Programme Director
Associate Professor Travis Ingram
Freshwater fish, evolutionary ecology, food web ecology
Course coordinator: ECOL211, ECOL314
Department of Zoology
Tel +64 3 479 7991
Email travis.ingram@otago.ac.nz
Deputy Programme Director
Associate Professor Linn Hoffmann
Marine phytoplankton physiology and ecology, ocean acidification, trace metals, biomechanical properties of diatom frustules
Department of Botany
Tel +64 3 470 3542
Email linn.hoffmann@otago.ac.nz
Postgraduate coordinator; Course coordinator: ECOL411
Teaching Fellows
Dr Kunle Adebowale
Plant systematics and evolutionary ecology
Ecology Programme
Tel +64 3 471 6146
Email kunle.adebowale@otago.ac.nz
Dr Lucy Greenfield
Soil-plant interactions and nutrient cycling
Ecology Programme and Department of Botany
Tel +64 3 479 9173
Email lucy.greenfield@otago.ac.nz
Manaia Pearmain-Fenton
Ngāti Hokopū, Ngāti Awa, Te Whakatōhea
Avian ecology, applied terrestrial conservation, socioecological relationships, and Kaupapa Māori methodologies
Ecology Programme
Tel +64 3 479 8535
Email manaia.pearmainfenton@otago.ac.nz
Academic staff
Dr Alana Alexander
Molecular ecology and evolutionary biology
Department of Anatomy
Email alana.alexander@otago.ac.nz
Professor Crid Fraser
Biogeography, long-distance dispersal, Antarctic and sub-Antarctic ecology and evolution
Department of Marine Science
Email ceridwen.fraser@otago.ac.nz
Research group: https://www.ceridwenfraser.com/
Dr Gaya Gnanalingam
Fisheries restoration and management
Department of Marine Science
Tel +64 3 479 5369
Email gaya.gnanalingam@otago.ac.nz
Associate Professor Stephanie Godfrey
Wildlife parasite and disease ecology, behaviour, social networks
Course coordinator: ECOL212
Department of Zoology
Tel +64 3 479 7963
Email stephanie.godfrey@otago.ac.nz
Dr Jenny Jandt
Behavioural ecology and evolution of social insects
Department of Zoology
Email jenny.jandt@otago.ac.nz
Research group: https://jandtlab.com
Dr Teresa Konlechner
Geomorphology and Ecology
Department of Geography
Tel +64 3 479 8856
Email teresa.konlechner@otago.ac.nz
Associate Professor Matthew Larcombe
Evolutionary ecology of plants
Course coordinator: ECOL313
Department of Botany
Tel +64 3 479 3943
Email matthew.larcombe@otago.ac.nz
Professor Christoph Matthaei
Stream ecology, disturbance, restoration, human land uses
Course coordinator: ECOL321
Department of Zoology
Tel +64 3 479 5863
Email christoph.matthaei@otago.ac.nz
Google Scholar profile
ResearchGate profile
Dr Jo Monks
Applied ecology and conservation of terrestrial fauna
Department of Zoology
Tel +64 27 408 3337
Email jo.monks@otago.ac.nz
Professor David Orlovich
Molecular ecology, evolution, taxonomy, systematics, population genetics of plants and fungi
Department of Botany
Tel +64 3 479 9060
Email david.orlovich@otago.ac.nz
Professor Robert Poulin
Parasitism, ecology, evolution, marine ecosystems
Department of Zoology
Tel +64 3 479 7983
Email robert.poulin@otago.ac.nz
Research group: Evolutionary and Ecological Parasitology
Dr Katja Schweikert
Marine eco-physiology
Course coordinator: ECOL211, ECOL313
Department of Botany
Tel +64 3 471 6146
Email katja.schweikert@otago.ac.nz
Professor Steve Wing
Marine ecology, coastal ecosystems, marine conservation, food webs, population biology, fisheries
Course coordinator: ECOL111
Department of Marine Science
Tel +64 3 479 9038
Email steve.wing@otago.ac.nz