Contact details
Office Office 310 Castle Street, room 150
Email peter.russell@otago.ac.nz
Academic qualifications
BSc (Physics), Otago
MSc (Electronics), Otago
PhD (Oceanography), Otago
Research interests
My primary research interests are in physical processes that support marine ecosystems. I integrate a number of research areas, including:
- Coastal and estuarine processes
- Tropical cyclone generated primary production
- Putahitanga – Intersection of Mātauranga and oceanography
- Sea ice physics
I am also a member of the Coastal People: Southern Skies collaboration that connects communities with world-leading, cross-discipline research to rebuild coastal ecosystems.
Coastal People: Southern Skies
Current funded research
- Coastal People: Southern Skies CORE – Co PI for Understanding Local and Regional Thermal Regimes to Prepare for Climate Change. (Co PI Rob Smith, Otago). This project investigates potential climate refuges along the East Otago and Stewart Island coasts
- Marsden fund - AI on Crossing the Dimensional Divide: Non-linear Interaction between Sub-mesoscale eddies and Turbulence. (PI Craig Stevens, NIWA). This project investigates Sub-mesoscale eddies in Cook Strait through measurements and modelling
Courses
- MARI 201 Oceanography: The Physical Ocean
- MARI 301 Marine Ecology and Ecosystems
- MARI 322 Coastal and Shelf Seas Oceanography
- AQFI 301 Field Methods in Applied Marine Science
- AQFI 421 Advanced Aquaculture and Fisheries
Current postgraduate students
- Bridgit Smerdon, MSc: Drivers of temperature variability in Southern New Zealand forests of giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera