Aimee Harper
Mechanism of action of cell envelope proteinases on plant proteins.
Supervisor: Renwick Dobson
Alexander Grabham
Ecology and conservation of leopard seals in Aotearoa New Zealand waters: an examination using photographic-identification.
Supervisor: Ximena Nelson
Amanda Board
The interactions of Oleosins and their implications in the food industry.
Supervisor: Renwick Dobson
Anne-Jan Veendijk
Supervisor: Matthew Stott
Antonina Arkhangelskaya
The endosymbiotic microbiome of Pisolitus fungi facilitates survival in extreme geothermal soils.
Supervisors: Matthew Stott, Ian Dickie
Averill Moser-Rust
An investigation into visual attention in jumping spiders employing machine learning.
Supervisors: Ximena Nelson, James Atlas
Ben Crichton
Influence of whitebait fishing and habitat composition on perennial whitebait populations.
Supervisors: David Schiel, Mike Hickford, Angus McIntosh
Bonnie Humphrey
The effect of central nervous stimulants on the vigilance decrement in humans and jumping spiders.
Supervisor: Ximena Nelson
Cat Morton-Burns
Paternal contributions to mammalian sex allocation: The story of sperm.
Supervisor: Elissa Cameron
Channell Thoms
Kekewai (Paranephrops zealandicus) and Kākahi (Echyridella menziesi) as biological tools and indicators for stream restoriation.
Supervisor: Jonathan Harding
Chris Meijer
Investigating īnanga (Galaxias maculatu) in Te Waihora - Lake Ellesmere.
Supervisor: David Schiel, Mike Hickford
Claudia Allan
In the dark, but well informed: How do plant roots sense water stress and pathogens?
Supervisor: Claudia Meisrimler
Coley Tosto
An investigation into the evolution of sexual dimorphism and mating systems using the sex-role-reversed family syngnathidae
Supervisor: Sarah Flanagan
Daniel Crossett
Resilience, recovery and changing reef conditions along the Kaikoura coast, post earthquake.
Supervisor: David Schiel
Daniel Mak
Development of novel capillary microfluidic assays for the wine industry
daniel.mak@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisors: Volker Nock, Renwick Dobson
David Hera
Drivers and mechanisms of within-species trait variation in fungi, using New Zealand Pleurotus as an example.
Supervisor: Ian Dickie
David Wood
Investigating the structural and molecular mechanism of Streptococcus pneumonia sialoregulator NanR.
Supervisors: Renwick Dobson, Timothy Allison
Debolina Sarkar
Determination of the effect of electrical field on Zoospore of Phytophtora sp. using lab-on-a-chip technique.
Supervisors: Ashley Garrill, Volker Nock
Devyani Dixit
Application of nanoparticle contrast agents for spectral imaging of artery plaques
Supervisors: Steven Gieseg, Anthony Butler
Dylan Goldsmith
Insights into the molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration - NMR studies of proteins in Alzheimer's disease
Supervisor: Vanessa Morris
Francois Thoral
Integrating broad and local-scale remote sensing to examine links between the coastal light environmental and biological communities.
Supervisor: David Schiel
Gabrielle Koerich
Supervisor: Jonathan Tonkin
Gboyega Awoku
The insect pollinators of Mambilla Plateau susbsistence farmlands and their contributions to crop yield
Supervisor: Hazel Chapman
Hamish Trlin
Supervisor: Renwick Dobson
Hazel Clemens
Supervisor: Matthew Stott
Holly Harris
Supervisor: Angus McIntosh
Ilina Cubrinovska
Conservation genomics of shore plover/tuturuatu (Thinornis novaeseelandiae).
Supervisor: Tammy Steeves
Joanna Green
Drivers and consequences of reciprocal ecosystem legacies of invasive pines and exotic grasses.
Supervisor: Ian Dickie
John Ramana
Trade-offs between nutrient uptake and pathogen protection as links between plant and fungal traits in mycorrhizas.
Supervisor: Ian Dickie
Ken Clemente
Impacts of warming and nutrient pollution to estuarine seagrass ecosystems in New Zealand.
Supervisor: Mads Thomsen
Kevin Jonker
Atherosclerotic plaque inflammation and clinical imaging
Supervisors: Steven Gieseg, Anthony Butler
Lucas Pereira Martins
Macroecological patterns in plant-frugivore networks.
martinslucas.p@gmail.comSupervisor: Jason Tylianakis
Lucy Howell
Supervisor: Sarah Flanagan
Lydia McLean
Understanding behavioural and diettary variatins between populations of endangered kea (Nestor notabilis) for conservation management.
Supervisors: Ximena Nelson, Travis Horton
Megan Tan
Spillover of plant pathogens due to exotic species introduction: The effects on native plant species.
Supervisor: Ian Dickie
Michael Currie
Using nanodiscs to characterise the structure and properties of membrane proteins.
Supervisor: Renwick Dobson
Michael Newton-Vesty
Supervisor: Renwick Dobson
Michal Bernach
Artificial plant leaf surfaces as a surrogate for microbial colonization.
Supervisors: Mitja Remus-Emsermann, Volker Nock
Morgan Tracy
Pollination systems and neighbourhood effects in native, invasive and agricultural species.
morgan.tracy@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Hazel Chapman
Moritz Miebach
Transcriptional responses of Arabidopsis thaliana to bacterial leaf colonisation.
Supervisors: Mitja Remus-Emsermann, Paula Jameson
Sahel Amoozadeh
Elucidating the molecular interaction of membrane-associated NAC transcription factor with effector proteins originating from a variety of plant pathogens.
Supervisors: Claudia Meisrimler, Jodie Johnston
Sanaz Safavian
The effect of Antropogenic disturbance on braided river birds in New Zealand
Supervisors: Hazel Chapman, Jim Briskie
Sarah Sale
Beyond myrtle rust: insight into the invasive growth of rust fungi.
Supervisor: Ashley Garrill
Seol-Jong Kim
Supervisor: Pieter Pelser
Shawn Gerrity
Recovery, restoration, and population dynamics of New Zealand blackfoot abalone (pāua) affected by large-scale disturbance and mass-mortality.
Supervisor: David Schiel
Shinae Montie
How does a warming world, with stronger and longer marine heatwaves, affect kelp forests and seagrass communities?
shinae.montie@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Mads Thomsen
Siddarth Raajasekar
Effect of 7,8-dihydroneopterin on macrophage inflammation.
siddarth.raajasekar@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisors: Steven Gieseg, Elissa Cameron
Simone Cunha
Do interactions among agents affect biological control of Tradescantia fluminesis
Supervisor: Dave Kelly
Sophie Eccersall
Supervisor: Claudia Meisrimler
Sophie O'Brien
Spatial barriers providing and receiving nature's benefits in landscapes.
Supervisor: Jason Tylianakis
Sophie van Hamelsveld
Antibiotic resistance in New Zealand water bodies and traditional sources of aquatic kai: a survey.
Supervisor: Jack Heinemann
Thi Thuy Nguyen
Effects of environmental changes on physiology and growth in the black-foot paua (Halistis iris).
Supervisor: John Pirker
Tonny Miiro
Investigation into the use of agricultural waste proteinsas seed priming agents to enhance crop performance.
Supervisor: David Leung
Trang Nguyen
Unique potato lines tolerant to nitrogen deficiency generated under in vitro selection.
Supervisor: David Leung
Vanita Thakur
Tripartite symbiosis of bacterial communities, ectomycorrhizal fungi and invasive pines.
Supervisors: Ian Dickie, Matthew Stott
Ziqi Yu
The influence of protein and lipid co-oxidation on food quality.
Supervisors: Grant Pearce, Renwick Dobson