Keith Andrew Hunter (24 November 1951 – 24 October 2018) was a New Zealand ocean chemist who was a professor of chemistry and pro-vice-chancellor of sciences, at the University of Otago.

[2] Hunter joined the Department of Chemistry at the University of Otago as a lecturer in 1979, rising to become a full professor in 1994.

[2][3] His research focused on trace metals in natural waters, particularly in the ocean, and chemical equilibria in marine and freshwater systems.

[2][3] He was awarded the Prime Minister's Science Prize in 2011 and the Marsden Medal in 2014, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1997.

[4][5][6] Hunter retired as pro vice chancellor of sciences at Otago in 2016 after six years in the position, and died at his home in Dunedin on 24 October 2018.