Fitaccen Farfesa Hamish Spencer FRSNZ ƙwararren mai bincike ne kuma malami, tare da sadaukar da kai don kawo kimiyya cikin al'umma. Ayyukansa sun ƙunshi batutuwa masu yawa a cikin ilimin halitta na juyin halitta, daga tsarin lissafi da dabarun kwayoyin halitta da ake amfani da su don ba da bishiyar juyin halitta, zuwa tambayoyi game da lafiyar jama'a da tarihin kwayoyin halitta.
Daga 2012 zuwa 2015, Hamish ya yi aiki a matsayin darekta na Cibiyar Allan Wilson, ƙungiyar masu bincike da yawa, ɗaya daga cikin cibiyoyin bincike na gwamnatin New Zealand. A matsayin wani ɓangare na ayyukan wayar da kan ƙungiyar, ya jagoranci shirye-shiryen samun lambar yabo tare da haɗin gwiwar masana kimiyya da al'ummomin gida waɗanda ke da canji ga bangarorin biyu. Shekaru biyar ya kasance mai ba da shawara na kimiyya ga ma'aikatar kimiyya ta New Zealand.
Hamish ya gabatar da wani yunkuri mai nasara na kawo babban taron tarihin kimiyya na duniya, taron kasa da kasa na Tarihin Kimiyya da Fasaha zuwa New Zealand a 2025. An zabe shi Fellowship na Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi a cikin 2009 kuma ya ba da wannan lambar yabo ta kimiyya da sadarwa ta al'umma, Medal Callaghan, a cikin 2016.
An sabunta shafin a watan Mayu 2024.