Dr Andrew Tait
Chief Scientist - Climate, Atmosphere and Hazards
Andrew is Chief Scientist - Climate, Atmosphere and Hazards. His research areas of interest are climate change impacts and implications, adaptation to climate change, spatial modelling of climate, and sector and business applications of climate data. Andrew is a lead author of the Australasia chapter of the IPCC Fifth Assessment WGII Report, a member of the WMO Commission for Climatology (CCl) executive, co-chair of the WMO Focus Area on 'Climate Services for Societal Benefits', and the chair of the Pacific Islands Climate Services Panel. He was seconded to MPI in 2017 to contribute to the Primary Sector Science Roadmap and seconded to DOC from 2017-2019 to interact with researchers, managers, operations staff and the policy team to improve the understanding and use of climate data and information throughout the Department.
Dr Ian Longley
Principal Scientist - Air Quality
Ian leads the programme "Impacts of Air Pollutants". He has worked in air quality research at NIWA since 2007 before which he conducted research in at the University of Manchester. Ian is a specialist in air pollution exposure science and the air quality impact of the built environment.
Dr Cliff Law
Principal Scientist-Marine Biogeochemistry
Cliff coordinates the Ocean-Atmosphere Research and advises the Chief Scientists of the Coast and Oceans, Atmosphere and Climate Centres. He currently contributes to international policy development on ocean fertilisation via the London Convention and national perspectives on ocean fertilisation and acidification via the NZ government Ocean Fertilisation stakeholder group and the NZ Royal Society. He is also a member of the Scientific Steering Committee for the IGBP program SOLAS (Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study). His current research interests include trace gas cycling and sources in coastal and open ocean regions, nutrient limitation of phytoplankton and impacts of ocean acidification.
| Staff member | Job Title | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Beata Bukosa | Atmospheric Modeller | |
| Ben Liley | Atmospheric Scientist | |
| Christian Stiegler | Greenhouse Gas Emissions Scientist | |
| Dan Smale | Principal Technician - Atmosphere | |
| Ed-Yang Yang | Meteorologist | |
| Guang Zeng | Atmospheric Scientist | |
| Hilary Oliver | Principal Scientist - Research Software Engineering | |
| James Sturman | Principal Technician - Climate and Risk Applications Developer | |
| Kararaina Te Puni | Support Assistant | |
| Michael Kotkamp | Atmospheric Technician | |
| Olaf Morgenstern | Principal Scientist - Atmosphere and Climate | |
| Richard McKenzie | Emeritus Researcher – Atmospheric Radiation | |
| Richard Querel | Atmospheric Scientist | |
| Sally Gray | Principal Technician - Atmosphere | |
| Sam Dean | Principal Scientist - Climate | |
| Sara Mikaloff-Fletcher | Principal Scientist - Carbon Chemistry and Modelling |