Current students
Elizabeth de Jongh
MSc student. Project: Moth biodiversity in the NZ Alps. Supervised with Dave Kelly
MSc student. Project: Moth biodiversity in the NZ Alps. Supervised with Dave Kelly
Sam Chaplin
MSc student. Project: Positive affect in kea. Supervised with Eilssa Cameron
MSc student. Project: Positive affect in kea. Supervised with Eilssa Cameron
Marlene Leggett
PhD student. Project: Salticid taxonomy and behaviour. Supervised with Cor Vink (Lincoln University)
PhD student. Project: Salticid taxonomy and behaviour. Supervised with Cor Vink (Lincoln University)
Lydia McLean
PhD student. Project: Kea cognition and conservation
PhD student. Project: Kea cognition and conservation
Averill Moser
MSc student. Project: Causes of vigilance decrement in spiders
MSc student. Project: Causes of vigilance decrement in spiders
Bonnie Humphrey
PhD student. Project: Causes of vigilance decrement in spiders
PhD student. Project: Causes of vigilance decrement in spiders
Alumni
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M.Sc. & B.Sc. (hons)
Lauren Scott MSc (2018). Project: Jumping spider vision Bonnie Humphrey MSc (2017). Project: Causes of vigilance decrement in spiders Julie Kim MSc (2016). Project: NZ fur seal behaviour at rookeries. Tess O'Malley BSc (hons) (2015). Project: In vitro assessment of 1080 toxicity using a mitochondrial endpoint. Amber Melrose MSc (2015). Project: Causes of vigilance decrement in jumping spiders. Emily Tighe MSc (2013). Project: African wild dog non-vocal communication. Kristy Udy MSc (2012). Project: Dung beetle behaviour and ecology. Kristy went to Germany to do a PhD. Ash Card MSc (2012). Project: Ant mimicry. Ash now works in Amazonian ecotourism. Dean Harliwich MSc (2012). Project: Octopus learning. Dan Garnett BSc (hons) (2008). Macquarie U. Project: Sensory exploitation of Jacky dragons by the caudal lure of Australian Death adders. |
Ph.D.
Samuel Aguilar PhD (2020). Spatial ability in salticids Carol Bedoya PhD (2020). Acoustic tools for detecting unwanted organisms. Pariya Tork PhD (2018). Spatiotemporal patterns of behaviour in salticids. Pariya went to to work as a biosecurity advisor at the Ministry of Primary Industries in Wellington, New Zealand. Manuel Fernandes PhD (2017). Sperm whale communication. Yinnon Dolev PhD (2016). Jumping spider vision: psychophysics and visual neurophysiology. Yinnon went on to work at Philips Medical Systems in Haifa, Israel. Amanda Greer PhD (2015). Cues, exploration, and learning mechanisms used by kea during foraging. Amanda now works as an ecologist in Ireland. Raoul Schwing PhD (2014). U of Auckland. Kea vocalisations: A study of variability, context and function. Raoul continued as a postdoc at the University of Vienna, Austria and now works as the kea lab manager at the University of Vienna. Sara Kross PhD (2012). Falcon conservation and pest management. Sara continued as a Smith Fellow based at U California Davis, USA, and now works at Columbia University. Laura Young PhD (2012). Dispersal of NZ alpine plants through frugivory (main supervisor, Prof. Dave Kelly). Laura went on to do a Post-doc and now works for the Kea Conservation Trust. Daniel Zurek PhD (2012). Macquarie U. Jumping spider vision: psychophysics and visual neurophysiology. Daniel continued as a postdoc at Cornell, USA and now works for Apple. |