Research team

The study team is interdisciplinary and includes sedimentologists, physicists, oceanographers, and modellers working on a range of research projects within the programme.

Dr Rob Bell – oceanography, climate change, numerical modelling, coastal engineering, tides, storm surge, tsunami, sea-level network
Dr Terry Hume – sedimentology, marine geology, climate change, estuaries
Dr Richard Gorman – waves, numerical modelling, surf zone processes
Dr Mike Revell –storms, cyclones, numerical modelling, forecasting
Dr Malcolm Green – sediment dynamics, estuaries
Dr Scott Stephens – oceanography, hydrodynamics, numerical modelling
Mr John Fenwick – field instrumentation, sea-level network
Mr Andrew Swales – sedimentology, sediment dynamics
Mr George Payne – Cam-Era monitoring system, CD-ROM applications
Dr Giovanni Coco – surf zone processes, rips, waves
Mr Doug Ramsay – coastal engineering, beaches, risk assessment, consultancy & marketing

Please direct all correspondence and inquiries to the Programme Leader:

Dr Rob Bell [ r.bell@niwa.co.nz ]
NIWA, P O Box 11115, Hamilton
Phone +64 7 856 1742
Fax +64 7 856 0151