A selection of our current masters' students.
Supervisors are primarily our staff at the Department of Zoology, other supervisors have their affiliation noted.
Charlie Boocock-Yee
Email charlie.boocock-yee@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
MSc Zoology
Topic: Ancient fish and a lost lake: Reconstructing a New Zealand miocene ecosystem using otolith geochemistry.
Supervisors: Associate Professor Nicolas Rawlence, Alan Tennyson (Te Papa Tongarewa), Malcolm Reid (Department of Geology), Professor Gerry Closs, Professor Ross Thompson.
Katy Rossiter
Email roska689@student.otago.ac.nz
MSc Ecology
Topic: Understanding the foraging ecology and parasite ecosystems of feral cats in the southern South Island.
Supervisors: Dr Jerusha Bennett, Clement Lagrue (Department of Conservation).
Cassidy Storey
Email stoca781@student.otago.ac.nz
MSc Zoology
Topic: Population ecology of the introduced brown tree frog in South Westland alpine tarns.
Supervisors: Dr Jo Monks, Dr Kristine Grayson (University of Richmond, Department of Biology).
Ryan Sullivan
Email sulry590@student.otago.ac.nz
MSc Zoology
Topic: Social network organisation, behaviour, and relatedness in the schist gecko (Woodworthia 'Central Otago').
Supervisor: Associate Professor Stephanie Godfrey.
Maddy Whittaker
Email whima703@student.otago.ac.nz
MSc Ecology
Topic: How do female kākāpo and their fledglings utilise habitat during and following breeding? A proposed spatial study of kākāpo behaviour on Pukenui (Anchor Island) and Whenua Hou using GPS telemetry.
Supervisors: Dr Jo Monks, Dr Andrew Digby (Department of Conservation).