- Professor of Marine Ecology, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Professor Stockin’s research interests interface animal welfare science, ethology, toxicology and veterinary pathology and are particularly focused on human impacts affecting marine mammal populations.
A former Rutherford Discovery Fellow (2019-2024) and current Chair of Ethics for the Society for Marine Mammalogy, her research focuses on the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI), innovative technologies and evolutionary theory to address the conservation-welfare nexus during human-wildlife interactions.
Experience
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2022–presentChair - Ethics , Society for Marine Mammal Science
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2007–presentProfessor, Massey University
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2019–presentRutherford Discovery Fellow, Royal Society Te Aparangi
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2018–2020Strandings Coordinator, International Whaling Commission
Education
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2008Massey University, PhD Zoology
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1999University of Aberdeen, MSc Marine & Fisheries Science
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1998Plymouth University , BSc Marine Biology / Ecology
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