Postgraduate Students
PhD
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Gabriel AguirreMexico PhD title: Neogene dolphins from New Zealand, implications for the evolution of the family Delphinidae (PhD submitted January 2013) Supervisor: Ewan Fordyce Email: aguga014@student.otago.ac.nz |
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Robin AndrewsUK PhD Title (Working): Investigating the cratering and thermodynamics of the phreatomagmatic 1886 Rotomahana eruption Supervisor: James White Email: r.c.andrews@btinternet.com |
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Andreas AuerGermany PhD title: Sedimentary Response to Debris Avalanche and Eruption at Mt Ruapehu (PhD submitted August 2012) Supervisor: James White |
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Nicolas BarthUSA PhD title: A Tectono-Geomorphic Study of the Alpine Fault, New Zealand(PhD accepted early 2013) Supervisor: Virginia Toy, Richard Norris, Alan Cooper Email: nic@geology.co.nz |
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Marco BilliaSwitzerland PhD title: Strain weakening visco-plasticity in quartzofeldspathic mylonites: A petrological, microstructural and numerical modelling stuy of the Alpine Fault Zone, New Zealand (PhD finished March 2013) Supervisor: Virginia Toy, Richard Norris Email: marco.billia@alumni.ethz.ch |
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Robert W. Boessenecker (Bobby)USA PhD title: Morphology, phylogeny, and function of Eomysticetidae, archaic baleen whales (Cetacea: Mysticeti) from the Oligocene of New Zealand Supervisor: Ewan Fordyce Email: robert.boessenecker [at] otago.ac.nz |
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Joanna CooperCanada PhD title: Investigating water-mass mixing across the Sub-tropical Front east of the South Island using seismic oceanography. Supervisors: Andrew Gorman, Ross Vennell (Marine Science). Email: coojo202@student.otago.ac.nz |
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Andy CrossUK PhD title: A study of the interplay between brittle and ductile processes on the Alpine Fault Zone, New Zealand, and implications for the seismic cycle. Supervisors:Dave Prior, Virginia Toy Email: ajcross89@gmail.com |
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Tom CzertowiczUK PhD topic: Tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Anita Shear Zone, NW Fiordland Supervisors: James Scott, Mike Palin, Virginia Toy |
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Joanna (Asia) DruzbickaPoland PhD title: Linking geology with the impact of mining on the environment. Supervisor: Dave Craw |
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Lauren FarmerUK PhD title: Investigating the temporal and spatial association between gold and tungsten at Macraes Mine, Central Otago Supervisor: Dave Craw , Damon Teagle (Southampton) Email: lauren_far@hotmail.com |
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Bethany FoxUK PhD title: Climate Change at the Supervisors: Gary Wilson, Daphne Lee Email: foxbe129@student.otago.ac.nz |
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Douglas Fraser (On Hold)New Zealand PhD title: Seismic characterisation of hydrate / shallow gas systems associated with active margin sediments in the Pegasus Sub-basin, Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand Supervisors: Andrew Gorman, Ingo Pecher (University of Auckland) Email: |
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Carolyn GornyUSA PhD title: Origin of Pleistocene lava-hyaloclastite sheets, southeast Iceland Supervisors: James White, Magnus Gutmundsson (University of Iceland) |
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Simone HicksGermany PhD title: Ecological and sedimentological evolution of the volcanically active Oligocene continental shelf, east Otago, New Zealand Supervisors: Ewan Fordyce, James White, Daphne Lee Email: simone.hicks@web.de |
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Jess HillmanUK PhD title: Investigation of seafloor depression formation on the Chatham Rise, New Zealand to better understand climate-driven methane release from gas hydrates. Supervisors: Andrew Gorman, Ingo Pecher (University of Auckland) Email: jithillman@gmail.com |
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Jessica HinojosaUSA PhD title: A stable isotope investigation of Holocene paleoclimate in Fiordland Supervisors: Chris Moy, Gary Wilson Email: hinje976@student.otago.ac.nz |
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Uwe KaulfussGermany PhD title: Geology of Foulden Maar, Otago, New Zealand (PhD finished April 2013) Supervisor: Daphne Lee |
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Gemma KerrUK PhD topic: Geochemical and mineralogical controls on mine discharge water composition, Macraes mine, Otago and Globe progress mine, Reefton Supervisor: Dave Craw Email: |
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Adrienn KovacsHungary PhD title: Geophysical characterisation of the Alpine Fault throughout and beneath Whataroa Valley, Haast River and Turnbull River, Westland, New Zealand Supervisors: Andrew Gorman, Richard Norris Email: kovad091@student.otago.ac.nz |
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Nathalie LefebvreCanada PhD title: Volcanology of maar-diatreme volcanic vent complexes, Hopi Buttes Volcanic Field, Arizona, USA (PhD submitted April 2013) Supervisors: James White, Alan Cooper Email: lefna448@student.otago.ac.nz |
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Carolina Loch S. SilvaBrazil PhD title: Comparative study of modern and fossil cetacean dentitions (Cetacea: Delphinoidea and Platanistoidea) (PhD submitted March 2013) Supervisors: Ewan Fordyce, Jules Kieser (Dentistry Department) Email: carolina.loch@otago.ac.nz |
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Felix MarxAustria PhD title: Evolution of structural disparity in the Cetacea (PhD submitted July 2012) Supervisor: Ewan Fordyce (Otago), Marcello Ruta and Michael Benton (University of Bristol, UK) Email: felix.marx@otago.ac.nz |
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Michael MayUSA PhD title: 1886 Maar forming Eruption of Rotomahana, NZ Supervisor: James White Email: maymi024@student.otago.ac.nz |
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Benjamin MoorhouseUK PhD title: Investigating the eruptive processes of shallow-marine volcanoes on the Oligocene continental shelf, east Otago, New Zealand Supervisor: James White Email: blm687@gmail.com |
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Moyna MuellerPhD title: Palaeontology, Hector’s dolphin, comparative flipper anatomy, morphology and taxonomy Supervisor: Ewan Fordyce, Jo Stanton, (Anatomy and Structural Biology), Steve Dawson (Marine Science) Email: moyna.muller@otago.ac.nz |
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Dr Faye NelsonCanada PhD title: Paleomagnetic record of the last million years of climate and oceanographic change in the New Zealand sector of the South Pacific. (graduated August 2011) Supervisor: Gary Wilson Email: faye.nelson (a) otago.ac.nz |
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Tammo ReichgeltThe Netherlands PhD title: Reconstructing New Zealand Early and Late Miocene climate from leaf fossils and analogues to modern ecosystems Supervisors: Daphne Lee, Ewan Fordyce, Liz Kennedy (GNS), John Conran (Uni. Adelaide) Email: tammo.reichgelt@otago.ac.nz |
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Jeffrey RobinsonNew Zealand PhD title: Fossil and Recent Brachiopods Supervisor:Daphne Lee Email: jeffreyhrobinson@yahoo.co.nz |
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Matt SagarNew Zealand PhD title: Geology, petrology and thermochronology of the Glenroy Complex and adjacent plutons, SE Nelson (PhD submitted January 2013) Supervisor: Michael Palin, Virginia Toy Email: sagma887@student.otago.ac.nz |
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Meike SeidemanGermany PhD topic: Microstructural evolution of ice during episodic creep. Supervisor: Dave Prior, Pat Langhorne (Physics), Sean Fitzsimons (Geography) Email: seime036@student.otago.ac.nz |
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Robert SmithUK PhD title: Water mass mixing processes across the Subtropical and Subantarctic fronts near New Zealand Supervisors: Ross Vennell (Marine Science) and Andrew Gorman Email: robsmithrobsmith@gmail.com |
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Yoshihiro TanakaJapan PhD title: Platanistoid-like dolphins from the Otekaike Limestone: taxonomy, systematics and lifestyle Supervisor: Ewan Fordyce Email: tanyo501@student.otago.ac.nz |
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Claudio TapiaChile PhD ttile: Calibrating the Southern Hemisphere Neogene Glacioeustatic Cyclicity. (PhD submitted December 2012) Supervisor: Gary Wilson |
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Cheng-Hsiu Tsai (Tsai)Taiwan PhD title: Systematics and functional morphology in early Mauicetus-like baleen whales. Supervisor: Ewan Fordyce Email: craniata@gmail.com |
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Matt VaughanCanada PhD topic: Seismic characterisation of sea-ice. Supervisors: Dave Prior, Andrew Gorman, Pat Langhorne (Physics) Email: vauma301@student.otago.ac.nz |
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Katrin WellnitzGermany PhD topic: An examination of carbonate alteration zones in the Southern Alps, New Zealand, with the goal of understanding the fluid-rock interaction and assessing the potential link between gold mineralisation and lamprophyre magmatism Supervisors: James Scott, Mike Palin Email: welan167@student.otago.ac.nz |
Master of Science (MSc)
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Jacob AndersonNew Zealand MSc topic: Glacial history of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet from cosmogenic exposure ages in the Ross Embayment Supervisor: Gary Wilson Email: jth.anderson@gmail.com |
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James AshleyNew Zealand MSc title: Surface heat flow in the Otago Region and its implications for ground temperatures Supervisor: Andrew Gorman Email: j_c_ashley@hotmail.com |
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Callum BruceNew Zealand Thesis: Seismic imaging of natural gas occurrences and migration pathways in the seafloor of the Reinga Basin, west of Northland. Supervisor: Andrew Gorman Email: bruca012@student.otago.ac.nz |
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Leeza BecroftNew Zealand MSc topic: Kinetics of grain growth: the importance of the growth exponential in the geosciences Supervisor: Dave Prior , James Scott |
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Imogen BrowneNew Zealand MSc topic: Holocene paleoclimate in Fiordland and Auckland Islands Supervisors: Chris Moy, Gary Wilson |
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Peter BurringtonUSA MSc topic: Paleo-climate reconstructions for south-west South Island, NZ Supervisors: Chris Moy, Sean Fitzsimons (Geography) |
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Genevieve CoffeyNew Zealand MSc topic: Sedimentology and neo-tectonics of the Cascade River, South-Westland, NZ Supervisors: Chris Moy, Virginia Toy |
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Jason GrieveNew Zealand MSc topic: P-T-t and strain analysis of the Grebe Valley Shear Zone, Fiordland, NZ Supervisors: Dave Prior, James Scott |
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Jelte KeemanNew Zealand MSc: title: Provenance and age of Igneous clasts in Mesozoic Murihiku conglomerates, Catlins, NZ Supervisor: Michael Palin Email: keeje458@student.otago.ac.nz |
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Christine McLachlanNew Zealand MSc (Marine Science) title: An investigation of the linkage of Saunders Ridges, Otago, to a rapid sea level rise event Supervisors: Gary Wilson, Andrew Gorman, Chris Moy , Lionel Carter (Victoria) Email: mclch105@student.otago.ac.nz |
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Nichole MoerhuisNew Zealand MSc topic: Determining petrology and geochemistry of schists and intrusives in Takaka Nelson. Supervisors: James Scott. Mike Palin |
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Tal PartridgeNew Zealand MSc topic: Identifying the provenance of detrital zircons and heavy minerals on beaches in Southland and Otago Supervisor: Mike Palin, Candace Martin |
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Markham PhillipsUSA/Jamaica MSc title: Sams Creek gold prospect, Takaka valley, NW Nelson Supervisor: Dave Craw, Doug MacKenzie |
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Zoe Reid LindroosNew Zealand Thesis: Microstructures developed during creep deformation of olivine and quartz: An investigation of the relationship between shape preferred orientation and crystallographic preferred orientation Supervisor: Virginia Toy Email: reizo955@student.otago.ac.nz |
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Ben RossNew Zealand MSc topic: Marine Geophysical survey, Auckland Islands Supervisors: Andrew Gorman, Gary Wilson |
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Hannah ScottNew Zealand MSc title: Cataclastic Processes within the Alpine Fault Zone (Graduated 2012, in dept. working on DFDP related things) Supervisor: Virginia Toy Email: scoha945@student.otago.ac.nz |
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Matt SmillieNew Zealand MSc title: Reprocessing marine multi-channel seismic data to image water masses in the Great South Basin. (MSc final submission Feb 2013) Supervisor: Andrew Gorman Email: smima003@student.otago.ac.nz |
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Chris WebsterNew Zealand MSc topic: tba Supervisor: Virginia Toy |
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Sam YeoNew Zealand MSc topic: Grain size analysis of Alpine Fault Cataclasites Supervisor: Virginia Toy |
Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc(Hons))
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Harris AndersonNew Zealand BSc(Hons) topic: Paleo-climate reconstructions for Western Southland. Supervisor: Chris Moy |
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Marshall PalmerNew Zealand BSc(Hons) topic: P-T-t paths of sillimanite gneiss in the Greenland Group, South-Westland NZ. Supervisors: James Scott, Dave Prior |
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Tom RitchieNew Zealand BSc(Hons) topic: Metamorphic conditions and timing of Greenland Group staurolite schists in the Upper Grey River, Buller Area Supervisor: James Scott |
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Sam StephensNew Zealand BSc(Hons) topic: Combining geophysical data with gold exploration and mineralisation in the Old Man Range, Otago. Supervisors: Dave Craw, Doug Mackenzie |
Postgraduate Diploma in Science (PGDipSci)
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Aaspreet BoparaiNew Zealand PGDipSci topic: Processing and analysis of multichannel seismic data Supervisor: Andrew Gorman |
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Joe JacksonNew Zealand PGDipSci topic: Leaf fossils in silcrete within the Gore lignite measures Supervisor: Daphne Lee |
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Oliver PulleinNew Zealand PGDipSci topic: Developing methods for determining rock types based on mylonite rock chips extracted during drilling for the second round of the Deep Fault Drilling Project (DFDP) Supervisor: Dave Prior |
Students co-supervised by geology staff
These are students that have primary supervisors and office spaces in other departments. They have secondary supervisors in the Department of Geology.
Matthew Baird
MSc topic:
Supervisors: Miles Lamare (Marine Science), Daphne Lee
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Vivienne Bryner
New Zealand/Switzerland
PhD topic: Communicating the sciences of disaster risk reduction: stories surrounding the Canterbury Earthquakes
Supervisors: Jean Fleming(Science Communication), Richard Norris
Email: vivienne.bryner@gmail.com
Erin Dlabola
USA
MSc topic: Reconstructing sea level rise since the Lat Glacial Maximum (LGM) in Fiordland, NZ
Supervisors: Gary Wilson (Marine Science), Andrew Gorman, Helen Neil (NIWA)
Kirstin Hutton
MSciComm topic: The Vanished World Trail: Delving into the Depths of Time
Supervisors: Jean Fleming (Science communication), Ewan Fordyce (Geology)
Email: kirstenlhutton@hotmail.com
Kai Chun Li
PhD topic: Investigation of the porcelain-fused-to-metal (PFM) interface between dental porcelain enamelled to a cast and CAD/CAM cobalt-chromium dental alloys
Supervisors: Michael Swain (Dentistry), Dave Prior, Neil Waddell (Dentistry)
Email: lika6144@student.otago.ac.nz
Charles Parkinson
PhD topic:
Supervisors: Glen Summerhayes (Archaeology), Dave Prior
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Pei-hua Wu
PhD topic: Lapita to Post-Lapita Pottery Transition in West New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Supervisors: Glen Summerhayes (Archaeology), Dave Prior
Email: peihuawu1107@gmail.com
