Timothy Naish

Professor in Earth Sciences Antarctic Research Centre

• timothy.naish@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 6197
• Room 508, Cotton Building, Gate 7 Kelburn Parade

Qualifications

BSc Waikato (1988); MSc (Hons) Waikato (1989); PhD Waikato (1996)

Roles and responsibilities

• Professor in Earth Sciences, Antarctic Research Centre

National and international commitments

• 2014– present: NZ/Australia Representative on the Science Evaluation Panel of the International Ocean Disocovery Programme
• 2009– present: Sub-contract ($3M) Leader FRST/MSI/MBIE Past Antarctic Climates Programme
• 2005– present: Lead Principal Investigator on 4 RSNZ Marsden Funded Projects ~$3.5M
• 2002–2013: Chair of the International ANDRILL Science Committee
• 2010–2013: Lead Author, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) AR5, WG1
• 2009–2012: Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund Council and Convenor of the Earth Science and Astronomy Assessment Panel
• 2005–2012: Member, Executive Committee, SCAR Antarctic Climate Evolution (ACE) Scientific Research Project, and Chair of the Pleistocene Sub-Committee
• 2005–2011: Co-Chief Scientist of the international ANDRILL McMurdo Ice shelf Project
• 2010–2011: US National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council Committee to review US scientific ocean drilling programs
• 1999–2010: Member of the Editorial Board of the Elsevier Journal, Sedimentary Geology
• 2005–2009: Programme Leader (2005-2009) $20M ANDRILL FRST Programme

Research projects and interests

• 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
• Earth system proxy data and numerical model comparison and integration
• Interest in science communication and outreach

Awards

• Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (2014)
• Martha T. Muse Prize (2014) - for his outstanding research into understanding Antarctica's to past and present climate change
• Victoria University Research Excellence Award (2014)
• Victoria University Public Contribution Award (2013)
• New Zealand Antarctic Medal (2010) - for services to Antarctic climate science
• New Zealand Science and Technology Medal (2009) - recognition of Tim’s scientific leadership and contribution to the knowledge on Antarctic ice sheets and their influence on global sea-level change and climate in a warming world
• James Lee Wilson Award (2008) - for Excellence in Sedimentary Geology by the SEPM (Society of Sedimentary Geology)
• Geological Society of New Zealand, McKay Hammer (2006) - awarded for most meritorious contribution to New Zealand Earth Sciences in the last two calendar years
• Royal Society of New Zealand Hamilton Prize (1998) - for New Zealand’s best emerging researcher

Publications

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