Maren Wellenreuther is a German–New Zealand marine scientist, and is a full professor at the University of Auckland, specialising in the development of indigenous fish aquaculture.
She earned a master's degree in Australia before completing a PhD titled Ecological factors associated with speciation in New Zealand triplefin fishes (Family Tripterygiidae) at the University of Auckland.
[2] Although Wellenreuther is based at Plant & Food Research in Nelson, she has a part-time position on the faculty of the University of Auckland, where she was appointed as full professor in 2024.
[6] The research examines traits such as growth rate and disease resistance in domesticated finfish populations, and focuses on trevally and snapper.
[7] In 2013 Wellenreuther received a King Carl XVI Gustaf's 50-years award, which was given to "researchers who promote and contribute to the knowledge and preservation of biological diversity".