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Robert Poulin

Tel +64 3 479 7983
Email robert.poulin@otago.ac.nz

Teaching

Research interests

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Parasitic incursion on an ant.

Professor Poulin's research interests extend across parasitism, ecology, evolution and marine ecosystems:

  • Evolutionary ecology of parasites
  • Effect of parasites on communities and ecosystems
  • Manipulation of host phenotype by parasites

Learn more about this research:
Evolutionary and Ecological Parasitology research group website

Robert is also a member of the Coastal People: Southern Skies collaboration that connects communities with world-leading, cross-discipline research to rebuild coastal ecosystems.
Coastal People: Southern Skies

Postgraduate projects

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Thaumamermis zealandica in its amphipod host.

  • Parasitism of molluscs and community structure in marine intertidal ecosystems
  • Impact of parasitism on coastal crustacean species
  • Evolution of abbreviated life cycles in parasitic trematodes
  • Manipulation of invertebrate behaviour by parasites, including the physiological mechanisms involved
  • Molecular genetics of helminth parasite

Publications

Poulin, R., & Presswell, B. (2024). Nomenclatural stability and the longevity of helminth species names. Systematic Parasitology, 101, 34. doi: 10.1007/s11230-024-10161-4 Journal - Research Article

de Angeli Dutra, D., & Poulin, R. (2024). Network specificity decreases community stability and competition among avian haemosporidian parasites and their hosts. Global Ecology & Biogeography. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/geb.13831 Journal - Research Article

Bhattarai, U. R., Poulin, R., Gemmell, N. J., & Dowle, E. (2024). Genome assembly and annotation of the mermithid nematode Mermis nigrescens. Genes Genomes Genetics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkae023 Journal - Research Article

Bennett, J., Presswell, B., & Poulin, R. (2024). Expanding on a marine food web using parasitological data. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 727, 19-33. doi: 10.3354/meps14492 Journal - Research Article

Salloum, P., Jorge, F., & Poulin, R. (2023, August). Incorporating the microbiome dimension in host-parasite interactions. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Microbiomes Satellite, Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

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