Bryony Alden
Email: bryony.alden@postgrad.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
Sebastian Alvarez Costes
Email: alvse490@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Anatomy)
Topic: Phylogeography, Hologenomics and Molecular Evolution of Māui and Hector’s dolphins: A Conservation Genomics Approach
Supervisors: Alana Alexander (Anatomy), Will Rayment (Marine Science), Ludo Dutoit
Nina Batucan
Email: batni629@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Zoology)
Topic: Effects of pharmaceutical contaminants on New Zealand lotic freshwater ecosystems
Supervisors: Christoph Matthaei, Grant Northcott (Northcott Research Consulting), Louis Tremblay (Cawthron Institute)
Stephanie Bennington
Email: 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 (Mathematics and Statistics), Elisabeth Slooten, Steve Dawson (Marine Science), Alana Alexander (Anatomy)
Scott Bourke
Email: scott.bourke@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Zoology)
Topic: A manager’s toolbox: assessing the accuracy and utility of monitoring tools when informing the distribution of lizards
Supervisors: Jo Monks
Katherine Buschang
Email: katie.buschang@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Zoology)
Topic: Incidence and genetic diversity of toxoplasmosis in NZ birds
Supervisors: Robert Poulin, Jerusha Bennett, Clement Lagrue
Xuhong Chai
Email: chaxu414@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Zoology)
Topic: Microbiome of the trematode parasite Coitocaecum parvum in response to its amphipod host condition
Supervisors: Robert Poulin, Priscilla Salloum
Johannes Chambon
Email: chajo265@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Zoology)
Topic: Investigating the climate change vulnerability of two sympatric threatened seabird species
Supervisors: Yolanda van Heezik, Phil Seddon
Henrietta Cunninghame
Email: 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 management
Supervisors: Yolanda van Heezik, Phil Seddon
Emma Curtin
Email: emma.curtin@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Zoology)
Topic: The ecology of introduced dung beetles in the South Island
Supervisors: Jenny Jandt, Barbara Barratt (Landcare Research)
Jessica Deuber
Email: deuje093@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Zoology)
Topic: Evolution of gene expression in hybrids
Supervisors: Ludo Dutoit, Jon Waters
Dongyu Dou
Email: 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
Email: 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
Email: thor.elley@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Zoology)
Topic: Social network structure and robustness to disturbance in two closely related endemic parrots
Supervisors: Stephanie Godfrey
Saskia Foreman
Email: saskia.foreman@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Marine Science)
Topic: Effects of multiple anthropogenic stressors on feedback loops in marine ecosystems
Supervisors: Candida Savage (Marine Science), Bridie Allan (Marine Science), Amandine Sabadel
Grace Fortune-Kelly
Email: 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 (University of Canterbury)
Clare Gunton
Email: guncl149@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Zoology)
Topic: Investigating alpine weka ecology and short-time translocation outcomes for the mahogany skink (Oligosoma pluvialis) on Secretary Island / Ka Tū-waewa
Supervisors: Jo Monks, Joanna Carpenter
Taylor Hamlin
Email: taylor.hamlin@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Statistics)
Topic: Population ecology of Adélie penguins in the Ross Sea
Supervisors: Matt Schofield (Mathematics and Statistics), Phil Seddon, Dean Anderson (Landcare Research)
Claudia Hird
Email: claudia.hird@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Marine Science)
Topic: Why do animals gather at geothermal sites?
Supervisors: Ludo Dutoit, Bruce Roberston, Crid Fraser (Marine Science)
Md Moudud Islam
Email: 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
Bianca Keys
Email: bianca.keys@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Zoology)
Topic: Topographical and oceanopgrahic conditions that influence terrestrial and marine distributions, and population dynamics of Erect-crested penguins (Eudyptes sclateri)
Supervisors: Yolanda van Heezik, Phil Seddon
Md Saiful Khan
Email: saif.khan@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Zoology)
Topic: Remote sensing informs bird habitat restoration in braided river environments
Supervisors: Phil Seddon
Carey Knox
Email: knoca801@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Zoology)
Topic: The efficacy of drones as a detection and monitoring tool for reptiles, regardless of habitat and terrain
Supervisors: Jo Monks
Gracie Kroos
Email: krogr057@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Anatomy)
Topic: Surveillance of Wallaby Pest Species Using Environmental DNA
Supervisors: Jo Monks
Michaela Lambert
Email: lammi546@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Zoology)
Topic: Investing microhabitat use and mitigation for lizards
Supervisors: Jo Monks
Blake Lewis
Email: 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 (Pathology)
Feng-Chun Lin
Email: olivia.lin@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Zoology)
Topic: Vocal communication in korero geckos (Woodworthia spp.)
Supervisors: Stephanie Godfrey, Si-Min Lin, Tim Edwards
Cameron McDougall
Email: mcdca892@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Zoology)
Topic: The coevolution of mermithid nematodes and their stonefly and mayfly hosts, and the behavioural and developmental effects of mermithid infection
Supervisors: Robert Poulin, Madi Salloum
Mia Milsom
Email: milmi783@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Zoology)
Topic: Investigating the role of ghrelin in farmed Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) during sea water transfer
Supervisors: Mark Lokman,
Zunaira Noreen
Email: norzu238@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Zoology)
Topic: Resource use by urban gulls
Supervisors: Gerry Closs, Bruce Roberston, Yolanda van Heezik
Greer Sanger
Email: sangr426@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Zoology)
Topic: Pūrerehua kahukura ecology and behaviour
Supervisors: Jo Monks, Jenny Jandt, Priscilla Wehi (Centre for Sustainability)
Vahid Sepahvand
Email: vahid.sepahvand@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Marine Science)
Topic: Antarctic marine biology: population genomics
Supervisors: Crid Fraser (Marine Science), Ludo Dutoit, Grant Duffy (Marine Science), Miles Lamare (Marine Science)
Advaith Shankarkumar
Email: shaad856@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Zoology)
Topic: A novel multisensory push-pull system for insect pest management in primary production systems in New Zealand
Supervisors: Paul Szyszka, Flore Mas, Adriana Najar-Rodriguez
Angelique Tavera
Email: 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, Jenny Jandt
Asj Taylor
Email: tayas946@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Zoology)
Topic: Behavioural and Neural Correlates of Olfaction-Based Attention: A Neuroethological Investigation in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Supervisors: Paul Szyszka
Jacqueline Theis
Email: jacqueline.theis@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Zoology)
Topic: Biodiversity in residential spaces: evaluation of a common biodiversity-enhancing strategy and development of biodiversity evaluation tools
Supervisors: Yolanda van Heezik, Barbar Barratt
Lydia Turley
Email: turly826@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Botany)
Topic: Population genetics in mycorrhizal fungi.
Supervisors: Matt Larcombe (Botany), David Bryant (Mathematics and Statistics), David Orlovich (Botany), Janice Lord (Botany), Ludo Dutoit
Hossein Valikhani
Email: hossein.valikhani@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Zoology)
Topic: Developing a landscape perspective of Gollum galaxias (Galaxias gollumoides) and brown trout (Salmo trutta) management, South Island, New Zealand
Supervisors: Gerry Closs
Cheri van Schravendijk-Goodman
Email: vanch981@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Zoology)
Topic: Unlocking the past wetland-scapes of the lower Waikato River system and the potential implications for future wetland restoration and Te Puuaha community
Supervisors: Nic Rawlence, Merata Kawharu, Matiu Prebble
Anusha Verma
Email: 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)
Sarah Walters
Email: sarah.walters@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Zoology)
Topic: Contemporary issues in Aotearoa moko (lizards) evolutionary genomics
Supervisors: Ludo Dutoit, Bruce Roberston, Jo Monks
Kerry Walton
Email: 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
Sally Wren
Email: sally.wren@postgrad.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
Yuqing Yan
Email: yanyu436@student.otago.ac.nz
Course: PhD (Food Science)
Topic: The olfactory cocktail party
Supervisors: Mei Peng, Graham Eyres, Paul Szyszka