Kath Walker (scientist)

Kath Walker
Awards	Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Academic background
Alma mater	Massey University
Thesis	Systematics and phylogeography of the large land snail Powelliphanta (2018)
Doctoral advisor	Steven A. Trewick, Rod Hitchmough
Academic work
Institutions	New Zealand Wildlife Service, Department of Conservation

Kathleen Joy Walker is a New Zealand conservation scientist and an expert on New Zealand snails. In 2023 Walker was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to wildlife conservation.