PhD
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
Nadine Cooper
New Zealand
PhD topic: The ultra-refractory mantle beneath the Southern Alps
Supervisor: James Scott
Email: coona484@student.otago.ac.nz
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
Grace Duke
USA
PhD topic: Characterising Antarctic primary productivity during the Pliocene using nitrogen bound in frustules
Supervisors: Christina Riesselman, Robert Van Hale (Chemistry) and Rebecca Robinson (University of Rhode Island)
Email: dukgr761@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 and Marcus Vandergoes (GNS Science)
Email: escju641@student.otago.ac.nz
Michelle Fitzgerald
New Zealand
PhD topic: Lithic fragment populations in a cluster of closely spaced volcanoes in central Hopi Buttes Volcanic Field, Navajo Nation, Arizona
Supervisors: James White, Mike Palin
Email: fitmi203@student.otago.ac.nz
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
William Preston
UK
PhD topic: Metal isotope systematics of a modern anoxic fjord and implications for the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
Supervisors: Claudine Stirling, Sophie Gangl, Matthew Clarkson (ETH Zürich)
Email: prewi101@student.otago.ac.nz
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
Ayla Stenning
UK
PhD topic: An intraplate volcanism project studying the Dunedin Volcano
Supervisors: Marco Brenna, James White
Email: steay173@student.otago.ac.nz
Olivia Truax
USA
PhD topic: Integrating proxy and model estimates of Holocene climate variability in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
Supervisors: Christina Riesselman, Gary Wilson (GNS), Craig Stevens (NIWA and UoA)
Email: truol520@student.otago.ac.nz
Mathew Vanner
New Zealand
PhD topic: Jurassic to Quaternary fossil wood of the South Island, New Zealand
Supervisors: Ewan Fordyce
Email: vanma943@student.otago.ac.nz
Emeline Wavelet
France
PhD topic: Tsunami early warning system
Supervisors: Andrew Gorman
Email: emeline.wavelet@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Rong Zhang
China
PhD topic: Drivers of monogenetic versus polygenetic intraplate volcanism: A comparative study of Tianchi-Longgang (China), and Dunedin-Waipiata (New Zealand) volcanic systems
Supervisors: Marco Brenna, James White, Gabor Kereszturi (Massey University), Jiandong Xu (China Earthquake Administration)
Email: zharo178@student.otago.ac.nz
Master of Science (MSc)
Luke Carrington
New Zealand
MSc topic: Seismic characteristics and extreme hazards of faulting around Dunedin
Supervisors: Andrew Gorman, Steve Smith
Email: carlu665@student.otago.ac.nz
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
Tabitha German
New Zealand
MSc topic: Understanding the relationships between air bubble deformation and glacial strain using Preistley glacier ice
Supervisor: Dave Prior
Caitlin Hall
New Zealand
Msc topic: Characterisation of the Kamb Ice Stream bathymetry using gravity and seismic techniques, Siple Coast, Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica
Supervisors: Andrew Gorman, Gary Wilson
Email: halca236@student.otago.ac.nz
Georgia Holdsworth
New Zealand
MSc topic: Using Sediment cores to evaluate past climate change in New Zealand; in particular using Itrax elemental techniques to decipher how climate has changed in Southern New Zealand since the Holocene
Supervisor: Chris Moy
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 (Archaeology)
Zoe MacClure
New Zealand
MSc topic: Characterising the microstructural responses to shear localisation in the lateral margin of the Tasman and Priestley glaciers to improve models of ice sheet breakup and paleoclimate reconstructions
Supervisor: Dave Prior
Shane Meekin
New Zealand
MSc topic: Describing a specimen of Waipatiid, or tusked dolphin
Supervisor: Ewan Fordyce
Holly Meyer
New Zealand
MSc topic: Using Offshore NZ Seismic Data to Conduct Sequence Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Analysis in the Great South Basin
Supervisors: Andrew Gorman, Christina Riesselman
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
Dan Muir
New Zealand
MSc topic: Reconstructing the climate of the last millennium using lacustrine sediment cores from Southland, New Zealand
Supervisor: Chris Moy
Michael William Ofman
New Zealand
MSc topic: Seismic anisotropy and deformation fabrics of the Horoman Peridotite, Hokkaido, Japan
Supervisor: Virginia Toy
Email: ofmmi216@student.otago.ac.nz
Will Oliver
Australia
MSc topic: A comparison of conventional “land” seismic and streamer array methods conducted at Discovery Deep, Western Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica.
Supervisor: Andrew Gorman
Jordan Riddell
New Zealand
MSc topic: Paleoclimatology in Central Otago, New Zealand
Supervisors: Chris Moy, Christina Riesselman
Jorgee Robb
New Zealand
MSc topic: Geochemistry of Surface Sediments in Fiordland
Supervisor: Chris Moy
Clarissa Ross
New Zealand
MSc topic: The influence of clay mineral properties on expansion in Southland soils, New Zealand
Supervisor: Candace Martin
Aleisha Savage
New Zealand
MSc topic: Construction of a Holocene-Pleistocene paleoceanographic record in the Adare Trough, Ross Sea, Antarctica
Supervisor: Christina Riesselman
Email: saval436@student.otago.ac.nz
Thomas Stevenson
New Zealand
MSc topic: 3D lithological reconstruction of the Heyward Promontory section of Dunedin Volcano
Supervisor: Marco Brenna
Luke Whibley
New Zealand
MSc topic: Carbon cycling and burial in the waters and surface sediments of Fiordland
Supervisor: Christina Riesselman, Chris Moy
Laura Wilson
New Zealand
MSc topic: Geochemistry of Dunedin Volcanic Group lavas within the Maniototo basin, Central Otago
Supervisor: James Scott
Email: willa197@student.otago.ac.nz
Rachel Worthington
New Zealand
MSc topic: Mechanical properties of ice within shear margins and implications for ice shelf mechanics
Supervisor: Dave Prior
Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc(Hons))
Sophie Bonnington
New Zealand
BSc(Hons) topic: The mantle beneath North Canterbury, New Zealand
Supervisor: James Scott
Julianne Burns
USA
BSc(Hons) topic: Ross Ice Shelf ocean currents and retreat using paleomagnetic techniques
Supervisor: Christian Ohneiser
Email: burju709@student.otago.ac.nz
Madi Fleming
New Zealand
BSc(Hons) topic: Effect of grain size and sample size on ice rheology
Supervisor: Dave Prior
Ellie Grant
New Zealand
BSc(Hons) topic: Designing an instrument to investigate in situ deformation of glacier ice
Supervisor: Dave Prior
Mark Ireland
New Zealand
BSc(Hons) topic: Sm-Nd dating of metamorphic scheelite, Central Otago, New Zealand
Supervisor: James Scott
Katherine Perry
New Zealand
BSc(Hons) topic: West Wanaka diatreme, New Zealand
Supervisor: James Scott
Postgraduate Diploma in Science (PGDipSci)
Erika Wright
New Zealand
PGDipSci topic:Predicting the characteristics of an Auckland Volcanic Field eruption from the Swinburn Volcanics
Supervisor: Marco Brenna, James White
Students co-supervised by Geology staff
These are students that have primary supervisors and office spaces in other departments. They have secondary supervisors in the Department of Geology.
Peter Batson
PhD (Marine Science) topic: Aspects of the biology of Hornerid bryozoans
Supervisors: Abby Smith (Marine Science) and Daphne Lee
Email: peter.batson@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Uru-Manuka Ming-Cheung (Ming) Williams
MSc(Marine Science) topic: The effects of sedimentation on the physiology of living New Zealand brachiopods
Supervisors: Miles Lamare (Marine Science), Daphne Lee (Geology), Jeffrey Robinson (Geology)
Email: ming.williams@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Shaun Wilson
MSc (Zoology) topic: Ecotypic varation and sexual dimorphism in the orca (Orcinus orca) skull
Supervisors: Liz Slooten (Zoology), Ewan Fordyce
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