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, Steph Godfrey
BATUCAN, Nina
- batni629@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Ecology)
- Topic
- Effects of pharmaceutical contaminants on New Zealand lotic freshwater ecosystems.
- Supervisors
- Christoph Matthaei, Grant Northcott, Louis Tremblay (Cawthron)
BEER, Anusha
- veran325@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Phylogeography and community assembly of freshwater lake communities in the Chatham Islands.
- Supervisors
- Travis Ingram, Crid Fraser (Marine Science)
BENNINGTON, Stephanie
- steph.bennington@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Marine Science)
- Topic
- Transfering statistical models between populations and species.
- Supervisors
- Will Rayment (Marine Science), Peter Dillingham (Statistics), Liz Slooten, Steve Dawson (Marine Science), Alana Alexander (Anatomy)
BERTOIA, Aaron
- beraa464@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Ecology)
- Topic
- The influence of introduced mammalian predators on alpine invertebrate communities.
- Supervisors
- Jo Monks, Bruce Robertson
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
- Jenny Jandt, Barbara Barratt (Landcare)
DAVIS, Noah
- davno443@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Temporal dynamics of deposited fine sediment and implications for stream macroinvertebrates.
- Supervisors
- Christoph Matthaei, Kate Mathers (Loughborough University)
- deada056@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- How do migratory birds connect haemosporidian parasite lineages in Brazil?
- Supervisor
- Robert Poulin
- doudo738@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Functional study of female zebrafish AR gene in ovary and identification of AREs.
- Supervisors
- Mark Lokman, Caroline Beck, Julia Horsfield (Pathology)
- ryan.easton@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Effects of fish passage barriers and remediation methods on river fragmentation and freshwater fish distribution and migration.
- Supervisors
- Gerry Closs, Gert-jan Jeunen (Anatomy), Eddy Dowle (Anatomy), Tony Moore (Surveying)
- thor.elley@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Social network structure and robustness to disturbance in two closely related endemic parrots.
- Supervisor
- Steph Godfrey
- davgr250@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Salinity in coastal freshwaters: Trophic structure and community composition on Rēkohu (Chatham Island).
- Supervisors
- Travis Ingram, Sheri Johnson, Marc Schallenberg, Jonathan Tonkin (U. Canterbury)
- 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, Ludovic Dutoit, Sheri Johnson, Stefanie Grosser
- 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)
- 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
- islmo262@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Physiological and molecular basis of silvering and spawning migration in shortfinned New Zealand eel, Anguilla australis.
- Supervisors
- Mark Lokman, Erin Damsteegt
- Links
- ResearchGate profile, Google Scholar profile, LinkedIn profile
- ituok832@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- MSc (Ecology)
- Topic
- Monitoring pollinator diversity across disturbed and restored grassland habitats.
- Supervisors
- Jenny Jandt, Janice Lord (Botany)
- 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)
- 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, Michael Pankhurst (Anatomy), Karen Reader (DSM-Pathology)
- pascale.lubbe@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Genetics)
- Topic
- The impacts of climate change on New Zealand’s birds: linking past and future
- Supervisors
- Michael Knapp (Anatomy), Nic Dussex, Nic Rawlence
- Links
- ResearchGate profile, Google Scholar profile, Twitter
- gretchen.mccarthy@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Marine Science)
- Topic
- Carbon sequestration in kelp and mussel aquaculture.
- Supervisors
- Steve Wing (Marine Science), Miles Lamare (Marine Science), Amandine Sabadel
- 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 (Utah State)
- morte446@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Marine Science)
- Topic
- The effect of plasticisers on the reproductive output of cryptobenthic fishes
- Supervisors
- Bridie Allan (Marine Science), David Burritt (Botany), Mark Lokman
- zohara.rafi@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Novel bioacoustic tools for conservation.
- Supervisors
- Jo Monks
- 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
- tavan554@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Extraction, identification and evaluation of the chemical cues and signals of ngaro huruhuru (Aotearoa/NZ Native Bees) for use in managed crop pollination.
- Supervisors
- Paul Szyszka, Flore Mas (Plant and Food)
- 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, Jenny Jandt
- turly826@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Botany)
- Topic
- Population genetics in mycorrhizal fungi.
- Supervisors
- Matt Larcombe (Botany), David Bryant (Mathematics), David Orlovich (Botany), Janice Lord (Botany), Ludovic Dutoit
- 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
- wresa659@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Improving knowledge and techniques for the conservation of New Zealand's native frogs.
- Supervisors
- Sheri Johnson, Jen Germano (DOC), Stephanie Godfrey
- 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
