Department of Zoology, University of Otago, New Zealand

Professor Robert Poulin

Email robert.poulin@stonebow.otago.ac.nz

Publications

Professor Poulin's publications are available via the Parasitology Research Group's website

Teaching

• ZOOL 315 Behavioural Evolutionary Ecology
• Parasitology
• Also Evolution, Ecology Field Course

Research Interests

• Evolutionary ecology of parasites
• Effect of parasites on communities and ecosystems
• Manipulation of host phenotype by parasites

Current / Potential Postgraduate Projects

• Parasitism of molluscs and community structure in marine intertidal ecosystems.
• Impact of parasitism on coastal crustacean species.
• Evolution of abbreviated life cycles in parasitic trematodes.
• Manipulation of invertebrate behaviour by parasites, including the physiological mechanisms involved.
• Molecular genetics of helminth parasite

Other Links

• Please visit the Parasitology Research Group site

Keywords:

• parasitism, ecology, evolution, marine ecosystems