Officers

President

Dr Nick Albert

Bioeconomy Science Institute - Palmerston North

Telephone: 06 355 6109

president@plantbiology.science.org.nz

Vice President

Vacant in 2026

Secretary

Dr Nigel Gapper

Bioeconomy Science Institute - Mt Albert

secretary@plantbiology.science.org.nz


Treasurer

Dr Catrin Guenther

Bioeconomy Science Institute - Ruakura​​​​​​​ 

treasurer@plantbiology.science.org.nz

Council

Dr Jayanthi Nadarajan

Bioeconomy Science Institute - Palmerston North

​​​​​​​jayanthi.nadarajan@plantandfood.co.nz

Council

Dr Rebecca Bloomer

Bioeconomy Science Institute - Lincoln

Rebecca.Bloomer@plantandfood.co.nz

Council

Dr Samarth Kulshrestha

University of Canterbury

samarth@canterbury.ac.nz

Council

Dr Soledad Perez Santangelo

University of Auckland

soledad.perezsantangelo@auckland.ac.nz

Immediate Past President

Assoc. Professor Lynette Brownfield

University of Otago

lynette.brownfield@otago.ac.nz

Telephone: 03 479 5151