Natalie Robinson
PhD
Marine Physicist
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University / Earth Sciences New Zealand
Director 2025–2032
Dr Natalie Robinson specialises in polar oceanography, with a focus on understanding the oceanic connection between ice shelf and sea ice regimes. Her work ranges in scale from regional scale circulation and inter-annual variability to small-scale processes at the ice-ocean interface.
In the Antarctic Science Platform's first seven years, Natalie's focus was ice–ocean interactions, particularly the role of platelet ice as a unique habitat that supports the ecosystem of the Ross Sea. She was also a co-PI for Project 4.
As the Platform’s Deputy Director, Natalie led the stakeholder consultation and co-design of the Platform’s research plan for 2025–2032.