PhD Students
Anna Clark: Predicting outcomes of gene drives in multi-species models
Benjamín Alexander Durán-Vinet: Harmful Algal Blooms biomonitoring through Cas13.
Gracie Kroos: Surveillance of Wallaby Pest Species in New Zealand Using Environmental DNA
Haylee Quertermous: Female hierarchy and sex change in the New Zealand spotty wrasse (Notolabrus celidotus).
Jonika Edgecombe: Point of Need LAMP and SHERLOCK molecular detection techniques for key marine pest species.
Michelle Liddy: Developing natural samplers of environmental DNA for marine biodiversity monitoring
Nicolás Restrepo Garzon: Environmental DNA as a tool to study ecosystem health in kelp forests.
Co-Supervised PhD Students
Jessica Moffitt (recently submitted her thesis): Temperate and polar marine communities’ responses to ocean warming: An assessment using in-situ environmental manipulations; co-supervised by Prof Miles Lamare and Prof. Crid Fraser (Dep. of Marine Sciences ,UoO).
Ryan Easton: Fish passage barriers and river connectivity in Murihiku (Southland Region) on New Zealand’s South Island; co-supervised by Prof. Gerry Closs (Zoology), Dr. Eddy Dowle (Plant and Food Research), and Prof. Antoni Moore (School of Surveying).
Ryan Easton: Fish passage barriers and river connectivity in Murihiku (Southland Region) on New Zealand’s South Island; co-supervised by Prof. Gerry Closs (Zoology), Dr. Eddy Dowle (Plant and Food Research), and Prof. Antoni Moore (School of Surveying).
Masters Students
Joseph Muldoon: Use of sponge tissue as a natural collector of eDNA on tropical coral reefs. Co-supervised by Prof Miles Lamare and Dr. Gert-Jan Jeunen (Dep. of Marine Sciences, UoO)