Geoff Ridley

Biota Portfolio Leader @Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research Group

Wellington, NZ
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WORK HISTORY

Sep 2018 — Present

Biota Portfolio Leader @Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research Group

Wellington & Wairarapa, NZ

EDUCATION

1986 — 1988

Victoria University of Wellington

PhD

SKILLS

EcologyEnvironmental ScienceMycologyEnvironmental AwarenessEnvironmental PolicyAgricultureInvasive SpeciesSustainable DevelopmentConservation IssuesLifesciencesBiotechnologyEnvironmental EducationField WorkEnvironmental Management SystemsConservation BiologySustainabilityLife SciencesScienceMolecular BiologyResearchPolicyPublic Policy

ABOUT GEOFF RIDLEY

I lead the Biota portfolio of research at Manaaki Whenua. This also includes the management and curation of five of Aotearoa New Zealand\'s nationally significant biological collections: The Allan Herbarium (CHR) New Zealand Arthropod Collection (NZAC), Ko Te Aitanga Pepeke o Aotearoa New Zealand Fungarium (PDD), Te Kohinga Hekaheka o Aotearoa ICMP (International Collection of Microorganisms from Plants) Te Kohinga Harakeke o Aotearoa – National New Zealand Flax Collection The Biota portfolio biggest research programme is the \"Beyond Myrtle Rust\" MBIE Endeavour Fund programme however, we carry out a wide range of research on plants, algae, insects, mites, nematodes, fungi and bacteria. We also have the commercial EcoGene®: DNA-based diagnostics laboratory service.

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