Averill Moser-Rust
An investigation into behaviour inducing physical properties of biologically relevant stimuli in Trite planiceps, the black headed jumping spider.
Supervisor: Ximena Nelson
Brittany Earl
The impact of introduced brown tree frog, Litoria Ewingii, on New Zealand pond systems under increasing climate change conditions.
Supervisor: Helen Warburton
Brittney Heappey
Supervisor: Elissa Cameron
Caroline Gilbertson
Rearing "Climate Change-Proof" Salmon: Examining the effects of mild stress on the heat tolerance in King Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
Charlotte Jones
A comparison of lures for improving cat (Felis catus) control in New Zealand.
Supervisor: Jim Briskie
Christian Stocks
Developing a generic transformation workflow to genetically modify Gram-positive bacteria.
Supervisor: Mitja Remus-Emsermann
David Ferguson
Supervisor: Steven Gieseg
Elizabeth de Jongh
Changes in moth biodiversity in a New Zealand tussock grassland over 60 years.
Supervisor: Dave Kelly
Fleur van Eyndhoven
The role of sexual selection in the wide-bodied pipefish, Stigmatopora nigra.
Supervisor: Jim Briskie
Flynn Adcock
Remediation of the greenhouse gas methane using methanotrophic and photoheterotrophic communities.
Supervisor: Matthew Stott
Holly Welford
Increasing the pool of cultivated Venenivibrio species from New Zealand hot springs.
Supervisor: Matthew Stott
Jessie Anderson
Methylation and gene expression differences at neurodevelopment genes, in response to maternal tobacco use during pregnancy.
Supervisor: Amy Osborne
Kate Stanion
Assessing giving up density as an indicator of boldness in wild brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) populations in New Zealand.
Supervisor: Elissa Cameron
Kate Wright
Characterisation of the leaf microbiome of the thermotolerant kanuka species Kunzea ericoides.
Supervisor: Matthew Stott
Kelvin McPherson
Bringing home the lost (vegetable) sheep: A phylogenomic approach to testing the monophyly of Haastia (Asteraceae, Senecioneae).
Supervisor: Pieter Pelser
Leann Vinson
Affects of abiotic stress on Phytophthora pluvialis growing on Pinus radiata springs.
Supervisor: Claudia Meisrimler
Olivia Hore
Trout influences on non-migratory galaxiids under natural and reduced flow conditions.
Supervisor: Angus McIntosh
Olivia Janes
Evaluating the success of immune gene rescue in the nationally critical Tūturuatu/Shore Plover (Thinornis novaeseelandiae).
Supervisor: Tammy Steeves
Paulina Ring
The association between BPA exposure, DNA methylation and altered neurodevelopment in zebrafish.
Supervisor: Amy Osborne
Stephen Rowe
Assessing the efficacy of soil as a probiotic for improving kiwi gut health in hatcheries.
Supervisor: Matthew Stott
