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Timothy Naish

Professor of Earth Sciences

Antarctic Research Centre

Orcid identifier0000-0002-1185-9932
  • Professor of Earth Sciences
    Antarctic Research Centre
  • +6444636197 (Work)
  • +64272358101 (Mobile)
  • CO 508, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand

BIO

Professor in Earth Sciences, Antarctic Research Centre

Science expertise:
- Paleoclimatology from glaciated and non-glaciated continental margins.
- Sequence stratigraphy, integrated chronostratigraphy, cyclostratigraphy and sedimentology.
- Specialising in reconstruction of past sea-level and ice volume variability.
- Data and numerical model comparison and integration.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Director
    Victoria University of Wellington, Antarctic Research Centre, New Zealand2013 - 2017
  • Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor
    Victoria University of Wellington, Faculties of Science Engineering, Architecture and Design, New Zealand2012 - 2014
  • Director
    Joint Antarctic Research Institute, Wellington, New Zealand2009 - 2013
  • Deputy Director
    Joint Antarctic Research Institute, Wellington, New Zealand2006 - 2008
  • Deputy Director
    Victoria university of wellington, Antarctic Research Centre, New Zealand2005 - 2008
  • Principal Scientist
    GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand1998 - 2016
  • Post-Doctoral Fellowship
    James Cook University, Australian Research Council, Australia1996 - 1997
  • Assistant Lecturer
    University of Waikato, Earth Sciences, New Zealand1990 - 1995

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Programme Leader – Ice-Ocean-Atmosphere
    Antarctica New Zealand, Antarctic Science Platform, Christchurch, New Zealand2019 - present
  • Group Co-Leader, Past Antarctic Ice Sheet Dynamics (PAIS)
    Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), Cambridge, United Kingdom2017 - present
  • NZ SeaRise Programme Leader
    Victoria University of Wellington, Antarctic Research Centre, Wellington, New Zealand2017 - 2018

DEGREES

  • BSc
    University of Waikato, New Zealand
  • MSc (Hons)
    University of Waikato, New Zealand
  • PhD
    University of Waikato, New Zealand

AVAILABILITY

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision