Yasmine Ahlman
Sedimentation Impacts on Temperate Mesophotic Ecosystems (TMEs)
Supervisor: Professor James Bell
Current PhD students
Our current postgraduate students in the School of Biological Sciences
Maëlle Anastasi
Understanding Mating Behaviour and Male Fertility of Social Wasps in New Zealand for Pest Management
Supervisor: Professor Phil Lester
Emma Applegate
Plant-microbial interactions and carbon dynamics
Supervisor: Dr Nicola Day
Negin Asadi
The first lineage decision during cattle development
Supervisor: Associate Professor Peter Pfeffer
Victoria Bain
Exploring Antarctic Marine Microorganisms for Novel Antimicrobial Natural Products
Supervisor: Dr Helen Woolner
Tamara Becker
Supervisor: Associate Professor Stephen Hartley
Paul Bell-Butler
Taxonomy and historical biogeography of the Lophocoleaceae
Supervisor: Professor Joe Zuccarello
Isabella Bostock
Supervisor: Professor Elaine Dennison
Caitlin Brown
Understanding the influence of host-microbe interactions in the respiratory tract on infectious disease outcomes
Supervisor: Dr Kerry Hilligan
Salvatore Campanile
Microbiology among sea ice crystals: a preliminary dive into prokaryotic life from the Antarctic sub-ice platelet layer
Supervisor: Professor Simon Davy
Fraser Campbell
Vocal ethology of North Island kākā (Nestor meridionalis)
Supervisor: Dr Rachael Shaw
Victoria Cantalapiedra
Physiological and community-level impacts of freshwater acidification on microalgae and cyanobacteria in the Waikato River
Supervisor: Dr Christopher Cornwall
Lénaïc Chagnat
Diving into coral bleaching molecular regulation: how is oxidative stress involved in the coral reef crisis?
Supervisor: Dr Clint Oakley
Juan Chavez
The Ecological Role of Wētā as Seed Dispersers in Aotearoa New Zealand
Supervisor: Professor Kevin Burns
Jess Cotterell
Understanding B cell dynamics using novel mRNA vaccines
Supervisor: Dr Melanie McConnell
Chiara de Jong
The role of oxidative stress in coral symbiosis and bleaching
Supervisor: Dr Clint Oakley
Samantha Dilday
Professor Phil Lester
Kathryn Gale
Mātauranga Māori in monitoring of water quality and taonga species
Supervisor: Professor Jeffrey Shima
Alisha Gill
Illuminating ecosystem connections through predator-prey dynamics of lanternfishes
Supervisor: Professor Jeffrey Shima
Pooveshni Govender
Adaptive Platform Trial Design in Cardiac Surgery
Supervisor: Dr Melanie McConnell
Barbara Graham
The HMA/LMA Dichotomy in the Tropical and Temperate Sponge Stress Response
Supervisor: Professor James Bell
Isaac Green
Designing cross-reactive influenza antigens
Supervisor: Professor Wayne Patrick
Justin Gulino
Ecological and Social Drivers of Environmental Change in Wellington
Supervisor: Dr Danielle Shanahan
Rosemary Jackson
Impact of febrile-range temperature on CD8+ T cell metabolism and function during viral and bacterial infections.
Supervisor: Professor David Ackerley
Dilip Jayasimhan
Spontaneous Breathing in Acute Hypoxaemic Respiratory Failure
Supervisor: Dr Melanie McConnell
Kim Khairul Anuar
Mechanisms of Immune Modulation by the Secreted B. quintana YopJ Homologue
Supervisor: Dr Joanna Mackichan
Amber Kirk
Resilience of the black coral Antipathella fiordensis to current and future climate conditions.
Supervisor: Professor James Bell
Min Liu
Discrete choice experiments in osteoarthritis: a comparison of China and New Zealand
Supervisor: Professor Elaine Dennison
Usangi Maldeniya
The role of temperate sponge-associated microbiomes in enhancing sponge holobiont acclimation to marine heatwaves
Supervisor: Professor James Bell
Abby Martin
Realising the potential of circRNA as the future of mRNA vaccines
Supervisor: Professor Wayne Patrick
Naychi Myo Min
BCL6 as a Driver of Glioma: Mechanistic Insights from a GEM-CLeM System
Supervisor: Dr Melanie McConnell
Jenny Neave
Supervisor: Dr Christopher Cornwall
Lee Oliver
Plant Reproductive Traits in Response to Climate Change and Disturbances through Fire and Species Invasions
Supervisor: Associate Professor Julie Deslippe
Arjay Ooi
Chemical genetic analysis of seaweed and algae in New Zealand
Supervisor: Dr Andrew Munkacsi
Shivani Patel
Investigating the role of FOXP3 and OPRK1 genetics in multiple sclerosis
Supervisor: Professor Anne La Flamme
Meghla Pinky
Supervisor: Professor Joe Zuccarello
Ngaire Platt
The breaking of symmetry and induction of gastrulation in the early mammalian embryo
Supervisor: Associate Professor Peter Pfeffer
Mele Porter
Reactogenicity and Immunogenicity of COVID 19 vaccination when administered subcutaneous versus intramuscular
Supervisor: Professor Anne La Flamme & Dr Helen Woolner
Mollie Rickwood
Understanding the role of temperate mesophotic sponges as drivers of coastal fish production
Supervisor: Alice Rogers
Huiling Sang
Genomic and otolith shape insights into John dory fisheries
Supervisor: Professor Peter Ritchie
Katya Sellen
Developing novel non-addictive pain medications
Supervisor: Dr Bronwyn Kivell
Jade Shivak
Symbiont digestion in the cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis
Supervisor: Professor Simon Davy
Niamh Smith
Diel vertical migration patterns, metabolic rates and implications for the biological carbon pump from a lanternfish perspective
Supervisor: Professor Jeffrey Shima
Lorelei Switzer
Innovative behaviour in wild toutouwai (Petroica longipes)
Supervisor: Dr Rachael Shaw
Zaccheaus Tabiling
Marine fungi as a source of new bioactive secondary metabolites
Supervisor: Dr Helen Woolner
Alyssa Tomkies
Co-occurrence and community structuring of symbiotic dinoflagellates in reef-building corals
Supervisor: Professor Simon Davy
Ailish Ullmann
Effect of habitat heterogeneity on the biodiversity of deep-sea polymetallic nodule fauna
Supervisor: Professor Ashley Rowden
Lydia White
Refining circular RNA vaccine design for enhanced immune impact
Supervisor: Professor Wayne Patrick
Nick Wilson
Investigations into a scalable method of producing bovine muscle fibres from embryonic stem cells
Supervisor: Associate Professor Peter Pfeffer
Kea Witting
Resilience and Recovery of Temperate Mesophotic Ecosystems
Supervisor: Professor James Bell