People - Students
 Ibrar 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-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).
 Robin 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
 Shauna 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-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
Research: Molecular ecology and evolution in Adelie penguins
 Federic 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
 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
 Ilse 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?
 Simon 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
Cumming
PhD student
With Jon Waters and Hamish Spencer
University of Otago, Dunedin
E-mail: rebecca146@gmail.com
 Elizabeth (Lizzie) Daly
Honours student
With Steve Trewick
Massey University - Palmertson North
E-mail: eltonandlizzie@inspire.net.nz
Andrew 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
 Edwina (Eddy) Dowle
Honours student
With Mary Morgan-Richards
Massey University - Palmertson North
Phone: +64 6 356 9099
Ext 2350
E-mail: eggbeata@gmail.com
Luke Dunning
PhD student
With Thomas Buckley
Landcare - Auckland
Research: Molecular evolution of New Zealand alpine stick insects
 Beata 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’)
 Hannah 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
 Amelia Geary
MSc Student
With Nicky Nelson
Victoria University Wellington
E-mail: gearyamel@student.vuw.ac.nz
Research: Māori traditional ecological knowledge and muttonbirding on Motungarara Island
 Jemma Geoghegan
PhD student
With Hamish Spencer
University of Otago, Dunedin
E-mail: geoje433@student.otago.ac.nz
Research: Mathematically modeling transgenerational effects.
 Gillian 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
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 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
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 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 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 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
 Bennet 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.
 Tariq Mahmood
PhD student
With David Penny
Massey Universtity - Palmerston North
E-mail: t.mahmood@massey.ac.nz
Katie Marske
PhD student
With Thomas Buckley
Landcare Research - Auckland
Research: Comparative phylogeography of the New Zealand forest beetle
 Atheer 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.
 Danielle Middleton
PhD student
With Nicky Nelson
Victoria University Wellington
E-mail: daniel.middleton@gmail.com
Research: Investigating the community ecology of Salmonella
 Elmira 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
Shelley Myers
Honours student
With Mary Morgan-Richards
Massey University - Palmertson North
Phone: +64 6 356 9099
Ext 2350
E-mail: shelly_m5@hotmail.com
 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
 Jaimee 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
 Barbara 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
Chatelle van Niekerek
PhD student
With Mike Steel and Charles Semple
University of Canterbury
E-mail:
 Andrea 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 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
Research: DNA Barcoding the Birds of New Zealand
 Tim 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 Wilson
MSc student
With Nicky Nelson
Victoria University Wellingtoni
E-mail: wilsonjoan2@student.vuw.ac.nz
Research: Resource competition on North Brother Island - effects on Sphenodon gunther
 David 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
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