On 1 July 2025, NIWA merged with GNS Science to become Earth Sciences New Zealand.

Dr Rick Stoffels

Freshwater Ecologist

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Biography

Rick has over a decade of experience providing science to support the management of freshwater ecosystems in both Australia and New Zealand. He employs a wide array of scientific approaches—from lab experiments to computer modelling—to generate information and tools to inform policy and management decisions at all levels of government. He has specialist expertise in adaptive management and monitoring of freshwater ecosystems; ecological modelling and uncertainty analysis; and the ecology of freshwater animal communities.