GSNZ2020

Plenary Speaker Biographies

Clare Wilkinson

Topic: Braiding geoscience and mātauranga Māori: the case for a trans-epistemological approach

Biography

Clare Wilkinson is a PhD candidate at the University of Canterbury. She is originally from the east coast of the United States and received her BSc in Geology from Washington and Lee University. Inspired by the rivers and people of Aotearoa New Zealand, her research aims to weave geomorphology and mātauranga Māori to better understand landscape change through time. Her work with Professor Angus Macfarlane, Dr. Daniel Hikuroa and Dr. Matthew Hughes is focused on strengthening bicultural research potentials in Earth science, as recently highlighted by NZ media and by the European Geosciences Union and American Geophysical Union.

Margaret Bradshaw

Topic: Ability not gender: New Zealand women geologists in Antarctica

Biography

Margaret was born in Nottingham, England, and trained as a geologist at London University, moving to New Zealand in 1966 with husband John and new baby. After her second child, she became Curator of Geology at Canterbury Museum and made her first visit to Antarctica in 1976. She became the first woman to lead a deep Antarctic field party in 1979-80. She led six further research expeditions between 1982 and 2008, and has lectured on Antarctic tour ships. Margaret was awarded the Queen’s Polar Medal in 1993. From 1999 she taught at the University of Canterbury, including two seasons with the post-graduate Antarctic Studies course.

Brendon A. Bradley

Topic: Prediction of seismic hazards in NZ using physics-based methods: Opportunities for integration across the geosciences

Biography

Brendon is a Professor of Earthquake Engineering in the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand; and the Director of QuakeCoRE: The New Zealand Centre for Earthquake Resilience, which is a network of over 180 active researchers. His areas of interest include engineering seismology, strong ground motion prediction, seismic response analysis of structural and geotechnical systems, and seismic performance and loss estimation methods. He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in 2007 and PhD in 2009. Prior to joining the University of Canterbury in 2010, Brendon worked at GNS Science in Wellington, New Zealand, and as a post-doctoral fellow at Chuo University in Tokyo, Japan. Brendon is an editorial board member for EERI’s Earthquake Spectra and the Bulletin of the New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering. Brendon has also acted as director of Bradley Seismic Limited since 2010, providing consulting services in several areas of earthquake engineering. Brendon has received several notable awards for work with collaborators, including, the 2012 Ivan Skinner EQC award for the advancement of earthquake engineering in NZ; 2013 Royal Society of New Zealand Rutherford Discovery Fellowship; 2014 Shamsher Prakash Foundation Research Award; 2014 NZ Engineering Excellence Awards Young Engineer of the Year; 2015 University of Canterbury Teaching Award; 2015 TC203 Young Researcher Award; 2015 EERI Shah Innovation Prize; 2016 ASCE Norman Medal; 2016 NZ Prime Minister’s Emerging Scientist Prize, 2019 NZ Geotechnical Society Geomechanics Award; and the 2021 ISSMGE Bright Spark Lecture Award.

Plenary Speaker Biographies

Clare Wilkinson

Margaret Bradshaw

Brendon A. Bradley

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