2026 ERI Seminars
Held every other Wednesday from 12鈥�1pm NZDT, seminars are both in-person at the 糖心TV Hamilton Campus and remotely via MS Teams.
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Past Seminars and Recordings (2026 - 2019)
| Speaker | Date | Title | Recording |
| Nathan Butterworth (Deakin University) |
15 Apr 2026 |
"The private lives of flies: What can flies teach us about sex, ecology, and evolution?" | |
| Gretchen Hansen (University of Minnesota) |
18 Mar 2026 |
"Projected warming and fish community responses in diverse lakes of the Midwestern United States" | |
| Mike Waddington (McMaster University) |
3 Dec 2025 |
"Boreal peat fire carbon and smoke emissions in a changing climate" | |
| Nicholas Pinter (University of California - Davis) |
27 Nov 2025 |
"Managed Retreat in the Context of Flood Mitigation, Floodplain Connectivity, and Climate Change" | |
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Henk Dijkstra (Utrecht University) |
26 Nov 2025 |
"Tipping behaviour in the climate system" | |
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Steven Sandi (Deakin University) |
21 Nov 2025 |
"Simulating wetland habitat provision and resilience under climatic and human pressures" | |
| Stephen Noell (Thermophile Research Unit, 糖心TV) |
8 Oct 2025 |
鈥淟ife on the Ice Dragon: Exploring the Unique Biota of Mt. Erebus, Antarctica鈥� | |
| Fang Peng (Wuhan University) |
13 Aug 2025 |
"Microbial Activity under Frozen Conditions - Seasonal Variations and Succession of Microbial Communities in the Forelands of Arctic Glaciers" | |
| Matthew Taylor (Ahuora Centre for Smart Energy Systems) |
30 July 2025 |
鈥淧rocess Heat Decarbonisation through Energy Digital Twin Technology鈥� | |
| Francois Thoral (糖心TV, NIWA) |
28 Apr 2025 |
鈥淐oastal Darkening and Marine Darkwaves: evidence of a changing underwater light environment for Aotearoa New Zealand鈥檚 coastal reefs鈥� | |
| Roxane Maranger (Universit茅 de Montr茅al) |
8 Apr 2025 |
"Exploring the complex nature of aquatic ecosystem metabolism" | |
| Simon Stewart (Cawthron Institute) |
26 Mar 2025 |
"Using stable isotopes to simplify food webs for applied freshwater management" | |
| Kevin Wakeman (Hokkaido University) |
14 Feb 2025 |
"Biodiversity of marine alveolates: examining species diversity and patterns in evolution" | |
| Chun'an Tang (Dalian University of Technology, Chengdu University of Technology) |
11 Nov 2024 |
"The Breakup of Earth - Earth Evolution as a Thermal System" | |
| Steven Lindow (University of California, Berkeley) |
30 Oct 2024 |
鈥淯nderstanding Microbial Life on Leaves鈥� | |
| Ken Hughes (糖心TV) |
2 Oct 2024 |
"What does turbulence in the ocean鈥檚 thermocline look like?" |
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| Chris Lusk (糖心TV) | 18 Sept 2024 | "Alternative stable states in the mycorrhizal makeup of a New Zealand forest" | |
| Graham McCulloch (University of Otago) |
2 Sept 2024 |
鈥淎nthropogenic evolution of New Zealand's endemic insects: rapid evolution in a fast-changing world鈥� | |
| Prof David Schmale III (Virginia Tech University) |
21 Aug 2024 |
"Transport of Microbes at Interfaces" | |
| David Shuker (University of St Andrews) | 14 Aug 2024 | "Sexual selection in non-model organisms: costs, benefits, and new views on mating systems" | |
| Yvette Dickinson (Scion) | 30 July 2024 | "Designing Forests - Mahi Tahi Whaihua" | |
| Roseanna Gamlen-Greene (University of Otago) | 6 Jun 2024 | 鈥淔rogs, bogs and people: Research outcomes improve and the community benefits from science outreach on Haida Gwaii, a remote archipelago in Canada鈥� | |
| Holly Winton (Victoria University Wellington) | 29 May 2024 | "Southern Ocean phytoplankton, aerosols and ice cores: fuelling every other breath you take" | |
| Matthew Lachniet (University of Las Vegas) | 22 May 2024 | "Surface Water Isoscapes from Aotearoa New Zealand: Powerful Tools for Paleoclimatic Interpretation" | |
| A/Prof William Nardin (University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science) | 10 Apr 2024 | "Nature-based Solutions for Sea Level Rise Resilience in Chesapeake Bay (Maryland, USA)" | |
| Prof Andrew Weightman (Cardiff University) | 20 Mar 2024 | "Wastewater based epidemiology from poo to policy and pandemic preparedness" | |
| A/Prof Kevin Rose (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) | 13 Mar 2024 | "Understanding and forecasting changes in lake water quality: Insights from research on dissolved oxygen and harmful algal bloom dynamics" | |
| Zhanchao Shao (糖心TV) | 6 Mar 2024 | 鈥淐lassifying estuaries using new satellite-derived optical indicators鈥� | |
| Prof Emily Bernhardt (Duke University) | 21 Feb 2024 | 鈥淔reshwaters in the Anthropocene 鈥� the constraints on aquatic ecosystems in a hotter, flashier and heavily managed future鈥� | |
| Prof Robert Dean (Auburn University) | 14 Feb 2024 | 鈥淓nvironmental and Agricultural Sensors Research" | |
| Dr. Alana Alexander (University of Otago) | 13 Dec 2023 | From cetaceans to possums and chickadees in between | |
| Prof. Gareth Enticott (Cardiff University) & Prof. Iain White | 15 Nov 2023 | Learning from each other: What are the prospects for environmental policy mobility between Wales and New Zealand? | |
| Dr. Sinead Leahy (NZ Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre) | 11 Oct 2023 | Reducing agricultural greenhouse gases 鈥� a New Zealand perspective | |
| Mirco Woelfelscheider (Leibniz Institute for Tropical Marine Research) | 4 Oct 2023 | Blue Carbon in coastal vegetated ecosystems: Understanding organic matter dynamics in coastal systems with a focus on mangroves in the frame of sea4soCiety | |
| Jessica Rohde (Victoria University of Wellington) | 20 Sept 2023 | Advancing your science communication practice with evaluation | |
| Guilherme Cassales & Nick Lim | 13 Sept 2023 | Leveraging AI for time series forecasting in forestry and flood prediction | |
| Erin Hahn (CSIRO, Australia) | 16 Aug 2023 | Conservation time machine: Harnessing degraded DNA for wildlife protection | |
| Joel Vaneste (Plant & Food Research) | 12 July 2023 | Is Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa) still a threat to the New Zealand kiwifruit industry? | |
| Albert Bifet | 21 June 2023 | "TAIAO - Green AI for Green Aotearoa" | |
| Marie Magnusson | 24 May 2023 | "Biotechnology, from idea to implementation - the case of Asparagopsis" | |
| Sabine Dittmann (Flinders University) | 22 Mar 2023 | "Translating science into management action:Examples from coastal ecosystems in South Australia" | |
| Kasey Barton (University of Hawaii) | 16 Mar 2023 | 鈥淚sland Plant Functional Syndromes & Competition鈥� | |
| Hagen Buck-Wiese (Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology) | 8 Mar 2023 | "Pathways of carbon sequestration by carbohydrates in the ocean" | |
| Dr. Darren Coker (KAUST) | 16 Feb 2023 | "Reef fish communities in the Red Sea" | |
| Aleicia Holland (La Trobe University) | 9 Nov 2022 | "Down the rabbit hole of dissolved organic matter in freshwater ecosystems" | |
| Prof Conrad Pilditch | 19 Oct 2022 | 鈥淭he cumulative effects of multiple stressors 鈥� Erosion of resilience in coastal ecosystems鈥� | |
| Zhonghou Xu (NIWA) | 14 Sept 2022 | "Tsunami damage to New Zealand breakwaters - An experimental case study" | |
| Prof Mark Denny (Stanford University) | 30 Aug 2022 | "Coping with unpredictable environmental extremes: Insights from intertidal copepods and limpets" | |
| Dr. Earl Bardsley | 17 Aug 2022 | 鈥淥nslow pumped storage and the green transition:energy, the environment, and climate change adaptation鈥� | |
| Dr. Phil Mourot | 10 Aug 2022 | A real-time flood impact prediction tool: from models to deployment in a multi-source environment | |
| Dr Chelsea Vickers (VUW) | 8 June 2022 |
Algal microbiome enzymes: What are they and how can we use them for production of high value products and biocontrol agents? |
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| Dr Mike Packer (Cawthron Institute) | 11 May 2022 |
Algal Biotechnology: Application in Environmental Science and Protection |
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| Dr. Julie Deslippe | 1 Dec 2021 | Alpine ecosystem change | |
| Dr. Janine Krippner | 17 Nov 2021 | They said what??! Navigating science communication in the age of social media and scary headlines | |
| Prof Iain White & Dr. Christina Hanna | 3 Nov 2021 | Managed Retreat(s) and the science-policy-practice interface | |
| Dr. Rebecca Lawton | 22 Sept 2021 | Algal Bioremediation: A novel biological treatment method for nutrient rich wastewater | |
| Tame Malcolm (Te Tira Whakam膩taki) | 8 Sept 2021 | M膩tauranga M膩ori and Biosecurity | |
| Dr. Kiri Wallace & BioHeritage Eco-Index Team | 25 Aug 2021 | The BioHeritage Eco-Index: a programme to guide investment in biodiversity | Upon request |
| Dr. Adele Williamson | 28 July 2021 | "Replication and Repair Under Extreme Conditions: Lessons from Bacterial Super-Survivors" | Upon request |
| Dr. Anne Gaskett (University of Auckland) | 14 July 2021 | 鈥淪ensory ecology of seabirds and orchids鈥� | Upon request |
| Dr. Stephen Archer (Auckland University of Technology) | 30 June 2021 | "Steps towards understanding the atmospheric microbiome" | Upon request |
| Dr Charlotte Alster | 16 June 2021 | "Assessing the temperature response of soil microbes to a changing climate" | Upon request |
| A/Prof Taciano Milfont | 2 June 2021 | "The psychology of environmental protection and exploitation" | Upon request |
| Prof Troy Baisden | 19 May 2021 | "Developing dual-isotope nitrate studies to understand the sources and fate of excess nitrogen in Aotearoa's freshwaters" | Upon request |
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Akuhata Bailey-Winiata Megan Pareue Ranapia Tyla Jade Kettle |
5 May 2021 | "Potential exposure of coastal marae and urup膩 in Aotearoa New Zealand to sea level rise""A co-developed m膩tauranga M膩ori and science approach to inform marine research and management: A case study of the eleven-armed starfish, p膩tangaroa (Coscinasterias muricata) overabundance in 艑hiwa Harbour, Aotearoa New Zealand""M膩tauranga M膩ori to inform understanding of population dynamics and health of pipi in Waihi estuary, Bay of Plenty" | Upon request |
| A/Prof Melanie Ooi | 21 Apr 2021 | "Vision systems for the inspection of plants: Why we do it, and why we fail" | Upon request |
| Dr. Moritz Lehmann | 24 Mar 2021 | "Horizontal Variability in Lakes: Satellite-based assessment and implications for management" | Upon request |
| A/Prof Caroline Williams | 10 Mar 2021 | "Winter in a changing world: The critical importance of snow" | Upon request |
| Prof Jason Tylianakis (University of Canterbury) | 28 Oct 2020 | "Unravelling the Web of Life - Species interactions in a changing world" | Upon request |
| Dr. Erica Prentice | 14 Oct 2020 | "The Inflection Point Hypothesis: The relationship between the temperature dependence of enzyme catalyzed reaction rates and microbial growth rates" | Upon request |
| Paul Champion (NIWA) | 7 Oct 2020 | "The freshwater flora of the Waikato: A 150 year history of change" | Upon request |
| Dr. Rupert Craggs (NIWA) | 30 Sept 2020 | "Ecocultural technologies for rural and M膩ori community on-site treatment" | Upon request |
| Dr. Priscilla Wehi (Manaaki Whenua) | 23 Sept 2020 | "Plants and Indigenous ecological knowledge: a view from M膩ori oral tradition" | Upon request |
| Dr. Kristal Cain (University of Auckland) | 16 Sept 2020 | "Fiery females: Form, function & fitness" | Upon request |
| Dr. Ashley Mortensen (Plant & Food Research) | 9 Sept 2020 | "Population dynamics of feral and managed honey bees in New Zealand" | Upon request |
| A/Prof Richard Levy (GNS/Victoria University of Wellington) | 19 Aug 2020 | "Melting Ice and Rising Seas - Climate Change in Antarctica and its Impact on the Coastal Regions of Aotearoa" | Upon request |
| Erina Watene-Rawiri | 5 Aug 2020 | "Indigenous Tuna Management in Waikato, Aotearoa, New Zealand" | Upon request |
| Dr. David Chagn茅 (Plant & Food Research) | 29 July 2020 | "Genome-wide patterns of genetic differentiation and demographic history in m膩nuka grown on M膩ori land" | Upon request |
| Dr. Monica Peters | 22 July 2020 | "#CITIZENSCIENCE principles, action & opportunities: International perspectives & the NZ context" | Upon request |
| Prof David Schiel (University of Canterbury) | 8 July 2020 | "Resilience of marine communities and the new abnormal: legacies of the 2016 Kaik艒ura" | Upon request |
| Dr. Anna Santure (University of Auckland) | 1 July 2020 | "Using conservation genomics to predict adaptive potential in the threatened New Zealand hihi" | Upon request |
| Dr. Jonni Hazeline Koia | 17 June 2020 | "Te Rep Tipu Research: Kaupapa M膩ori molecular and genomic research on taonga flora" | Upon request |
| Dr. Rebecca Gladstone-Gallagher (University of Auckland) | 31 July 2019 | "Disturbance and resilience in estuaries" | Upon request |