Shari (Ngāti Maru, Te Rarawa) is a coastal scientist with broad national and international experience in interdisciplinary projects focused on the coast. This includes coastal hazards such as flooding and sea level rise impacts, geomorphology and morphodynamics, estuarine processes and restoration, and more recently, blue carbon in restored coastal wetlands. A key focus of her work is bridging Te Ao Māori (the Māori world) and mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) with western science, to understand coastal dynamics and plan for climate change.
Shari also works as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Science at the University of Waikato, is Co-Chair of Women in Coastal Science; Engineering (WICGE), and is Associate Editor for Anthropocene Coasts.