Dr Hamish Campbell is a senior scientist with GNS Science. He began his professional career as a palaeontologist with the New Zealand Geological Survey in 1978, and has specialist interests in Permian, Triassic and Jurassic fossils. Campbell is best known for his geological research in the Chatham Islands, his role as geologist and science communicator at Te Papa, and his bestselling 2007 book In Search of Ancient New Zealand (co-authored with Gerard Hutching). He lives in Wellington.
