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 Godfre
ALTOBELLI, Joseph
- altjo375@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Breeding behaviour and reproductive success of leiopelmatid frogs.
- Supervisors
- Steph Godfrey, 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)
BATUCAN, Nina
- batni629@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- 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, New Zealand.
- Supervisors
- Travis Ingram, Crid Fraser (Marine Science)
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 to better understand how introduced mammalian predators influence their populations..
- Supervisors
- Jo Monks, 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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, 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)
- rachel.hickcox@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Environmental, climatic, and biological interactions influencing the marine distribution of yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes).
- 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
- 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 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
- 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)
- mohmi699@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- The process of landlocking in freshwater fish.
- Supervisors
- Travis Ingram, Gerry Closs, Jon Waters
- morai246@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Zoology)
- Topic
- Freshwater microplastic pollution and the effects on stream communities.
- Supervisors
- Christoph Matthaei, Gerry Closs
- 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
- saman342@student.otago.ac.nz
- Course
- PhD (Geography)
- Topic
- Connection to nature in urban gardens.
- Supervisors
- Claire Freeman (Geography), Kath Dickinson (Botany), Yolanda van Heezik
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- Steph Godfrey
- 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
