Students

PhD Students

Anna Clark: Predicting outcomes of gene drives in multi-species models

Benjamín Durán-Vinet with the University of Otago's clocktower in the background

Benjamín Alexander Durán-Vinet: Harmful Algal Blooms biomonitoring through Cas13.

Gracie Kroos

Gracie Kroos: Surveillance of Wallaby Pest Species in New Zealand Using Environmental DNA

Haylee Quertermous doing field work in a Florida mangrove

Haylee Quertermous: Female hierarchy and sex change in the New Zealand spotty wrasse (Notolabrus celidotus).

Michelle Liddy

Michelle Liddy: Developing natural samplers of environmental DNA for marine biodiversity monitoring

Nicolás Restrepo Garzon: Environmental DNA as a tool to study ecosystem health in kelp forests.

Jack Sissons: Exploring gene drives in marine contexts.

Co-Supervised PhD Students

Ryan Easton on a fishing trip in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Central Texas, holding a cobia (Rachycentron canadum).

Ryan Easton: Fish passage barriers and river connectivity in Murihiku (Southland Region) on New Zealand’s South Island; co-supervised by Prof. Gerry Closs (Zoology), Dr. Eddy Dowle (Plant and Food Research), and Prof. Antoni Moore (School of Surveying).

Sebastián Alvarez Costes

Sebastián Alvarez-Costes: phylogeography, population genomics, hologenomics, and molecular evolution of Hector’s and Māui dolphins; co-supervised by Prof. Neill Gemmell and Dr. Alana Alexander.

Masters Students

Bachelor Students

Donna Huber: Validating a CRISPR-based eDNA detection assay (SENTINEL) for Hector’s and Māui dolphins. Supervised by Benjamín Durán-Vinet and Dr. Alana Alexander.