People - Students

brar AhmedIbrar Ahmed

PhD student
With Pete Lockhart, Mike Hendy and Austen Ganley
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.anderson-lederer@vuw.ac.nz
Research: Management of Genetic Diversity in Wild and Translocated Populations of Black Rhinoceroses at Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife Reserves (South Africa).

RobinBerriesRobin Atherton

PhD student
With Lara Shepherd
Massy University - Palmerston North
Phone: +64 6 356 9099 Ext 2350
E-mail: r.a.atherton@massey.ac.nz
Research: Tracing the translocation history of a New Zealand endemic cultivated tree using chloroplast SNP markers

ShaunaShauna Baillie

PhD student
With Peter Ritchie
Victoria University of Wellington
E-mail: shauna.baillie@vuw.ac.nz
Research: Genetic connectivity and avian malaria transmission in the New Zealand bellbird (Anthornis melanura)
Webpage

Gabrielle Beans-PiconGabrielle Beans-Picon

PhD student
With David Lambert and Craig Millar
Massey University - Albany, Auckland
Phone: +64 9 414 0800 Ext 41116
E-mail: G.Beans-Picon@massey.ac.nz
Research: Molecular ecology and evolution in Adelie penguins

BertelaFederic Bertels

PhD student
With Paul Rainey
Masey University - Auckland
E-mail: frederic.bertels(at)gmailcom
Research: The evolutionary origin of repetitve extragenic palindromic (REP) sequences in bacteria
Webpage

Alexander Boast

MSc student
With Peter Ritchie
Victoria University of Wellington
E-mail: boastalex@myvuw.ac.nz

 

AllanBurneAllan 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

Josh Collins

PhD student
With Barbara Holland and Lara Shepherd
Massey University - Palmerston North
Email: j.s.collins@massey.ac.nz
Phone: +64 6 356 9099 Ext 5412

Ilse CorkeryIlse Corkery

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

SimonCoxSimon Cox

MSc student
With Lara Shepherd
Massey University - Palmerston North
Phone: +64 6 356 9099 Ext 5412
Email: s.j.cox@massey.ac.nz
Research: Domestication of Rengarenga (Arthropodium cirratum)

Rebecca CummingRebecca Cumming

PhD student
With Jon Waters and Hamish Spencer
University of Otago, Dunedin
E-mail: rebecca146@gmail.com

LizziedalyElizabeth (Lizzie) Daly

Honours student
With Steve Trewick
Massey University - Palmertson North
E-mail: eltonandlizzie@inspire.net.nz

 

 

AndyDouglasAndrew Douglas

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

 

EddyDowleEdwina (Eddy) Dowle

Honours student
With Mary Morgan-Richards
Massey University - Palmertson North
Phone: +64 6 356 9099 Ext 2350
E-mail: eggbeata@gmail.com

 

LukeDunningLuke Dunning

PhD student
With Thomas Buckley
Landcare Research - Auckland
Research: Molecular evolution of New Zealand alpine stick insects
Email: dunningl@landcareresearch.co.nz

Beata FallerBeata Faller

PhD student
With Mike Steel and Charles Semple
University of Canterbury
E-mail: fallerbeata@yahoo.com
Research: Predicting the loss of phylogenetic diversity under various extinction scenarios, and devising algorithms to allocate resources to minimize the loss (the `Noah’s Ark problem’)

HannahHannah Frank

PhD Student - a Fulbright student
With Nicky Nelson
Victoria University Wellington
Email: hannah.kim.frank@gmail.com
Research: Investigation of inbreeding effects within the tuatara population on North Brother Island using immunological and molecular techniques

JemmaJemma Geoghegan

PhD student
With Hamish Spencer
University of Otago, Dunedin
E-mail: geoje433@student.otago.ac.nz
Research: Mathematically modeling transgenerational effects.
 

 

Gillian 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 GodfreySteph Godfrey

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

Julia 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

Monica Gruber Monica 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

JianHanJian 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

Simon 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 HingstonMelanie Hingston

PhD student
With Howard Ross, Lisa Matisoo-Smith and Mike Hendy
University of Auckland
E-mail: mhin027@aucklanduni.ac.nz
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@clear.net.nz
Research: The population genetics of bluenose fish

BennettMcComishBennet McComish

PhD student
With David Penny
Massey Universtiy - Palmerston North
Phone: +64 6 356 9099 Ext 7626
E-mail: b.mccomish@massey.ac.nz

 

Graham McCulloch

PhD student
With Jon Waters
University of Otago
E-mail: mccgr61@student.otago.ac.nz
Research: New Zealand stonefly phylogeography.

TariqTariq Mahmood

PhD student
With David Penny
Massey Universtity - Palmerston North
E-mail: t.mahmood@massey.ac.nz

 

Atheer MatroudAtheer Matroud

PhD student
With Mike Hendy
Massey University - Palmerston North
Phone: +64 6 356 9099 ext 7626
E-mail: a.a.matroud@massey.ac.nz
Research: Nested Tandem Repeat- Computation and Analysis.

DanielleDanielle Middleton

PhD student
With Nicky Nelson and Paul Rainey
Victoria University Wellington
E-mail: daniel.middleton@gmail.com
Research: Investigating the community ecology of Salmonella

 

Elmira MohandesanElmira Mohandesan

PhD student
With David Lambert and Craig Millar
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

MyersShelley Myers

PhD student
With Thomas Buckley
Landcare Research - Auckland
Research: Speciation and the evolution of behaviour in New Zealand stick insects  
Email: myerss@landcareresearch.co.nz

 

Stephen Pilkington

PhD student
With Steve Trewick
Massey University – Palmerston North
Phone: +64 6 356 9099 Ext 2350
E-mail: S.Pilkington@massey.ac.nz

JaimeJaimee Quarrie

MSc student
With Hamish Spencer and Martyn Kennedy
University of Otago, Dunedin
E-mail: quaja557@student.otago.ac.nz
Research: The phylogeny of the Pelecaniformes

 

BarbaraBarbara Schoenfeld

PhD student
With Pete Lockhart
Massey University - Palmerston North
Phone: +64 6 356 9099 Ext 2569
E-mail: b.schoenfeld@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

 

Briar Taylor-Smith

Hons student
With Mary Morgan-Richards
Massey University – Palmerston North
Phone: +64 6 356 9099 Ext 5412
E-mail:briar6@gmail.com

 

Chatelle van Niekerek

PhD student
With Mike Steel and Charles Semple
University of Canterbury
E-mail: crvanniekerk@gmailcom


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

John WaughJohn Waugh

PhD student
With Craig Millar and David Lambert
Massey University - Albany, Auckland
Phone: +64 9 414 0800 Extension 41117
E-mail: w.j.waugh@massey.ac.nz
Research: DNA Barcoding the Birds of New Zealand

Tim 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

David WinterDavid Winter

PhD student
With Hamish Spencer
University of Otago
Phone: +64 3 479 5096
E-mail: winda002@student.otago.ac.nz
Research: Speciation in Rarotongan Landsnails

 


 

Students:
Ibrar Ahmed
Rosalynn Anderson-Lederer
Robin Atherton
Shauna Baillie
Gabrielle Beans-Picon
Federic Bertels
Alexander Boast
Allan Burne
Josh Collins
Ilse Corkery
Simon Cox
Rebecca Cumming

Lizzie Daly
Andrew Douglas
Eddy Dowle
Luke Dunning
Beata Faller

Hannah Frank
Jemma Geoghegan
Gillian Gibb
Steph Godfrey
Julia Goldberg
Monica Gruber
Jian Han
Elizabeth Heeg
Sebastian Hernandez
Simon Hills
Melanie Hingston
Brenton Hodgson
Bennet McComish
Graham McCulloch
Tariq Mahmood
Atheer Matroud
Danielle Middleton
Elmira Mohandesan
Shelley Myers
Stephen Pilkington
Jaimee Quarrie
Barbara Schoenfeld

Surrey Scott
Briar Taylor-Smith
Chatelle van Niekerk

Andrea Varela
John Waugh
Tim White
David Winter