PhD Research showcase a success
On Thursday 28 September, the School of Environment hosted its annual PhD Research Showcase to celebrate ongoing postgraduate research within the School.
More than 70 people attended the one-day event, which gave a selection of postgraduate students the opportunity to share their research with staff and students, as well as invited industry representatives.
The keynote speaker Dr Tom Stephens, a water quality specialist working for Dairy NZ, told attendees how he transferred the skills he developed while completing his PhD to a career in his chosen industry.
The day was divided into morning and afternoon seminar sessions during which PhD students spoke about their current projects (please see details below), and a midday session provided an opportunity for eight masters' students to give two-minute presentions explaining the research detailed on their posters.
Masters' students Bradley Jones, Brittany Knight, Thomas Gower, Elliot Bish, Jayden Woodhead, Lucy Carson, Megan Ferguson, Tasmiah Aronee competed for best poster and most popular poster.
Brittany Knight won best poster for, The dynamics of gravel movement in the Southern Hawke's Bay.
Lucy Carson won best poster by popular vote for, Structure and Alteration in the Broken Hills district, Coromandel Peninsula.
They were both presented with their prizes after the afternoon seminar session.
PhD presentations
Morning seminar session: Environmental science and Geography
Steve Ronoh
Children with Disabilities and Disaster Risk Reduction in New Zealand
William Howie
Can Public Intellectualism Reignite Geography And Reclaim The Generative Potential Of A Geography Education?
Emma Sharp
Enacting Other Foodworlds: Affective Food Initiatives Performing a Care-Full Politics of Difference
Emma Moffett
Heating Up Eco-Evolutionary Interactions: Does Rising Temperature Drive Evolution of Animal Role in Ecosystem Function?
Xiaoqing Li
Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics under Different Vegetation Types in New Zealand
Afternoon seminar session: Geology
Ben Simons
Multi-Parameter Studies Of the World’s Most Active Volcano, Yasur, Vanuatu
Paul Oluwunmi
The Response of Gas Hydrates to Tectonic Uplift
Gianna Evans
Reconstruction of the Nature and Drivers of Holocene Environmental Change from Northern New Zealand Lakes
Geoff Lerner
Using Paleomagnetism to Uncover Long-Runout Pyroclastic Flows At Active Stratovolcanoes
Elaine Smid
The Volatile Life of Auckland Magmas
Photos from the 2017 School of Environment Research Showcase
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Bradley Jones, Masters poster presentation student
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Ben Simons, PhD seminar speaker
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Associate Professor Paul Augustinus introducing the masters students poster presentations
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Brittany Knight, Masters poster presentation student and winner of the best poster
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Attendees of the 2017 Research Showcase viewing the masters posters
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Dr Julie Rowland (left with cap) talking to Dr Meg Parsons (right), Chair of the morning seminar session
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Dr Mike Rowe, Chair of the afternoon seminar session
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Emma Moffett, PhD seminar speaker
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Dr Mark Dickson, Chair, Postgraduate Committee, and Associate Professor Paul Augustinus
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Emma Sharp, PhD seminar speaker
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Foreground, from left to right: Gianna Evans and Geoff Lerner, PhD seminar speakers, talking to Adnan Djeffal and Elaine Smid
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Jayden Woodhead, Masters poster presentation student (close-up)
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Jayden Woodhead, Masters poster presentation student
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Lucy Carson, Masters poster presentation student and winner of best poster by popular vote
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Megan Ferguson (left), Masters poster presentation student with her poster
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Megan Ferguson, Masters poster presentation student (close-up)
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Attendess in the Fale Pasifika for the School of Environment 2017 Research Showcase
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Professor George Perry and Professor Robin Kearns chatting with a student
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Roseanne Speirs, Alice McSherry and Hayley Sparks in front of one of the masters posters
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Keynote speaker, Dr Tom Stephens from Dairy NZ
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William Howie, PhD seminar speaker talking with Dr Gretel Boswijk
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Xiaoquing Li, PhD seminar speaker
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2017 Research Showcase attendees viewing the masters' students posters
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