Zoology Masters Students
BARRETT, Dan
Email: barda976@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Wildlife Management)
Supervisor: Phil Seddon
BERGNER, Laura
Email: berla762@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Zoology)
Supervisor: Ian Jamieson
BOTTING, Samantha
Email: botsa159@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Zoology)
Supervisor: Alison Cree
BUSSOLINI, Laura
Email: busla829@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Zoology)
Supervisor: Jonathan Waters
FLEMMING, Scott
Email: flesc824@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Zoology)
Topic: Evaluating stable isotope analysis as a tool in determining dietary shifts in little penguins (Eudyptula minor)
Supervisor: Yolanda van Heezik
GILLIES, Tasman
Email: gilta885@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Zoology)
Supervisor: Mark Lokman
HITCHCOCK, Michael
Email hitmi861@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Zoology)
Topic: Are hungry fish angry fish? The personality consequences of early life starvation in the mosquito fish (Gambusia affinis).
Supervisor: Shinichi Nakagawa
HOCK, Sabrina
Email: hocsa212@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Zoology)
Topic: Indirect effects of herbicide on trematode proliferation in the freshwater snail host Potamopyrugus antipodarum
Supervisor: Robert Poulin
JOE, Melisa
Email: joeme617@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Zoology)
Topic: Effect of trematode parasites on host gene expressions
Supervisor: Robert Poulin
LARCOMBE, Sara
Email: larsa314@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Zoology)
Supervisor: Yolanda van Heezik
MCLEAN, Morgan
Email: mclmo520@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Zoology)
Topic: Mate choice in brown tree frog (Litoria ewingii): do males display conditional reproductive strategies?
Supervisors: Shinichi Nakagawa, Phil Bishop
MCMECHAN, Rachel
Email: mcmra602@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Zoology)
Supervisor: Phil Seddon
McNALLY, John
Email: mcnjo269@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Genetics)
Supervisor: Caroline Beck
MANNO, Katharina
Email: manka856@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Zoology)
Topic: The influence of sea surface temperature and rainfall on breeding success of the fairy prion (Pachyptila turtur)
Supervisor: Yolanda van Heezik
MOORE, Rowan
Email: mooro397@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Ecology)
Supervisor: Gerry Closs
PENNIKET, Sophie
Email: penso907@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Zoology)
Topic: Altitudinal variation in life-history traits in Otago-large common geckos (Hoplodactylus maculatus).
Supervisor: Alison Cree
PHAM, Lan
Email: phang097@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Ecology)
Topic: Documenting the responses of native fish and invertebrates to rotenone poisoning, in two tributaries of a New Zealand catchment.
Supervisor: Gerry Closs
POMEROY, Eva
Email: pomev479@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Ecology)
Supervisor: Ian Jamieson
QUARRIE, Jamie
Email: quaja557@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Genetics)
Supervisors: Hamish Spencer, Martyn Kennedy
REITH, Abbey
Email: reiab916@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Zoology)
Topic: Population dynamics, age structure and spawning of brown trout (Salmo trutta) in a large lowland river system
Supervisor: Gerry Closs
ROBERTS, Hester
Email: robhe453@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Genetics)
Supervisor: Martyn Kennedy, Hamish Spencer
SCHADEWINKEL, Robert
Email: schro803@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Ecology)
Topic: Translocation of South Island robins/toutouwai (Petroica australis): an analysis of dispersal pattern, population development and harvest impact
Supervisor: Ian Jamieson
SHAW, Emma
Email: shaem454@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Wildlife Management)
Topic: Improving captive management techniques for Leiopelma archeyi and Leipelma hochstetteri through ecological and behavioural research
Supervisor: Phil Bishop
SHELLEY, James
Email: sheja930@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Zoology)
Supervisor(s): Gerry Closs
SOMERVILLE, Gayle
Email somga457@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Zoology)
Supervisor: Martin Krkosek
STEIN, Aviva
Email: steav942@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Wildlife Management)
Topic: Lifetime reproductive success of yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) on the Otago Peninsula
Supervisor: Yolanda van Heezik
TABAK, Josh
Email: tobjo174@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Ecology)
Supervisor: Gerry Closs
TAYLOR, Matt
Email: tayma987@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Wildlife Management)
Topic: Genetic population structure of the New Zealand sea lion: implications for species management.
Supervisor: Bruce Robertson
THOMAS, Harriet
Email: thoha858@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Zoology)
Topic: Parasite induced malformations in NZ freshwater fish
Supervisor: Robert Poulin
TOSH, Eleanor
Email: tosel648@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Zoology)
Supervisor: Alison Mercer
TRICKEY, Jenny
Email: trije947@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Zoology)
Supervisor: Jon Waters
TUREK, Jennifer
Email turje034@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Zoology)
Topic: Distribution and abundance of Hector's dolphins along the Otago coastline, New Zealand
Supervisor: Liz Slooten
VAN DER HORST, Sam
Email: vansa027@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Zoology)
Supervisor: Mark Lokman
WAKERLEY, Georgia
Email: wakge725@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Genetics)
Supervisor: Martyn Kennedy
WATTS, Jim
Email: watji258@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Zoology)
Topic: Post-release monitoring of reintroduced buff weka (Gallirallus australis hectori) to mainland New Zealand using GPS/GSM-tags
Supervisor: Phil Seddon
WHITE, Kaitlyn
Email: whika751@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Wildlife Mangement)
Topic: The influence of inbreeding on the reproductive fitness of Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus)
Supervisor: Bruce Robertson
YOUNG, Melanie
Email: youme027@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: MSc (Wildlife Management)
Topic: Marine-based stochasticy and the impact upon yellow-eyed penguins on mainland New Zealand; does it drive annual regional productivty?
Supervisor(s): Phil Seddon