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Phoebe Chapman imageContact details

Office 360 Castle Street, Room 1.S13
Email phoebe.chapman@otago.ac.nz

Academic qualifications

BSc(Hons) – Zoology, Marine Ecology (University of Queensland)
PhD – Marine Parasitology (University of Queensland)
GradCert –Geographic Information Systems (Curtin University)

Research interests

  • Microbiomes and host interactions
  • Parasites, marine diseases, and DNA-based diagnostics
  • eDNA

Courses

MARI301 Marine Ecology and Ecosystems

Current and recent research projects

  • 2024–2025: How vulnerable are Antarctica's coasts to colonisation?
  • 2020–2024: With a little help from my friends: how do symbiotic microorganisms influence regenerative outcomes?
  • 2012–2017: Diversity, impacts and diagnosis of pathogenic parasites in sea turtles from Queensland, Australia

Postgraduate students

  • Campbell Nicholas (BSc Honours)
  • Ida Ayu Dian Kusuma Dewi (MVSc)
  • Kristen Nielson (BVSc 5th year research)

Publications

de Klein, S., Chapman, P. A., & Fraser, C. I. (2026). Environmental and anthropogenic stressors may influence the prevalence of disease-like phenotypes in an intertidal kelp. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 225, 119287. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2026.119287 Journal - Research Article

Chapman, P. A., Day, R. C., Hudson, D. T., Ward, J. M., Morgan, X. C., & Beck, C. W. (2025). Commensal skin bacteria interact with the innate immune system to promote tail regeneration in Xenopus laevis tadpoles. Developmental Dynamics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.70088 Journal - Research Article

Low, Z., Greay, T. L., Abdullah, S., Chapman, P. A., & Gonzalez-Astudillo, V. (2025). Renal myxosporidiosis by an unknown Bivalvulidan myxozoan parasite in Murray River turtles (Emydura macquarii) in Australia. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites & Wildlife, 27, 101061. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2025.101061 Journal - Research Article

Chapman, P. A., Hudson, D., Morgan, X. C., & Beck, C. W. (2024). The role of family and environment in determining the skin bacterial communities of captive aquatic frogs, Xenopus laevis. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 100, fiae131. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiae131 Journal - Research Article

Chapman, P., & Fraser, C. (2024). Investigating the dynamics of kelp-associated bacterial microbiomes in Antarctic and subantarctic environments. Proceedings of the XI Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Open Science Conference. 1278. Retrieved from http://www.scar2024.org Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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