People

Dr. Marc Schallenberg

Director and Principal Scientist

Marc Schallenberg
Marc sampling Lake Snow (Lindavia intermedia) on Lake Wanaka.

Marc has been a professional freshwater scientist in New Zealand since 1993.

In this time he has visited and sampled over 70 lakes from Northland to Campbell Island, while authoring numerous technical papers, reports and providing expert advice in regional council and environment court hearings.

He is an associate editor of New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, peer reviewer for the IPCC and NSF (US National Science Foundation) international scientific journals and government departments.

Lena Schallenberg (BSc, PgDipSci)

Research Assistant

Lena Schallenberg
Lena collecting water samples from Lake Wakatipu.

Lena has previous experience in environmental consulting and has worked as a Research Assistant for LERNZ (Lake Ecosystem Research New Zealand) and the University of Otago Southern Lakes Lab.

She is currently completing her PhD at the University of Otago, focusing on the role of picocyanobacteria in New Zealand lakes.