ALDEN, Bryony
- aldbr243@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Microplastic pollution in Australasian freshwater ecosystems: is it a problem and what impact does it have on aquatic life?
- Supervisors
- Christoph Matthaei, Phil Bishop
ALTOBELLI, Joseph
- altjo375@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Breeding behaviour and reproductive success of leiopelmatid frogs.
- Supervisors
- Phil Bishop, Kath Dickinson (Botany)
ARA, Motia Gulshan
- aramo685@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Morphological and genetic variation in New Zealand smelts.
- Supervisors
- Travis Ingram, Graham Wallis
BABIO, Lucila
- bablu673@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Vitellogenesis in the short-finned eel, Anguilla australis: physiology of vitellogenin uptake and its receptor(s).
- Supervisors
- Mark Lokman, Erin Damsteegt, Sally McCormick (Biochemistry)
BANERJEE, Sulagna
- bansu487@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Genetics)
- Topic
- Role of neuroinflammation in epilepsy.
- Supervisors
- Caroline Beck
BENNETT, Jerusha
- benje870@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Otago coastal marine ecosystem from a parasite perspective: diversity, ecology and evolution of species interactions.
- Supervisors
- Robert Poulin, Fatima Jorge, Bronwen Presswell
BERTOIA, Aaron
- beraa464@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Improving monitoring tools for native alpine invertebrates.
- Supervisors
- Bruce Robertson
BHATTARAI, Upendra
- bhaup057@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Genetics)
- Topic
- Investigating the molecular basis of parasitic mind control.
- Supervisors
- Neil Gemmell (Anatomy), Eddy Dowle (Anatomy), Robert Poulin
CUNNINGHAME, Francesca
- cunhe141@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Can the future of the Critically Endangered mangrove finch be secured in the wild? Monitoring the effectiveness of ten years of intensive field manage.
- Supervisors Yolanda van Heezik, Phil Seddon
CURTIN, Emma
- curem387@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- The ecology of introduced dung beetles in the South Island.
- Supervisors
- Phil Bishop, Barbara Barratt (Landcare), Jenny Jandt
DAVIS, Noah
- davno443@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Effects on in-stream sedimentation on stream invertebrate and periphyton communities in Southland streams along gradients of land use intensity.
- Supervisors
- Christoph Matthaei
- deada056@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- How do migratory birds connect haemosporidian parasite lineages in Brazil?
- Supervisor
- Robert Poulin
- fajma963@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Social wasp behavioural ecology and genomics.
- Supervisors
- Jenny Jandt
- divse220@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- New Zealand eel aquaculture, establishing broodstock conditioning and maturation protocols.
- Supervisors
- Mark Lokman, Henry Kaspar
- mohmi699@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Behavioural aspects of cave weta parasitised by hairworms during infection.
- Supervisors
- Robert Poulin
- maile330@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Marine Science)
- Topic
- Identifying food-web structure, resource use and movements of fishes under the Quota Management System.
- Supervisors
- Steve Wing (Marine Science), Travis Ingram
- adria.eda@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Metagenomic analysis of cutaneous microbiome in New Zealand frogs associated with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd)
- Supervisors
- Phil Bishop, Jo-Ann Stanton (Anatomy)
- filan059@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Malaria outbreak in mosquitoes and birds: a case of population synchrony?
- Supervisors
- Robert Poulin, Steph Godfrey
- fosbr368@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Evolutionary genetics of wing loss and mimicry in stoneflies.
- Supervisors
- Jon Waters
- nicholas.foster@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Spatial ecology, resource associations and niche partitioning of invasive browsing and omnivorous mammals in the uplands of the Mackenzie Basin.
- Supervisors
- Yolanda van Heezik, Phil Seddon
- yasmin.foster@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Using DNA methylation to age the kākāpō and other endangered New Zealand birds.
- Supervisors
- Bruce Robertson, Sheri Johnson
- jgoodman@doc.govt.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Conservation of migratory galaxiids.
- Supervisors
- Gerry Closs, Travis Ingram
- hamta777@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Statistics)
- Topic
- Population ecology of Adélie penguins in the Ross Sea.
- Supervisors
- Matt Schofield (Maths and Stats), Phil Seddon, Dean Anderson (Landcare)
- heyau484@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Engaging people in biodiversity management: exploring the convergence of culture and nature.
- Supervisors
- Yolanda van Heezik, Claire Freeman (Geography)
- rachel.hickcox@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Combating another mass extinction: A global macroecological approach to investigate the distribution of penguins.
- Supervisors
- Phil Seddon, Yolanda van Heezik
- hunju034@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Multiple-stressor effects of three key climate change drivers on stream fish and invertebrate communities.
- Supervisors
- Christoph Matthaei, Jeremy Piggott
- james.hunter@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Spatially explicit modelling of Takahē (Porphyrio hochstetteri) reintroduction.
- Supervisors
- Phil Seddon, Ralf Ohlemuller (Geography)
- matthew.jarvis@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Potential impacts of global change on amphidromous fishes.
- Supervisors
- Gerry Closs, Steve Wing (Marine Science)
- prashath.karunaraj@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Genetics)
- Topic
- The origins, evolution and diversity of extracellular fine-tuning mechanisms for regulating TGFb signalling in metazoans.
- Supervisors
- Caroline Beck, Peter Dearden (Biochemistry)
- sami.khan@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Investigation of pelagic food web resilience and potential of biomanipulation techniques to help restore ecological integrity in Lake Hayes and Lake Johnson (Central Otago, NZ).
- Supervisors
- Marc Schallenberg, Kevin Collier (Waikato)
- saif.khan@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Monitoring of threatened bird colonies and their habitat in braided river ecosystems of New Zealand using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
- Supervisors
- Phil Seddon
- lewbl381@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Distribution, composition, regulation, and function of Cortical Alveoli in the developing oocyte of the Shortfin Eel (Anguilla australis)
- Supervisors
- Mark Lokman, Karen Reader (DSM-Pathology)
- pascale.lubbe@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Genetics)
- Topic
- The influence of climate change on New Zealand biodiversity
- Supervisors
- Michael Knapp (Anatomy), Nic Dussex, Nic Rawlence
- marde569@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Anatomy)
- Topic
- Evolution and conservation of the endangered New Zealand kākā.
- Supervisors
- Michael Knapp (Anatomy), Neil Gemmell (Anatomy), Bruce Robertson
- micsu171@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Physiological responses of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) after exposure to the organophosphate pesticide chlorpyrifos.
- Supervisors
- Alison Mercer, Mark Lokman, Kimberly Hageman (Chemistry)
- marin.milotic@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Woylie parasite co-extinction and conservation
- Supervisors
- Steph Godfrey, Alan Lymbery, Andy Thompson
- mohmi699@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- The process of landlocking in kōaro.
- Supervisors
- Travis Ingram, Gerry Closs, Mark Lokman
- morai246@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Freshwater microplastic pollution and the effects on stream communities.
- Supervisors
- Christoph Matthaei, Gerry Closs
- murdo713@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Genetic diversity of multi-drug resistant Teladorsagia circumcincta
- Supervisors
- Robert Poulin
- parel659@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Modern and ancient DNA analysis of NZ intertidal mollusks: testing for genetic disruption of marine phylogeographic patterns associated with earthquakes
- Supervisors
- Jon Waters, Nic Rawlence
- ragal599@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Do older male zebrafish more faithfully transmit stress induced epigenetic states?
- Supervisors
- Sheri Johnson, Tim Hore (Anatomy), Hamish Spencer
- ramsi613@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- The effect of different hormones and the changes in the molecular bases of fresh water eels during silvering.
- Supervisors
- Mark Lokman
- saman342@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Connection to nature in urban gardens.
- Supervisors
- Claire Freeman (Geography), Kath Dickinson (Botany), Yolanda van Heezik
- lena.schallenberg@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Characterising picocyanobacterial diversity, abundance and function in New Zealand lakes: how picoplankton shape our freshwater environments.
- Supervisors
- Carolyn Burns, Susie Wood
- soras342@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Bioethics)
- Topic
- Establishing welfare biology: Creating a new research discipline for studying the welfare of all sentient beings.
- Supervisors
- Mike King (Bioethics), Andrew Moore (Philosophy), Phil Seddon
- holro960@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- The spatio-temporal dynamics of fish and invertebrate communities within coastal wetland systems.
- Supervisors
- Gerry Closs, Travis Ingram
- thobe008@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Exploring the mating behaviour of the endemic New Zealand stag beetle genus, Geodorcus.
- Supervisors
- Sheri Johnson
- tooma453@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- The role of landscape in determining freshwater fish distribution and abundance.
- Supervisors
- Gerry Closs, Pascal Sirguey (Surveying), Peter Whigham (Information Science)
- velma174@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Marine Sciences)
- Topic
- Effects of past natural disturbances on spatial genetic structure of marine ecosystems.
- Supervisors
- Crid Fraser (Marine Sciences), Jon Waters
- veral540@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Using ancient DNA to examine the impact of glaciation on New Zealand's fauna.
- Supervisors
- Nic Rawlence, Jon Waters, Graham Wallis
- jo.virens@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- The effects of climate change on the thermal ecology of Otago's heliothermic lizards.
- Supervisors
- Alison Cree
- walke635@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Application and efficacy of ancient DNA methods to obtain genetic sequences from museum biological specimens.
- Supervisors
- Hamish Spencer, Nic Rawlence
- wanje130@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Assessing facultative iteroparity in Galaxias maculatus.
- Supervisors
- Gerry Closs, Mark Lokman
- wicli336@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Marine Science)
- Topic
- Population modelling of Hector's dolphins.
- Supervisors
- Steve Dawson (Marine Science), Peter Dillingham (Maths and Stats), Liz Slooten
- wresa659@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Improving knowledge and techniques for the conservation of New Zealand's native frogs.
- Supervisors
- Phil Bishop
- melanie.young@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Coping with nutritional stress: diet, dispersal and plasticity in the foraging strategies of hoiho/yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes).
- Supervisors
- Yolanda van Heezik, Bruce Robertson, Phil Seddon
- zamda279@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Including disturbance as a driver of stream periphyton in a metacommunity framework.
- Supervisors
- Christoph Matthaei, Travis Ingram
