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- Position
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Department
- Department of Biochemistry
- Qualifications
- BSc PGDipSci PhD
- Research summary
- Biocontrol genomics, host-parasite interactions, evolution
Research
My research primarily focuses on a biocontrol system in Aotearoa New Zealand involving a pest weevil, a biocontrol agent parasitic wasp, and a novel virus infecting the wasp.
Using genomics and transcriptomics, I am characterising interactions between these species, exploring factors that made this biocontrol system so effective in the past, and investigating why this biocontrol effectiveness has declined recently.