Our staff have extensive local and international connections and welcome contact from potential students and collaborators.
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Bioinformatics, data analysis and modelling
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Bioinformatics, data analysis and modelling
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Bioinformatics, data analysis and modelling
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Connectivity, interactions and responses
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Connectivity, interactions and responses
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Connectivity, interactions and responses
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Ecosystem structure and function in a changing climate
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Ecosystem structure and function in a changing climate
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Ecosystem structure and function in a changing climate
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Mātauranga Māori and indigenous knowledge in research
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Mātauranga Māori and indigenous knowledge in research
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Mātauranga Māori and indigenous knowledge in research
Highlighted biological landscape research
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Nigerian Montane Forest Project
For over twenty years the Project has combined scientific research with education at tertiary and local community levels to conserve a rare Nigerian afromontane forest reserve. This work has enabled us to develop a model for long-term sustainable management of forests involving local communities, which is applicable across the world. Learn more about this Project and get involved.
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Nigerian Montane Forest Project
For over twenty years the Project has combined scientific research with education at tertiary and local community levels to conserve a rare Nigerian afromontane forest reserve. This work has enabled us to develop a model for long-term sustainable management of forests involving local communities, which is applicable across the world. Learn more about this Project and get involved.
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Nigerian Montane Forest Project
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Freshwater Ecology Research Group
The Freshwater Ecology Research Group (FERG) is a co-operative group of researchers. It includes experienced academic staff, early career researchers, students, and technicians based in UC's School of Biological Sciences. Our collective desire is to improve the plight of freshwater ecosystems. Learn more about this group.
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Freshwater Ecology Research Group
The Freshwater Ecology Research Group (FERG) is a co-operative group of researchers. It includes experienced academic staff, early career researchers, students, and technicians based in UC's School of Biological Sciences. Our collective desire is to improve the plight of freshwater ecosystems. Learn more about this group.
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Freshwater Ecology Research Group
Facilities and equipment
University of Canterbury Herbarium (CANU)
The herbarium is a collection of c. 45,000 dried specimens of mostly New Zealand plant species. CANU is a facility for research and teaching and provides UC staff and students with botanical specimens for reference and identification purposes, training in plant recognition, and ecological, biodiversity, anatomical, taxonomic and phylogenetic studies and teaching. In addition, CANU serves as a depository for botanical vouchers used in UC research projects.
The CANU collection is rich in botanical specimens from Canterbury, and especially from the UC Cass field station area and nearby areas. The plant family Asteraceae is particularly well represented and among the historically significant collections are those of R.M. Laing, C.A. Foweraker, and D. Petrie. Other major collections present in the herbarium are those of C.J. Burrows, A.T. Dobson, B.A. Fineran, E.A. Hodgson, M.T. Kalin, D.A. Norton, W.R. Philipson, J.M. Ward, and R.K. Wilson.
Curator: Dr Pieter Pelser
UC has an extensive network of field stations across the South Island that are available for use for teaching and research. Their locations allow for easy access to many different field sites making data collection that much easier.
Cass, Southern Alps, Mid-Canterbury
The Cass field station is near Arthurs Pass in the Southern Alps. It is situated within the 1770 hectare Cass Mountain Research Area, University owned land that is set aside for scientific research.
Kaikoura, Coastal North-Canterbury
The field station at Kaikoura is currently a residential house in the township that allows researchers easy access to sites along the coast and nearby forest reserves. Biological Sciences has a boat to enable offshore work as well.
Mount John, South Canterbury
The Mount John Observatory is located near Tekapo in South Canterbury. This field station allows for good access to sites around the Mackenzie Basin.
Westport, West Coast
Located in the township of Westport this well-appointed field station is great for marine, freshwater and terrestrial research across the varied habitats of the West Coast.
Ngel Nyaki, Nigeria
The Nigerian Montane Forest Project operates a field station besides Ngel Nyaki Forest Reserve in Taraba State.
Located on campus the School operates a multi-glasshouse facility for growing a wide range of plants under various controlled conditions. These spaces are used for both teaching and research and have various automated settings to control lighting, watering, heating and ventilation.
The facility also contains with plant growth chambers and a mushroom growth room.
Our glasshouse manager, Dave Conder, is able to support you to setup and maintain your research conditions.
