Recognised for her dual talents in research and science communication,
Rebecca is a previous MacDiarmid New Zealand Young Scientist. She has
published extensively on the use chemical approaches for determining
energy flux in marine food webs. Rebecca has experience in the academic
and commercial sectors and has conducted ecological research in the
Antarctic and Subantarctic. Rebecca was appointed as a Fiordland Marine
Guardian in 2012 by the Minister for the Environment, and has chaired the
board since 2015.