston North
Collaboratory Postgraduate Students
Miles CrawfordHow Risk Informs Natural Hazard Management: A study of the interface between risk modelling for tsunami inundation and local government natural hazard management
Joint Centre for Disaster Research
Wellington
Shashini Ranabahu Ranabahu MudiyanselageTransportation and climate change; A system based-approach to assess vulnerability and resilience
School of People, Environment and Planning
Palmerston North
Nilani RangikaCross Domain Data Fusion and Analytics of Social Media in Disaster Management
Joint Centre for Disaster Research
Wellington
Kalana WijegunarathnaGeoreferencing New Zealand’s Biota from text
School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences
Auckland
Pragyan Paramita DasDeveloping Methods to Georeference New Zealand’s Biota from Text
School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences
Auckland
Sophie FrancisQuakeText Project
School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences
Auckland
Collaboratory Visitors and Affiliates
Professora Associada Luciene Stamato DelazariDepartamento de Geomática
Universidade Federal do Paraná
Dr Ekaterina EgorovaDepartment of Geo-information Processing
University of Twente
Professor Christopher JonesSchool of Computer Science
Cardiff University
Dr David Medyckyj-ScottTechnical Director – NLRC / RPAL / Cl
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
Dr Maria VasardaniSchool of Science
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)