Postdoctoral Research Fellows
- Dr. Jawad Abdelkrim, 2006 - 2010
- Dr. Hideaki Abe, 2013 - 2015
- Dr. Andrew Bagshaw, 2008
- Dr. Abigail Caudron, 2002 - 2008
- Dr. Louise B. Chilvers, 2001 - 2004
- Dr. Sharyn Goldstien, 2006 - 2008
- Dr. Stefanie Großer, 2015
- Dr. Catherine Grueber, 2010
- Dr. Marie Hale, 2005 - 2006
- Dr. Sheri Johnson, 2010 - 2015
- Dr. Ma Lei (visiting scholar), 2014
- Dr. Victoria Metcalf, 2002 - 2005
- Dr. Richard Paley, 2001 - 2002
- Dr. Bruce Robertson, 2001 - 2005
- Dr. Lisa Shorey, 2003 - 2004
- Dr. Tammy Steeves, 2004 - 2007
- Dr. Cécile Vanpé, 2007 - 2008
- Dr. Daniel White, 2007 - 2009
- Dr. Monika Zavodna, 2009 - 2012
Research Assistants
- Catherine Collins, 2013 - 2014
- Ana Hoogewerff-Gergelj, 2012 - 2015
- Aleksandr Kalinin 2006 - 2008
- Nat Lim, 2015 - 2016
- Katherine McBride, 2001 - 2005
- Amy Osborne, 2007
- Janine Wing, 2009 - 2011
- Sylvia Zellhuber-McMillan, 2012 - 2014
Principal Supervisor of PhD student projects
- Andrew Bagshaw, "An investigation of links between simple sequences and meiotic recombination hotspots", 2008
- Laura Boren, "New Zealand fur seals in the Kaikoura region", 2005
- Emmanuel Buschiazzo, "The evolution of microsatellites in mammals", 2008, passed with Distinction
- Antoine Fouquet, "Diversity and phylogeography of Eastern Guiana Shield frogs", 2008, passed with Distinction
- Cornelia Geßner, "Exploring the genetic basis of cryptic female choice in an externally fertilizing species: the Chinook salmon", 2015
- Sharyn Goldstien "Phylogeography of the Cellana limpets of New Zealand: Investigating barriers to marine dispersal and historical biogeography", 2005
- Thorsten Horn, "Telomere length change in vertebrates – A new aging-tool for field studies?", 2008
- Iris Vargas Jentzsch, "Studying microsatellite evolution with comparative genomics", 2010
- Stephanie Lee, "A Transcriptomic Examination of Sexual Differentiation in Zebrafish, Danio rerio", 2015
- Hui (Ann) Liu, "Genomic basis of sexual change in fish", 2016
- David Lundquist "Effects of tourism on the behaviour, movements and habitat use of dusky dolphins", 2012
- Amy Marshall, "Investigating the role of genetic variability in functionally important genes involved in disease resistance and reproductive fitness in species of conservation importance", 2008 - 2011, passed with Distinction
- Tom McCowan, "The assessment of the efficacy and effects of artificial enhancement of paua populations", 2012
- Angelika Merkel, "Evolution of microsatellites in Yeast", 2008
- Sandra Negro, "Study of the reproductive and health biology in the New Zealand fur seal", 2008
- Amy Osborne, "Association of genetic variation in the threatened New Zealand sea lion, Phocarctos hookeri, and its association with fitness", 2011
- Melanie Pierson, "Deciphering the mtDNA record of prehistoric population movements in Oceania", 2008, passed with Distinction
- Patrice Rosengrave, "Analysis of variables affecting sperm function in chinook salmon", 2010
- Sterling Sawaya, "Tandem repeats as sources of variation", 2014
- Margaret Will, "The population genetic structure of the New Zealand Abalone (Haliotis iris)", 2008
- Jonci Wolff, "Investigating patterns of mitochondrial inheritance using salmon as a model organism", 2008
Principal Supervisor of Master student projects
- Caroline Antolik, "Detecting evidence of recombination in mtDNA data", 2012
- Laura Boren, "Assessing the impact of tourism on New Zealand fur seals (Arctocephalus forsteri)", 2011, passed with Distinction
- Julia Bowsher, "Intraspecific genetic variation in New Zealand's endemic frog, Leiopelma hochstetteri", 2000
- Warren Chinn, "Phylogenetics and biogeography of the endemic New Zealand cockroach genus Celatoblatta (Blattidae)", 2005, passed with Distinction
- Genievive del Mundo, "Population genetic study of the New Zealand endemic sea tunicate Cnemidocarpa nisiotous, an investigation of possible vectoring by ships", 2008
- Sacha Dowell, "Mother-pup recognition behaviour, pup vocal signatures and allosuckling in the New Zealand fur seal, Arctocephalus forsteri", 2005, passed with Distinction
- Kathryn McRae, "Selective Sweep signatures in parasite selection flocks", 2011
- Will Stovall, "Population genetics of New Zealand fur seals: Genomic tools for research and management", 2016
Principal Supervisor of Bachelor (Honours) student projects
- Hannah Barton, "Hybridisation in Fiordland Brown Teal (Anas chlorotis)", 2003, Honours 1/1 2003
- Melanie Cocker, "The application of comparative anchor tagged sequences (CATS) loci tom amphibians and reptiles", 2000, Honours 1/1 2000
- Tanya Fynn, "Investigating the physiological effects of mtDNA mutations using androgenetic clones", 2010, Honours 1/1 2010
- Melissa Gladstone, "Population structure in the New Zealand fur seal", 2001, Honours 1/1 2001
- Bryan Harwarden, "Phylogeography of the Blue duck", 2003, Honours 2/1 2003
- Tim Molloy "A molecular genetic examination of population structure and patterns of migration in the New Zealand fur seal", 2000, Honours 1/1 2000
Principal Supervisor of Post Graduate Diploma in Science student projects
- Ryan Tecosfsky, "Identifying the genetic basis of the yellow fat phenotype in sheep", 2009
- Sophie Fraser, "Association of mitochondrial DNA content in male infertility", 2012
Co-supervisor of PhD student projects
- Kathryn Aitkinson, "The adaptive significance of plumage polymorphism", 2004.
- Katrina Ellis, " Candidate genes for predicting clinical outcome in patients with acute coronary syndromes in the New Zealand population", 2010
- Wiebke Muller, "Understanding the drivers of interspecific hybridisation", 2010
- Lisa Zondag, "Molecular changes driving whole body regeneration (WBR) in Botrylloides leachi", 2016
Principal Supervisor of other scolarship-awarded students
- Bridget Martinez, "Identification and quantification of DNA methylation in fasting, northern elephant seal pups" MHIRT student, 2015/ 2016
- Sterling Sawaya, MHIRT student, 2010 - 2013
- Beth Signal, "Age effects in zebrafish sperm quality". Summer student, Dean's prestigious Summer Scholarship, 2013.
- Marsha Villaroel, MHIRT student, 2012
- Melissa Slane, MHIRT student, 2012
- Will Stovall, MHIRT student, 2013
- Laura Jimenez, MHIRT student, 2009
- Alex Boast, "Tuatara genomics", Allan Wilson Centre scholarship, 2012
- Ngarangi Mason, Allan Wilson Centre scholarship, 2012