Postdoctoral Research Fellows
- Dr Chloe van der Burg, 2022 – 2025
- Dr Allison Miller, 2018 – 2025
- Dr. Gert-Jan Jeunen, 2018-2023
- Dr. Eddy Dowle, 2017 – 2023
- Dr. Erica Todd, 2014 – 2020
- Dr. Helen Taylor, 2014 – 2019
- Dr. Stefanie Großer, 2015
- Dr. Nic Dussex, 2013 – 2015
- Dr. Sheri Johnson, 2010 – 2015
- Dr. Hideaki Abe, 2013 – 2015
- Dr. Ma Lei (visiting scholar), 2014
- Dr. Monika Zavodna, 2009 – 2012
- Dr. Catherine Grueber, 2010
- Dr. Jawad Abdelkrim, 2006 – 2010
- Dr. Daniel White, 2007 – 2009
- Dr. Cécile Vanpé, 2007 – 2008
- Dr. Sharyn Goldstien, 2006 – 2008
- Dr. Abigail Caudron, 2002 – 2008
- Dr. Andrew Bagshaw, 2008
- Dr. Tammy Steeves, 2004 – 2007
- Dr. Marie Hale, 2005 – 2006
- Dr. Victoria Metcalf, 2002 – 2005
- Dr. Bruce Robertson, 2001 – 2005
- Dr. Lisa Shorey, 2003 – 2004
- Dr. Louise B. Chilvers, 2001 – 2004
- Dr. Richard Paley, 2001 – 2002
PhD Students
- Jonika Edgecombe, 2024. Point of Need LAMP and SHERLOCK molecular detection techniques for key marine pest species.
- William Samuel Pearman, 2023. The adaptive and biogeographic significance of the microbiome of southern bull kelp (Durvillaea).
- Upendra Battarhai, 2023. The Death Dive. Behavioural manipulation of earwigs by mermithid nematodes.
- Mandira Katuwal, 2023. Genome assemblies and microbiome analysis: a key to controlling pasture weevils.
- Allison K. Miller, 2023. Genomics of pouched lampreys (Geotriidae) for improved management.
- Pamela Cecilia Olmedo Rojas, 2023. Tracking the biodiversity of Prydz Bay, East Antarctica: an eDNA metabarcoding approach.
- Denise Martini, 2023. Evolution and conservation of the New Zealand kākā.
- Clare Isabel Ming-Ch’Eng Adams, 2021. From phylum to population: Environmental DNA for New Zealand biodiversity.
- Alexander Goikoetxea Perez de Mendiola, 2020. Stress and sex change in New Zealand spotty wrasse (Notolabrus celidotus).
- Samuel E. Karelitz, 2020. Transgenerational plasticity and acclimation of tropical sea urchins to ocean warming and acidification.
- Rachael Ashby, 2019. The development and implementation of genomic tools for the New Zealand Greenshell™ Mussel industry.
- Gert-Jan Jeunen, 2018. Evaluating environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding as a method for monitoring biodiversity in marine ecosystems.
- Alexandra Jane Caulton, 2018. Development of ‘Targeted’ Genotyping-by-Sequencing in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).
- Hui (Anne) Liu, 2016. Genomic basis of sex change in fish.
- Cornelia Gueßner, 2015. Exploring the genetic basis of cryptic female choice in an externally fertilizing species: the Chinook salmon.
- Stephanie (Ling Jie) Lee, 2015. A transcriptomic examination of sexual differentiation in zebrafish, Danio rerio.
- Sterling Sawaya, 2014. Tandem repeats as sources of variation.
- Thomas Allister McCowan, 2013. Genetic approaches to management of New Zealand’s blackfoot pāua, Haliotis iris.
- David Jeffrey Lundquist, 2012. Behaviour and movement patterns of dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) off Kaikoura, New Zealand: effects of tourism.
- Amy J. Osborne, 2011. Assessment of genetic variation in the threatened New Zealand sea lion, Phocarctos hookeri, and its association with fitness.
- Iris Jentzsch Vargas, 2010. Comparative genomics of microsatellite abundance: a critical analysis of methods and definitions.
- Patrice C. Rosengrave, 2010. Ejaculate traits and ovarian fluid as a potential mechanism for cryptic female choice in chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).
- Margaret Will, 2009. Genetic variation in New Zealand abalone Haliotis iris.
- Thorsten Horn, 2008. Telomere length of kakapo and other New Zealand birds: assessment of methods and applications.
- Jonci Nikolai Wolff, 2008. Investigating patterns of mitochondrial DNA inheritance using New Zealand Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) as a model organism.
- Wiebke Muller, 2008. Hybridisation, and the conservation of the Grey Duck in New Zealand.
- Angelika Merkel, 2008. Microsatellite evolution in the yeast genome – a genomic approach.
- Sandra Sílvia Negro, 2008. Reproductive ecology and life history trade-offs in a dimorphic polygynous mammal, the New Zealand fur seal.
- Andrew T. M. Bagshaw, 2008. An investigation of links between simple sequences and meiotic recombination hotspots.
- Emmanuel Buschiazzo, 2008. Conservation and evolution of microsatellites in vertebrate genomes.
- Antoine Fouquet, 2008. Diversity and phylogeography of Eastern Guiana Shield frogs.
- Melanie J. Pierson, 2007. Deciphering the mtDNA record of prehistoric population movements in Oceania.
- Laura J. Boren, 2005. New Zealand fur seals in the Kaikoura region: colony dynamics, maternal investment and health.
- Sharyn Jane Goldstien, 2005. Phylogeography of the Cellana limpets of New Zealand: Investigating barriers to marine dispersal and historical biogeography.
- Kathryn Aitkinson, 2004. The adaptive significance of plumage polymorphism.
Co-Supervised PhD Students
Masters Students
- Ella Dewar – Freshwater sponges as passive eDNA samplers
- Anya Kardailsky, 2023. Biomonitoring of freshwater streams: the promising application of Environmental DNA and Cas enrichment.
- Anna C. Clark, 2021. Driving away rats: candidate fertility targets for mammalian gene drives.
- William Russell Stovall, 2016. Population genetics of New Zealand fur seals: Genomic tools for research and management.
- Caroline Antolik, 2013. An investigation of mtDNA heteroplasmy in New Zealand chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and its effects on mitochondrial-based population studies.
- Kathryn McRae, 2012. Signatures of selective sweeps in parasite selection flocks.
- Laura Boren, 2011. Assessing the impact of tourism on New Zealand fur seals (Arctocephalus forsteri). Passed with Distinction.
- Genievive Manolo del Mundo, 2009. Phylogenetic and phylogeographic study of the New Zealand endemic sea tunicate Cnemidocarpa nisiotis.
- Sacha Dowell, 2005. Mother-pup recognition behaviour, pup vocal signatures and allosuckling in the New Zealand fur seal, Arctocephalus forsteri. Passed with Distinction.
- Julia Hadfield Bowsher, 2000. Intraspecific genetic variation in New Zealand’s endemic frog, Leiopelma hochstetteri.
- Warren Guy Hill Chinn, 2000. “Phylogenetics and biogeography of the endemic New Zealand cockroach genus Celatoblatta (Blattidae) Passed with Distinction.
Bachelor of Biomedical Science with Honours
Visiting students
- Joanie Bruggink, 2025. Development of a SENTINEL detection assay for Mycoplasma bovis testing. Supervised Dr. Michel Knapp (collaborator) and PhD student Benjamín Durán-Vinet.
- Donna Huber, 2025. Validation of a CRISPR-based eDNA detection assay (SENTINEL) for Hector’s and Māui dolphins. Supervised by Dr. Alana Alexander (collaborator) and PhD student Benjamín Durán-Vinet.
Research Technicians
- Sara Ferreira, 2012-2026
- Jackson Treece, 2022-2025
- Dr. Patricia Fuentes-Cross, 2019 – 2021
- Jodi Thomas, 2018
- Saeed Sharif, 2016 – 2019
- Nat Lim, 2015 – 2016
- Ana Hoogewerff-Gergelj, 2012 – 2015
- Catherine Collins, 2013 – 2014
- Sylvia Zellhuber-McMillan, 2012 – 2014
- Janine Wing, 2009 – 2011
- Aleksandr Kalinin 2006 – 2008
- Amy Osborne, 2007
- Katherine McBride, 2001 – 2005