Angus is a freshwater ecologist working in Te Kura Pūtaiao Koiora | Biological Sciences, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury in Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand. He is co-leader of the Freshwater Ecology Research Group (www.ferg.org.nz) and an Associate Dean in the Faculty of Science. His research has combined investigation of food webs with spatial analysis, often experimentally, to reveal how environmental change affects freshwater systems. He was awarded the Ngā Kohinga Wai o Aotearoa | New Zealand Freshwater Sciences medal in 2023 for his sustained and substantial contributions to advancing freshwater science in Aotearoa and internationally. He has been a member of SFS since 1991.