Post-graduate Students

 
 
 
(in alphabetical order)      
Ibrar Ahmed
Rosalynn Anderson-Lederer
Gabrielle Beans-Picon
Alexander Boast
Allan Burne
Andrew Clarke
Josh Collins
Ilse Corkery
Rebecca Cowie
Andrew Douglas
Beata Faller
Mareike Fischer
Ceridwen Fraser

Amelia Geary
Tanja Gernhard
Gillian Gibb
Steph Godfrey
Julia Goldberg
Monica Gruber
Liat Shavit Grievink
Jian Han
Elizabeth Heeg
Sebastian Hernandez
Simon Hills
Melanie Hingston
Brenton Hodgson
Angela McGaughran
Atheer Matroud
Kim Miller
Elmira Mohandesan
Jennifer Moore
Stephen Pilkington
Renae Pratt
Klaus Schliep
Surrey Scott

Michael Snook
Alice Storey
Meredith Trotter
Andrea Varela
John Waugh
Tim White
Joanna Wilson
David Winter
Laura Woerner



Ibrar AhmedIbrar Ahmed

Post Grad Diploma student
With David Penny
Massey University - Palmerston North
Phone: +64 6 356 9099 ext 2569
E-mail: i.ahmed@massey.ac.nz

Rosalynn Anderson-LedererRosalynn Anderson-Lederer

PhD student
With Peter Ritchie
Victoria University of Wellington
E-mail: rosalynn.andersonlederer@vuw.ac.nz
Research: "Management of Genetic Diversity in Wild and Translocated Populations of Black Rhinoceroses at Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife Reserves (South Africa)."

Gabrielle Beans-Picon

PhD student
With David Lambert
Massey University - Albany, Auckland
Phone: +64 9 414 0800 Ext 41116
E-mail: G.Beans-Picon@massey.ac.nz
Read more about my project here

Allan Burne

PhD student
With Peter Ritchie
Victoria University of Wellington
E-mail: allanburne@gmail.com
Research: "The evolution of native ants in the presence of high densities of the invasive common wasp"

a_clarkeAndrew Clarke

PhD Student
With David Penny
Massey University – Palmerston North

Phone: +64 6 356 9099 Ext 5412 / 2569
E-mail: A.C.Clarke@massey.ac.nz
Visit website: Andrew Clarke and AFLP Webpage

Josh Collins

MSc student
With Charles Semple
University of Canterbury

Ilse Corkery.Ilse Corkery

PhD student
Victoria University of Wellington
Does sharing with a seabird increase a tuatara's fitness?
E-mail: ilse.corkery@vuw.ac.nz

Rebecca Cowie

PhD student
With Peter Ritchie
Victoria University of Wellington
E-mail: rebecca.cowie@vuw.ac.nz
Research: "Microbial diversity and community structure in Antarctic sea ice"

Rebecca CummingRebecca Cumming

PhD student
With Jon Waters and Hamish Spencer
Otago University, Dunedin

Beata Faller.Andrew Douglas

PhD student
Victoria University Wellington
The molecular basis of temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) in tuatara
E-mail: andrew.douglas@vuw.ac.nz

Beata FallerBeata Faller

PhD student
With Mike Steel and Charles Semple
University of Canterbury
E-mail: fallerbeata@yahoo.com

Mareike FischerMareike Fischer

PhD student
With Mike Steel
Canterbury University

Ceridwen FraserCeridwen Fraser

PhD student
With Hamish Spencer
Otago University, Dunedin
Phone: +64 3 479 7962
E-mail: frace297@student.otago.ac.nz

Amelia GearyAmelia Geary

MSc Student
Victoria University Wellington
Maori traditional ecological knowledge and muttonbirding on Motungarara Island
E-mail: gearyamel@student.vuw.ac.nz

Tanja Gernhard

PhD student
With Mike Steel
Canterbury University
E-mail: tge20@math.canterbury.ac.nz

g_gibbGillian Gibb

PhD student
With David Penny
Massey University – Palmerston North
Phone: +64 6 356 9099 Ext 5412
E-mail: G.C.Gibb@massey.ac.nz

 

Steph Godfrey.Steph Godfrey

PhD student
Victoria University Wellington
Parasitology and sociality in tuatara
E-mail: stephanie.godfrey@flinders.edu.au
Webpage: http://www.scieng.flinders.edu.au/biology/people/postgrad/godfrey_s/

j_goldbergJulia Goldberg

PhD student
With Steve Trewick and Mary Morgan-Richards
Massey University - Palmerston North
Phone: +64 6 356 9099 Ext 2569
E-mail: J.Goldberg@massey.ac.nz

l_shavitLiat Shavit Grievink

PhD student
With David Penny, Mike Hendy and Barbara Holland
Massey University - Palmerston North
Phone: +64 6 356 9099 Ext 2569
E-mail:L.Shavit@massey.ac.nz

webpage

c_lehnebachMonica Gruber

PhD student
With Peter Ritchie
Victoria University of Wellington

phone: 64 4 463 7443
E-mail: Monica.Gruber@vuw.ac.nz
Research: The genetics of invasive species

 

Jian Han

PhD student
With Lesley Collins
Massey University - Palmerston North
Phone: +64 6 356 9099 ext 2569
E-mail: j.han1@massey.ac.nz

Elizabeth HeegElizabeth Heeg

PhD student
With Peter Ritchie
Victoria University of Wellington
E-mail:
Elizabeth.Heeg@vuw.ac.nz
Research: "The population genetics and rapid evolution of rainbow trout from Lake Taupo catchment, New Zealand"

Sebastian Hernandez

PhD student
With Peter Ritchie
Victoria University of Wellington
E-mail: sebastian.hernandez@vuw.ac.nz
Research: "The population genetics of commercially important shark species"

s_hillsSimon Hills

PhD student
With David Penny
Massey University – Palmerston North
Phone: +64 6 356 9099 Ext 5412
E-mail: S.F.Hills@massey.ac.nz

 

Melanie Hingston

PhD student
With Lisa Matisoo-Smith and Mike Hendy
Research: "The Rat's Tale - tracking Lapita peoples through phylogenetic analysis of Pacific rats"

Brenton Hodgson

MSc student
With Peter Ritchie
Victoria University of Wellington
E-mail: brenton.hodgson@vuw.ac.nz
Research: "The population genetics of bluenose fish"

c_lehnebachAngela McGaughran

PhD student
With David Penny, Mark Stevens, Pete Convey and Barbara Holland
Massey University - Palmerston North
Phone: +64 6 350 5515 Ext 7626
Fax: +64 6 350 5626
E-mail: A.McGaughran@massey.ac.nz
Project title: Determination of the Unique Evolutionary Patterns that Prevail in the Antarctic

 

Atheer MatroudAtheer Matroud

PhDstudent
With Mike Hendy
Massey University - Palmerston North
Phone: +64 6 356 9099 ext 7626
E-mail: a.a.matroud@massey.ac.nz

c_lehnebachKim Miller

PhD student
With Charles Daugherty
Victoria University of Wellington

phone: 64 4 463 7443
E-mail: kimberly.miller@vuw.ac.nz
webpage

Elmira MohandesanElmira Mohandesan

PhD student
With David Lambert
Massey University - Auckland
Phone: +64 9 414 0800 ext 41117
E-mail:e.mohandesan@massey.ac.nz
Webpages: http://www.nzias.ac.nz/graduates.html, http://imbs.massey.ac.nz/Albany/current_projects.htm

Jennifer Moore

PhD student
With Charles Daugherty
Victoria University of Wellington
Phone: +64 4 463 7443

Email: jennifer.moore@vuw.ac.nz
webpage

Stephen Pilkington

PhD student
With Steve Trewick
Massey University – Palmerston North
E-mail: S.Pilkington@massey.ac.nz

m_piripiRenae Pratt

PhD student
With Steve Trewick and Mary Morgan-Richards
Massey University - Palmerston North
Phone: +64 6 356 9099 Ext 5412
E-mail: R.C.Pratt@massey.ac.nz

Website : rcpratt

Klaus Schliep

PhD student
With Mike Hendy

Massey University - Palmerston North
Phone: +64 6 356 9099 Ext 2569
E-mail: K.P.Schliep@massey.ac.nz



Surrey Scott

MSc student
With Peter Ritchie
Victoria University of Wellington
E-mail: scottsurr@student.vuw.ac.nz
Research: "The marine phylogeography of common NZ spotty"

Michael Snook

MSc student
With Charles Semple
University of Canterbury

Alice Storey

PhD student
With Lisa Matisoo-Smith
University of Auckland
Phone: +64 9 373 7599 Ext 86647

E-mail: afijistorey@yahoo.ca

M_trotterMeredith Trotter

PhD student
With Hamish Spencer -
Otago University
Phone: +64 3 479 5940

E-mail: trome865@student.otago.ac.nz
Read more about my project here

Andrea VarelaAndrea Varela

PhD student
With Peter Ritchie
Victoria University of Wellington
E-mail: andrea.varela@vuw.ac.nz
Research: "The population genetics of commercially important deepwater fish species"

J_WaughJohn Waugh

PhD student
With Craig Millar
Massey University - Albany, Auckland
Phone: +64 9 414 0800  Extension 41117
E-mail: w.j.waugh@massey.ac.nz

t_whiteTim White

PhD student
With Mike Hendy

Massey University - Palmerston North
Phone: +64 6 356 9099 Ext 2569
E-mail: W.T.White@massey.ac.nz

Joanna WilsonJoanna Wilson

MSc student
Victoria University Wellington
Resource competition on North Brother Island - effects on Sphenodon guntheri
E-mail:
wilsonjoan2@student.vuw.ac.nz

 

d_winterDavid Winter

PhD student
With Hamish Spencer

Otago University
Phone: +64 3 479 5096
E-mail: winda002@student.otago.ac.nz

 

Laura Woerner'Laura Woerner

MSc Student
Victoria University Wellington
Competition for space and food in tuatara head-starting facilities
E-mail: elodieamandin82@hotmail.com