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ALDEN, Bryony
Email
aldbr243@student.otago.ac.nz Course
PhD (Zoology)
Topic
Microplastic pollution in Australasian freshwater ecosystems: is it a problem and what impact does it have on aquatic life?
Supervisors
Christoph Matthaei, Steph Godfrey
BATUCAN, Nina
Email
batni629@student.otago.ac.nz
Course
PhD (Ecology)
Topic
Effects of pharmaceutical contaminants on New Zealand lotic freshwater ecosystems.
Supervisors
Christoph Matthaei, Grant Northcott, Louis Tremblay (Cawthron)
BEER, Anusha
Email
veran325@student.otago.ac.nz
Course
PhD (Zoology)
Topic
Phylogeography and community assembly of freshwater lake communities in the Chatham Islands.
Supervisors
Travis Ingram, Crid Fraser (Marine Science)
BENNINGTON, Stephanie
Email
steph.bennington@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Course
PhD (Marine Science)
Topic
Transfering statistical models between populations and species.
Supervisors
Will Rayment (Marine Science), Peter Dillingham (Statistics), Liz Slooten, Steve Dawson (Marine Science), Alana Alexander (Anatomy)
BERTOIA, Aaron
Email
beraa464@student.otago.ac.nz
Course
PhD (Ecology)
Topic
The influence of introduced mammalian predators on alpine invertebrate communities.
Supervisors
Jo Monks, Bruce Robertson
CUNNINGHAME, Francesca
Email
cunhe141@student.otago.ac.nz Course
PhD (Zoology)
Topic
Can the future of the Critically Endangered mangrove finch be secured in the wild? Monitoring the effectiveness of ten years of intensive field manage.
Supervisors Yolanda van Heezik, Phil Seddon
CURTIN, Emma
Email
curem387@student.otago.ac.nz Course
PhD (Zoology)
Topic
The ecology of introduced dung beetles in the South Island.
Supervisors
Jenny Jandt, Barbara Barratt (Landcare)
DAVIS, Noah
Email
davno443@student.otago.ac.nz Course
PhD (Zoology)
Topic
Temporal dynamics of deposited fine sediment and implications for stream macroinvertebrates.
Supervisors
Christoph Matthaei, Kate Mathers (Loughborough University)
DE ANGELI DUTRA, Daniela
Email
deada056@student.otago.ac.nz Course
PhD (Zoology)
Topic
How do migratory birds connect haemosporidian parasite lineages in Brazil?
Supervisor
Robert Poulin
DOU, Dongyu
Email
doudo738@student.otago.ac.nz Course
PhD (Zoology)
Topic
Functional study of female zebrafish AR gene in ovary and identification of AREs.
Supervisors
Mark Lokman, Caroline Beck, Julia Horsfield (Pathology)
EASTON, Ryan
Email
ryan.easton@postgrad.otago.ac.nz Course
PhD (Zoology)
Topic
Effects of fish passage barriers and remediation methods on river fragmentation and freshwater fish distribution and migration.
Supervisors
Gerry Closs, Gert-jan Jeunen (Anatomy), Eddy Dowle (Anatomy), Tony Moore (Surveying)
ELLEY, Thor
Email
thor.elley@postgrad.otago.ac.nz Course
PhD (Zoology)
Topic
Social network structure and robustness to disturbance in two closely related endemic parrots.
Supervisor
Steph Godfrey
FORTUNE-KELLY, Grace
Email
davgr250@student.otago.ac.nz Course
PhD (Zoology)
Topic
Salinity in coastal freshwaters: Trophic structure and community composition on Rēkohu (Chatham Island).
Supervisors
Travis Ingram, Sheri Johnson, Marc Schallenberg, Jonathan Tonkin (U. Canterbury)
FOSTER, Yasmin
Email
yasmin.foster@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Course
PhD (Zoology)
Topic
Using DNA methylation to age the kākāpō and other endangered New Zealand birds.
Supervisors
Bruce Robertson, Ludovic Dutoit, Sheri Johnson, Stefanie Grosser
HAMLIN, Taylor
Email
hamta777@student.otago.ac.nz
Course
PhD (Statistics)
Topic
Population ecology of Adélie penguins in the Ross Sea.
Supervisors
Matt Schofield (Maths and Stats), Phil Seddon, Dean Anderson (Landcare)
HEYZER, Audrey
Email
heyau484@student.otago.ac.nz Course
PhD (Zoology)
Topic
Engaging people in biodiversity management: exploring the convergence of culture and nature.
Supervisors
Yolanda van Heezik, Claire Freeman (Geography)
HUNN, Julia
Email
hunju034@student.otago.ac.nz Course
PhD (Zoology)
Topic
Multiple-stressor effects of three key climate change drivers on stream fish and invertebrate communities.
Supervisors
Christoph Matthaei, Jeremy Piggott
ISLAM, Md Moudud
Email
islmo262@student.otago.ac.nz Course
PhD (Zoology)
Topic
Physiological and molecular basis of silvering and spawning migration in shortfinned New Zealand eel, Anguilla australis .
Supervisors
Mark Lokman, Erin Damsteegt
Links
ResearchGate profile , Google Scholar profile , LinkedIn profile
ITUMO, Okorite
Email
ituok832@student.otago.ac.nz Course
MSc (Ecology)
Topic
Monitoring pollinator diversity across disturbed and restored grassland habitats.
Supervisors
Jenny Jandt, Janice Lord (Botany)
JARVIS, Matthew
Email
matthew.jarvis@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Course
PhD (Zoology)
Topic
Potential impacts of global change on amphidromous fishes.
Supervisors
Gerry Closs, Steve Wing (Marine Science)
KHAN, Md Saiful (Saif)
Email
saif.khan@postgrad.otago.ac.nz Course
PhD (Zoology)
Topic
Monitoring of threatened bird colonies and their habitat in braided river ecosystems of New Zealand using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
Supervisors
Phil Seddon
LEWIS, Blake
Email
lewbl381@student.otago.ac.nz Course
PhD (Zoology)
Topic
Distribution, composition, regulation, and function of Cortical Alveoli in the developing oocyte of the Shortfin Eel (Anguilla australis )
Supervisors
Mark Lokman, Michael Pankhurst (Anatomy), Karen Reader (DSM-Pathology)
LUBBE, Pascale
Email
pascale.lubbe@postgrad.otago.ac.nz Course
PhD (Genetics)
Topic
The impacts of climate change on New Zealand's birds: linking past and future
Supervisors
Michael Knapp (Anatomy), Nic Dussex, Nic Rawlence
Links
ResearchGate profile , Google Scholar profile , Twitter
McCARTHY, Gretchen
Email
gretchen.mccarthy@postgrad.otago.ac.nz Course
PhD (Marine Science)
Topic
Carbon sequestration in kelp and mussel aquaculture.
Supervisors
Steve Wing (Marine Science), Miles Lamare (Marine Science), Amandine Sabadel
MICHELSEN-HEATH, Sue
Email
micsu171@student.otago.ac.nz Course
PhD (Zoology)
Topic
Physiological responses of the honey bee (Apis mellifera ) after exposure to the organophosphate pesticide chlorpyrifos.
Supervisors
Alison Mercer, Mark Lokman, Kimberly Hageman (Utah State)
MORRELL, Teresa
Email
morte446@student.otago.ac.nz
Course
PhD (Marine Science)
Topic
The effect of plasticisers on the reproductive output of cryptobenthic fishes
Supervisors
Bridie Allan (Marine Science), David Burritt (Botany), Mark Lokman
RAFI, Zohara
Email
zohara.rafi@postgrad.otago.ac.nz Course
PhD (Zoology)
Topic
Novel bioacoustic tools for conservation.
Supervisors
Jo Monks
SORYL, Asher
Email
soras342@student.otago.ac.nz Course
PhD (Bioethics)
Topic
Establishing welfare biology: Creating a new research discipline for studying the welfare of all sentient beings.
Supervisors
Mike King (Bioethics), Andrew Moore (Philosophy), Phil Seddon
TAVERA, Angie
Email
tavan554@student.otago.ac.nz Course
PhD (Zoology)
Topic
Extraction, identification and evaluation of the chemical cues and signals of ngaro huruhuru (Aotearoa/NZ Native Bees) for use in managed crop pollination.
Supervisors
Paul Szyszka, Flore Mas (Plant and Food)
THOMAS, Luna
Email
thobe008@student.otago.ac.nz Course
PhD (Zoology)
Topic
Exploring the mating behaviour of the endemic New Zealand stag beetle genus, Geodorcus .
Supervisors
Sheri Johnson, Jenny Jandt
TURLEY, Lydia
Email
turly826@student.otago.ac.nz Course
PhD (Botany)
Topic
Population genetics in mycorrhizal fungi.
Supervisors
Matt Larcombe (Botany), David Bryant (Mathematics), David Orlovich (Botany), Janice Lord (Botany), Ludovic Dutoit
WALTON, Kerry
Email
walke635@student.otago.ac.nz Course
PhD (Zoology)
Topic
Application and efficacy of ancient DNA methods to obtain genetic sequences from museum biological specimens.
Supervisors
Hamish Spencer, Nic Rawlence
WREN, Sally
Email
wresa659@student.otago.ac.nz Course
PhD (Zoology)
Topic
Improving knowledge and techniques for the conservation of New Zealand's native frogs.
Supervisors
Sheri Johnson, Jen Germano (DOC), Stephanie Godfrey
YOUNG, Melanie
Email
melanie.young@postgrad.otago.ac.nz Course
PhD (Zoology)
Topic
Coping with nutritional stress: diet, dispersal and plasticity in the foraging strategies of hoiho/yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes ).
Supervisors
Yolanda van Heezik, Bruce Robertson, Phil Seddon
ZAMORANO, Daniel
Email
zamda279@student.otago.ac.nz Course
PhD (Zoology)
Topic
Including disturbance as a driver of stream periphyton in a metacommunity framework.
Supervisors
Christoph Matthaei, Travis Ingram
