Barb Hayden

Barb Hayden
AwardsCompanion of the Royal Society of New Zealand, New Zealand Marine Sciences Society Award
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Otago
Thesis
Doctoral advisorMike Barker, John McKoy, John Blackburn Jillett
Academic work
InstitutionsNational Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

Barbara June Hayden is a New Zealand marine biologist, and is Chief Scientist at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), specialising in marine biosecurity and aquaculture. In 2019 she was elected a Companion of the Royal Society Te Apārangi and awarded the New Zealand Marine Sciences Society Award.