Rochelle Constantine

Rochelle Lee Constantine ONZM is a New Zealand marine biologist, and is a full professor at the University of Auckland.

Constantine completed a PhD titled The behavioural ecology of the bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) of northeastern New Zealand: a population exposed to tourism at the University of Auckland in 2002.

[1] Constantine then joined the faculty, rising to full professor, and leader of the Marine Mammal Ecology Lab.

[3][4] Constantine is a member of the Executive Committee of the South Pacific Whale Consortium and co-founded a charitable trust to research technologies for marine conservation.

[5][6] In the 2023 King's Birthday and Coronation Honours, Constantine was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to wildlife conservation and marine biology.