<p class="h3" align="left">NZAGRC Science Leadership Team</p>
<p align="left">The role of NZAGRC Science Leadership Team (SLT) is to play a key&nbsp;part in the development, implementation and monitoring of all of the Centre&rsquo;s science programmes and strategies.&nbsp; It consists of respected New Zealand-based researchers with excellent science&nbsp;credentials accompanied by strong leadership, communication, strategic and inter-personal skills with expertise in those areas of science covered in the&nbsp;NZAGRC Strategy and Science Plan.</p>
<p align="left">Membership is agreed by the Steering Group and includes the NZAGRC Principal Investigators in addition to the NZAGRC Director and NZAGRC Operations Manager.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<td width="40%"><span class="h7">Dr Graeme Attwood</span><span class="h7">&nbsp;</span></td>
<td>AgResearch&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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<td><span class="h7">Dr Cecile DeKlein&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</td>
<td>AgResearch&nbsp;</td>
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<td class="h7">Professor Hong Di<span class="h7">&nbsp;</span></td>
<td>Lincoln University&nbsp;</td>
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<td><span class="h7">Dr Robyn Dynes</span>&nbsp;</td>
<td>AgResearch&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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<td class="h7">Dr Peter Janssen&nbsp;</td>
<td>AgResearch&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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<td><span class="h7">Professor Frank Kelliher&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</td>
<td>AgResearch&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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<td class="h7">Dr David Whitehead<span class="h7">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></td>
<td>Landcare Research&nbsp;</td>
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<p align="left"><span class="h3">Science leadership &amp; capability building</span><span class="h3 h3">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p align="left">The NZAGRC is committed to providing opportunities for researchers to&nbsp;be trained and work with leading experts in&nbsp;New Zealand.&nbsp; Some students go on to&nbsp;continue their studies or enter a postdoctoral position under guidance from NZAGRC science leaders, other enter into industry based positions.</p>
<p align="left">The NZAGRC supports&nbsp;more than 50 researchers and students by providing funding via its core research programme or via its student scholarships programme.</p>
<p align="left">Below are profiles of our scientists and&nbsp;past students.&nbsp;</p>