Libby Liggins is a Rutherford Discovery Fellow based at Waipapa Taumata Rau (the University of Auckland) and a Research Associate of the Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira. Libby is interested in the generation and changing nature of biogeographic, ecological and demographic patterns in the ocean, particularly in relation to climate change. She specialises in using genetic and genomic data, in combination with ecological data and modelling approaches.

Libby collaborates in several international research consortia and scientific committees including the World Data System and the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observing Network, advocating for open data, knowledge transfer, and appropriate data stewardship.

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