Adviser
Mads Solgaard Thomsen, Associate Professor
- Marine Ecology Research Group
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, New Zealand UCAN web-page
- Adjunct Professor in Marine Biodiversity, Institute for Bioscience, Aarhus University, Denmark
- Phone: +64 3 366 7001 ext. 7076, Office: Biological Sciences 233, Google Scholar
- Ph.D. 2004. Environmental Sciences. University of Virginia, US PDF
- MSc. 1998. Environmental Biology and Geography, Roskilde University, Denmark
Students
Anthony Gillis (PhD, J. Tonkin is primary supervisor): Species interactions along marine stress-gradients
Paige Bentley (PhD): Restoration techniques of underwater forests
Danielle Bishop (MSc): Impacts of sediments and heatwaves on intertidal reefs
Ken Clemente (PhD): Anthropogenic impacts in seagrass beds
Shinae Monti (PhD, Finished 2023): Marine heatwaves and benthic ecosystems
Nicolette Edmunds (MSc, Finished 2023): Early life-stages of brown seaweed
Katie Thompson (MSc, D. Finished 2022, D. Hart was primary supervisor): Green coastal infrastructures PDF
Micaela Pullen (MSc, to the left, Finished 2021, S. Flanagan was primary supervisor): Fish in seagrass beds PDF
Derek Gerber (MSc, Finished 2021): Impacts of marine heatwaves on estuarine foundation species PDF
Finn Ross (Honors, Finished 2021): Seaweed Growth rates in Lyttelton harbour in the context of Blue Carbon PDF
Shinae Montie (MSc; Finished 2020): Remote sensing of Southern Ocean phytoplankton blooms in a warming world PDF
Travis Foster (Phd, Finished 2019): Competition or facilitation between co-existing foundation species – with implications for biodiversity and conservation PDF
Luca Mondardini (Masters; Finished 2018): Loss of bull kelp and biodiversity following a cataclysmic earthquake PDF
Alfonso Siciliano (Phd; Finished 2018): Testing when and how habitat cascades control biodiversity of marine benthic ecosystems PDF http://www.alfonsosiciliano.com/
Dave Brockerhoff (Masters: Finished 2018): Ecological interactions between the invasive seaweed Undaria pinnatifida and the Green-lipped mussels Perna canaliculus PDF
Yu (Betty) Bi (Masters: Finished 2017, T Wernberg was main supervisor): Seaweeds as habitat for animals PDF
Isis Metcalfe (Masters: Finished 2017): Phenological, physiological and ecological factors affecting the relationship between Hormosira banksii and its obligate epiphyte Notheia anomala PDF
Eliza Oldach (Fulbright visitor; Finished 2016): Herbivory in estuaries; keystone consumption or cascading habitat-formation? https://zeacology.wordpress.com/
Thomas Hildebrand (Masters: Finished 2014): Interactions between cockles, parasites and epibiota in the Avon Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch, New Zealand PDF
Key Collaborators
- Prof. Thomas Wernberg, University of Western Australia, http://wernberglab.org/
- Dist. Prof. David Schiel, University of Canterbury, http://www.biol.canterbury.ac.nz/people/schiel.shtml
- Prof. Peter Staerh, University of Aarhus, http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/pst@dmu.dk
- Dr. Paul South, Cawthron Reserach Institute
- Dr. Sarah Flanagan, University of Canterbury, https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/science/schools-and-departments/biological-sciences/contact-us/academic-staff/sarah-flanagan.html
- Ass. Prof. Fernando Tuya, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, http://fernandotuya.org/
- Prof. Brian Silliman, Duke University, http://www.sillimanlab.com/
- Prof. Marianne Holmer, University of Southern Denmark, http://findresearcher.sdu.dk:8080/portal/da/person/holmer
- Ass Prof. Dan Smale, Marine Biological Association of the UK, http://www.mba.ac.uk/fellows/smale/