Edward Abraham
edward@dragonfly.co.nz
Phone: 04 385 9285 Mobile: 021 989 454
Edward has a PhD from Cambridge University, where he studied theoretical physics in the cosmology group led by Stephen Hawking.
Returning to New Zealand, Edward worked as an oceanographer at NIWA for 10 years, researching interactions between the physical and biological environment, particularly how stirring by ocean currents affects plankton. Two years at Datamine provided business experience and gave him an appreciation of the value of statistical analysis in solving applied problems.
Edward started Dragonfly Science in 2006 to provide a customised data analysis service.
Finlay Thompson
finlay@dragonfly.co.nz
Phone: 04 385 9285 Mobile: 021 426 878
Finlay gained his PhD in mathematics from SISSA, in Italy, researching four dimensional algebra and geometry. A two year post-doc at Victoria University followed his return to New Zealand.
Work in Wellington's IT industry included five years database programming for the management of New Zealand's electoral roll database. He also gained extensive experience with web development and open source software.
Finlay joined Dragonfly in 2008, working on data management and computer modelling. He enjoys developing effective data management systems for science work, and high performance computer programming.
Yvan Richard
yvan@dragonfly.co.nz
Phone: 04 385 9285
Yvan's background is in ecology—specifically population dynamics, conservation biology, animal movements and landscape ecology.
He moved from France to New Zealand in 2002 to study for a PhD at Massey University on habitat fragmentation and bird population dynamics.
Yvan started at Dragonfly in 2010 and has worked extensively on the analysis of seabird bycatch in fisheries.
Johanna Pierre
johanna@dragonfly.co.nz
Phone: 04 385 9285 Mobile: 021 908 227
Johanna completed her PhD in ecology and environmental biology at the University of Alberta, Canada. She then took up a government scholarship to study biodiversity science at the University of Tokyo for two years.
She enjoys the challenge of working at the interface of ecology and economic issues, and seeking solutions to complex problems.
Johanna also maintains her private consultancy, JPEC.
