PhD
Rachael Baxter
New Zealand
PhD topic: Magma system response to crustal loading and unloading
Supervisor: James White
Jack Beagley
New Zealand
PhD topic: Observations and modelling of New Zealand fjord circulation to better understand carbon burial
Supervisors: Rob Smith (Marine Science), Chris Moy, Gary Wilson (GNS Science), Gael Arnaud (MetOcean)
Wendel Broek
New Zealand / Netherlands
PhD topic: Otago volcanism during Oligocene submergence: Controls on submarine volcanism and intrusions
Supervisors: James White, Marco Brenna
Email: browe476@student.otago.ac.nz
Solen Chanony
France
PhD topic: Source physics of big and small earthquakes in New Zealand
Supervisors: Mark Stirling, Andrew Gorman, Bill Fry ( GNS Science)
Nadine Cooper
New Zealand
PhD topic: The ultra-refractory mantle beneath the Southern Alps
Supervisor: James Scott
Email: coona484@student.otago.ac.nz
Charlie Cox
New Zealand
PhD topic: What can the modern South Island shelf of New Zealand tell us about coastal sediment budgets, dynamics, and impacts associated with climate change
Supervisors: Andrew Gorman, Pascal Sirguey, Wayne Stephenson
Megha Devakumar
India
PhD topic: Metal Isotope Tracing of Heavy Metal Pollutants
Supervisor: Claudine Stirling, Matthew Druce, Jennifer Gadd (NIWA), Michael Ellwood (ANU)
Email: devme376@student.otago.ac.nz
Meghan Duffy
USA
PhD topic: Linking East Antarctic temperature with Southern Ocean productivity
Supervisors: Christina Riesselman, Chris Moy
Email: dufme585@student.otago.ac.nz
Julian Eschenröder
Germany
PhD topic: High-resolution reconstruction of past water quality using non-destructive core scanning techniques in New Zealand lake sediments.
Supervisors: Chris Moy, Sebastian Naeher (GNS Science), Christina Riesselman, Marcus Vandergoes (GNS Science)
Email: escju641@student.otago.ac.nz
Luisa Fontanot
Italy
PhD topic: Holocene geomagnetic field and oceanographic reconstructions for the Ross Sea
Supervisors: Catherine Beltran, Christian Ohneiser, Claudine Stirling, Bella Duncan (Victoria University Wellington), Richard Levy (GNS), Ester Colizza (Trieste, Italy)
Marie Hennequin
France
PhD topic: Trace metal micronutrients: Regulating the southern Ocean’s carbon sink during the last glacial interglacial cycle
Supervisors: Claudine Stirling, Matt Druce, George Swann (U. Nottingham, UK), Helen Bostock (U. Queensland, Australia), Karin Kvale
Gamma Abdul Jabbar
Indonesia
PhD topic: The geochemistry and magmatic origin of Colo Volcano, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Supervisors: Marco Brenna (University of Otago), Shane Cronin (University of Auckland), Andrea Verolino (Earth Observatory of Singapore)
Maddy Jacobs
USA
PhD Topic: Linking the biogeochemistry of trace metal micronutrients to productivity and carbon storage in the Southern Ocean
Supervisors: Claudine Stirling, Matt Druce
Luce Lacoua
France
PhD topic: Ground motion modelling of New Zealand
Supervisors: Andrew Gorman, Bill Fry (GNS Science)
Email: luce.lacoua@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Govinda Niroula
Nepal
PhD topic: Testing and evaluation of earthquake rupture simulations for New Zealand
Supervisors: Mark Stirling, Dr Matt Gerstenberger (GNS Science)
Email: nirgo392@student.otago.ac.nz
Natalie-Jane Reid
New Zealand
PhD topic: Reconstructing Antarctic bottom water production in the Ross sea
Supervisors: Andrew Gorman, Christian Ohneiser, Faye Nelson, Christina Hulbe, Richard Levy (GNS), Fabio Florindo (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia)
Javiera Ruz Ginouves
Chile
PhD topic: Understanding the early evolution of fissure eruptions through experiments
Supervisors: James White
Email: javiera.ruz@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Natasha Seliutina
Russia
PhD topic: Mechanical properties and microstructure of Pounamu
Supervisors: David Prior, Nick Mortimer (GNS), Kc Li (Dentistry)
Ellen Unland
Germany
PhD topic: Fjord evolution in Fiordland revealed by hydroacoustic and marine seismic data
Supervisors: Andrew Gorman, Chris Moy, Jess Hillman (NIWA)
Emeline Wavelet
France
PhD topic: Tsunami early warning system
Supervisors: Andrew Gorman, Bill Fry (GNS), Sarah-Jayne McCurrah (EQC)
Email: emeline.wavelet@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Master of Science (MSc)
Lucy Davidson
New Zealand
MSc topic: Viscoelastic deformation and ultrasonic analysis of natural ice; implications of tides on ice shelf characteristics
Supervisor: Dave Prior
Georgina Dempster
New Zealand
PhD topic: Using pseudo 3D and 2D seismic data to model the deposition of Holocene sedimentary infill of Lake Whakatipu
Supervisors: Andrew Gorman, Sean Fitzsimons
Madi Fleming
New Zealand
MSc topic: Effect of grain size and sample size on ice rheology
Supervisor: Dave Prior
Josie Frazer
New Zealand
MSc topic: Reconstructing Pleistocene oceanic front positions using diatom species assemblages and organic geochemistry from Southern Ocean sediment cores
Supervisors: Christina Riesselman, Catherine Beltran
Email: frajo813@student.otago.ac.nz
Dante Frean
New Zealand
MSc topic: Mapping a maar-diatreme volcano and a scoria cone volcano, and interpreting their eruptive histories, in the monogenetic Hopi Buttes Volcanic Field, Navajo Nation, Arizona
Supervisor: James White
Clare Gorman
New Zealand
MSc topic: Constructing paleoclimate records using sediment core from the Chilean continental margin
Supervisors: Chris Moy, Christina Riesselman
Nicholas Hobiagi
Papua New Guinea
MSc topic: An investigation of core from Surtsey volcano (Iceland) including microtextures, particle shapes and thermal indicators. The aim is to understand the processes that excavated the vent, the timing of excavation, and the effects of excavation on the eruption
Supervisors: James White
Email: hobni504@student.otago.ac.nz
Sike (Mary) Li
China
MSc topic: Anomalous gold along the faulted Reefton Group - Greenland Group contact, Crushington area, Reefton, New Zealand.
Supervisor: Doug MacKenzie
Ruari Macfarlane
New Zealand
MSc topic: Remotely-sensed strain-rate anomalies in the Ross Ice Shelf, and their implications for ice shelf modelling
Supervisor: Dave Prior
Sarah Macindoe-Baker
New Zealand
MSc topic: Geochemical analysis of Motupore Island pottery, from Papua New Guinea, to determine source materials
Supervisor: Sophie Briggs, Anne Ford
Alicia McKean
New Zealand
MSc topic: Orogenic Gold and Arsenic in the Capburn Fault? Exploring gold and arsenic deposits throughout Otago
Supervisors: Doug MacKenzie, Mike Palin
Amelia Morris 
New Zealand
MSc topic: Using sediment cores to provide a Southern Ocean reference section for key intervals of the geologic timescale between 4-8 Ma.
Supervisor: Christina Riesselman
Jordan Riddell
New Zealand
MSc topic: Paleoclimatology in Central Otago, New Zealand
Supervisors: Chris Moy, Christina Riesselman
Luke Whibley
New Zealand
MSc topic: Carbon cycling and burial in the waters and surface sediments of Fiordland
Supervisor: Christina Riesselman, Chris Moy
Yutong (Mike) Wu
New Zealand / China
MSc topic: Paleontology and Paleoecology of the Cosy Dell Rocky Shore Fauna, Southland, New Zealand
Supervisors: Jeffrey Robinson, Daphne Lee