Hamish McDonald is a Senior Physicist at Rocket Lab since May 2021, bringing expertise in physics from previous experience as a Physicist at Buckley Systems Ltd from February 2016 to June 2021. McDonald holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Physics from the University of Otago, where studies were completed from 2011 to 2016, and also gained additional experience during studies at the University of California, Berkeley from 2013 to 2014.