Anna Santure is an Associate Professor in genetics in Te Kura Mātauranga Koiora the School of Biological Sciences at Waipapa Taumata Rau the University of Auckland. Anna’s research leverages and integrates complex, ‘big’ data, including genomic, life history, environmental, temporal and spatial information, to explain and predict the potential of wild populations to adapt to our rapidly changing world. 

A key arm of Anna’s research aims to utilise genomic tools to infer threatened taonga species’ adaptive potential and to integrate this knowledge into management decisions in consultation and partnership with kaitiaki and stakeholders. Anna currently co-leads two national projects, both funded by MBIE; a Genomics Aotearoa ‘High Quality Genomes and Population Genomics’ project, and the ‘Modelling biodiversity’ project within the Strategic Science Investment Fund (SSIF) Data Science Research Programme.

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