Libby is a Rutherford Discovery Fellow based at Massey University Auckland and a Research Associate of the Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira. Her research is interested in the generation and changing nature of biogeographic, ecological and demographic patterns in the ocean. She specialises in using genomic data, in combination with ecological data and modelling approaches. Libby also collaborates in several international research consortia and scientific committees, advocating open data, knowledge transfer, and appropriate data stewardship.