| Simon Thrush | |
| Birth Date: | 10 November 1958 |
| Fields: | Marine Science |
| Workplaces: | University of Auckland |
| Alma Mater: | University of Otago University of East Anglia |
| Thesis Title: | Community ecology of the sublittoral macrobenthos of Lough Hyne (INE) |
| Thesis Url: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.355351 |
| Thesis Year: | 1985 |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Colin R. Townsend |
| Website: | Professor Simon Francis Thrush |
Simon Francis Thrush FRSNZ (born 10 November 1958) is a New Zealand marine scientist and current Director of the Institute of Marine Science at the University of Auckland.[1]
He graduated from the University of Otago with a first class BSc in Zoology in 1980, and completed his PhD at the University of East Anglia in 1985.[2] He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, and in 2010 was awarded the New Zealand Marine Sciences Life Time Achievement Award.[3]