PhD Students

  • Anna Clark
  • Benjamín Alexander Durán-Vinet – CRISPR-Dx as a tool for marine biomonitoring
  • Gracie Kroos – Surveillance of wallaby pest species in New Zealand using environmental DNA
  • Haylee Quertermous – female hierarchy and sex change in New Zealand spotty wrasse
  • Jonika Edgecombe – Early and effective detection of marine pest species
  • Michelle Liddy – developing natural samplers (filter feeders, such as sponges and tunicates) of environmental DNA for marine biodiversity monitoring. 
  • Nicolás Restrepo Garzon – Understanding ecosystem health in kelp forests using environmental DNA (eDNA).

Co-Supervised PhD students

  • Ryan Easton –  fish passage barriers and river connectivity in Murihiku (Southland Region) on New Zealand’s South Island
  • Sebastián Alvarez Costes – molecular evolutionary history of Hector’s and Māui’s dolphins.
  • Jessica Moffitt – Temperate and polar marine communities’ responses to ocean warming: An assessment using in-situ environmental manipulations – Just submitted!!!