University teaching

2022  Course: BIOSCI322: Evolution of Genes, Populations and Species. Level: graduate course. Lecturer (6 lectures). University of Auckland, New Zealand. 
2022  Course: BIOSCI727: Genetics in Aquaculture. Level: graduate course. Lecturer (1 lecture and 1 hour seminar). University of Auckland, New Zealand. 
2022  Course: BIOSCI210: Evolution and the Biological Origin of Life: Speciation. Lecturer (1 lecture). University of Auckland, New Zealand. 
2022  Course: BIOSCI351: Molecular Genetics. Level: graduate course. Lecturer (1 lecture). University of Auckland, New Zealand. 
2021  Course: BIOSCI728 NEFU: Evolutionary Biology. Level: postgraduate course. Lecturer (2 lectures). University of Auckland, New Zealand. 
2020  Course: GENE223: Developmental and Applied Genetics. Level: undergraduate course. Lecturer (1 lecture). University of Otago, New Zealand. 
2020  Course: BIOSCI351: Molecular Genetics. Level: undergraduate course. Lecturer (1 lecture). University of Auckland, New Zealand. 
2019  Course: BIOSCI351: Molecular Genetics. Level: undergraduate course. Lecturer (8 lectures). University of Auckland, New Zealand. 
2013-2016  Course: Science Communication. Level: 1 week PhD course. Course developer and main organiser. University of Lund, Sweden. More information here
Course concept that was developed for the Communicating Science Course
 
2013  Course: BIOCO2. Seminar discussion groups (Evolution, Landscape and resources, Populations and Society and ecosystems). Level: undergraduate course. University of Lund, Sweden. 
2013  Course: Landscape Genetics in a Changing World. Level: 1 week Ph.D. course. Course co-developer and teacher. University of Lund, Sweden.  
2013  Course: 2 day Workshop on ‘Insect Monitoring Techniques’. Level: undergraduate course. Teaching assistant for the practical laboratory exercises. University of Lund (Taught in South Africa). 
2012  Course: 1 day GENECO course 'data analyses in Geneious'. Level: undergraduate course. Teaching assistant for the practical laboratory exercises. University of Lund, Sweden. 
2009 & 2012  Course: Terrestrial Ecology. Level: undergraduate course. Teaching assistant for the practical laboratory exercises. University of Lund, Sweden. 
2006  Course: Invertebrate Diversity. Level: undergraduate course. Teaching assistant for the practical laboratory exercises. University of Auckland, New Zealand. 
2004-2009  Course: Animal Form and Function. Level: undergraduate course. Teaching assistant for the practical laboratory exercises and exam grading. University of Auckland, New Zealand. 

International lectures

2020  'The role of structural genomic variation in ecological diversification.' ConGen 2020 - Population Genomic Data Analysis Online Course More information here , here and here 
2019  'Keynote on structural genomic variants' at the workshop on Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics in the Blue Mountains Katoomba, Australia More information here 

Thesis examiner

2022  Motia Gulshan Ara (2022) Evolutionary history and effects of landlocking on New Zealand smelts. Otago University, New Zealand. Doctoral thesis. 
2021  Matthew Heydenrych (2021) Epigenetic Age Estimation of Odontocetes. School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia. Masters dissertation. 
2020  Vincenzo Costa (2020) Revealing the evolution of freshwater fish viruses in the Murray-Darling Basin, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Masters dissertation. 
2019  Alan Le Moan (2019) Comparative population genomics provides insights on the evolutionary history of marine fishes. Danish Technical University, Aarhus, Denmark. Doctoral dissertation. 
2013  Robert Hegna (2013) Geographic variation in the warning signals of the wood tiger moth. Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Doctoral dissertation. 
2013  Karpestam, E. (2013) Causes and consequences of niche differentiation between color morphs of pygmy grasshoppers. Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden. Doctoral dissertation. 

Supervision of students and postdocs

2020-ongoing  Mike Ruigrok (PhD candidate). Topic: Multi-criteria modelling to advance aquaculture breeding programmes. Enrolled at Victoria University of Wellington. Placement at Plant and Food Research (Nelson, New Zealand). (main supervisor) 
2020  Charlie Barker (summer internship). Topic: Cryopreservation of Australasian snapper (Chrysophrys auratus; Sparidae) milt: Development of cryopreservation techniques and protocols for sperm quality analysis. Placement at Plant and Food Research (Nelson, New Zealand). (main supervisor) 
2019-ongoing  Andrea Bertram (PhD candidate). Topic: Fisheries genomics of Snapper (Chrysophrys auratus) across Australia and New Zealand. Other supervisors: Luciano Beheregaray and Luciana Möller, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. (co-supervisor) Webpage 
2019-2020  Jean Paul Baesjou (BSc). Topic: Genetic signatures of domestication selection in the Australasian snapper (Chrysophrys auratus). Enrolled at the Leiden University of Applied Sciences (Leiden, The Netherlands). Placement at Plant and Food Research (Auckland, New Zealand). (main supervisor) 
2019-2020  Mike Ruigrok (BSc). Topic: The genomic basis of sex in the New Zealand trevally (Pseudocaranx georgianus). Enrolled at the Leiden University of Applied Sciences (Leiden, The Netherlands). Placement at Plant and Food Research (Auckland, New Zealand). (main supervisor) 
2019  Daniel Smart (summer internship). Topic: Induced spawning of the marine teleost trevally (Pseudocaranx georgianus). Placement at Plant and Food Research (Nelson, New Zealand). (co-supervisor) 
2019-ongoing  Dafni Anastasiadi (postdoc). Topic: Testing the role of epigenetics in thermal adaptation in the Australasian snapper. Placement at Plant and Food Research (Nelson, New Zealand). Other supervisor: Louis Bernatchez, Laval University, Canada. (main supervisor) 
2019-ongoing  Christina Flammensbeck (PhD candidate). Topic: Molecular mechanisms underpinning temperature stress resilience in the Australasian snapper (Chrysophrys auratus). Placement at Plant and Food Research (Nelson, New Zealand). Other supervisor: Anna Santure, The University of Auckland, New Zealand. (main supervisor) 
2019  Jonathan Schleyken (MSc). Topic: Effects of food availability on the performance of juvenile domesticated and wild Chrysophrys auratus (Forster, 1801). Enrolled at the University of Rostock Germany. Placement at Plant and Food Research (Nelson, New Zealand). (main supervisor) 
2018  Nicola Day (summer internship). Topic: Development of cryopreservation techniques for storage of snapper milt (Chrysophrys auratus). Placement at Plant and Food Research (Nelson, New Zealand). (co-supervisor) 
2018  Kara Kenny (summer internship). Topic: Effects of age and genetic relatedness on fertilisation success in snapper (Chrysophrys auratus). Placement at Plant and Food Research (Nelson, New Zealand). (co-supervisor) 
2017-ongoing  Yvan Papa (PhD candidate). Topic: Population genomics of New Zealand tarakihi Victoria University, New Zealand. Placement at Plant and Food Research (Nelson, New Zealand). Other supervisor: Peter Ritchie, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. (co-supervisor) 
2017-ongoing  Tom Oosting (PhD candidate). Topic: Testing for fishing-induced evolution of New Zealand snapper using a genomics approach. Other supervisor: Peter Ritchie, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. (co-supervisor) 
2017-ongoing  Noemie Valenza-Troubat (PhD candidate). Topic: Genomics of New Zealand trevally: enabling rapid and efficient selective breeding of complex polygenic traits. Other supervisor: Peter Ritchie, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. (co-supervisor) 
2017-2019  Matt Wylie (postdoc). Topic: Reproductive dysfunctions on New Zealand’s native finfish species. (main supervisor) 
2017-2019  Peter Morrison-Whittle (postdoc). Topic: Genomic selection of native species for New Zealand’s aquaculture sector. (main supervisor) 
2017-2018  Leah Kemp (MSc). Topic: The genetics of trevally and testing species boundaries. Other supervisor: Peter Ritchie, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. (co-supervisor) 
2017-2018  Kate Irving (MSc). Topic: A genome survey growth-related genes in New Zealand snapper. Other supervisor: Peter Ritchie, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. (co-supervisor) 
2015-ongoing  Claire Mérot (FRQS funded postdoctoral fellow). Topic: The role of chromosomal inversion in adaptation to heterogeneous environments in seaweed flies. Other supervisor: Louis Bernatchez, Laval University, Canada. (co-supervisor) 
2015-2019  Emma Berdan (Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow). Topic: Chromosomes on shuffle: disentangling the relative contributions of natural selection, sexual selection, and drift on the evolution of a chromosomal inversion in the Swedish seaweed fly. Other supervisor: Kerstin Johannesson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. (co-supervisor) 
2014-2019  David Ashton (PhD). Topic: Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs) in New Zealand snapper. Other supervisor: Peter Ritchie, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. (co-supervisor) 
2013-2015  Rosa Ana Sánchez Guillén (Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow). Topic: Genomic of hybridization and speciation in odonates. Other supervisor: Bengt Hansson, University of Lund, Sweden. (main supervisor) Rosa is now a permanently employed researcher at the Institute of Ecology INECOL, Veracruz Biología Evolutiva, Mexico 
2013-2014  Pallavi Chauhan (postdoctoral fellow funded by the Swedish Research Council). Topic: Genomic differentiation and gene expression in the trimorphic damselfly Ischnura elegans. Other supervisor: Bengt Hansson, University of Lund, Sweden. (main supervisor) 
2013  Alice Evans (MSc). Topic: Transcriptome analyses of the polymorphic damselfly Ischnura elegans. Other supervisor: Bengt Hansson, University of Lund, Sweden. (main supervisor) Abstract 
2013  Hanna Rosenquist (MSc). Topic: Local adaptation in the seaweed fly Coelopa frigida. University of Lund, Sweden. (main supervisor) 
2012-2013  Hanna Rosenquist (BSc). Topic: Molecular genetics of hybridisation in Calopteryx damselflies. University of Lund, Sweden. (main supervisor) 
2012  Alexander Berg (BSc). Topic: Molecular genetics of hybridisation in Calopteryx damselflies. University of Lund, Sweden. (main supervisor) 
2012  Aurore Picot (MSc). 2-month internship at Lund University, Sweden. Topic: Bioinformatic analysis of the Ischnura elegans genome. École Normale Supérieure, France. (main supervisor) 
2011  Léo Berman (MSc). 2-month internship at Lund University, Sweden. Topic: Morphological analysis of Ischnura elegans across space. École Normale Supérieure, France. (main supervisor)  
2008  Rosa Sanchez Guillen (PhD). 3-month internship at Lund University, Sweden. Topic: Molecular population genetics of Ischnura elegans. Other supervisor: Adolfo Cordero, University of Vigo, Spain. (main supervisor) 
2007  Claudius Kerth (MSc). 2-month internship at Lund University, Sweden. Topic: Experimental field and lab work on range expansions in Calopteryx damselflies. (main supervisor) 
2007  Claire Mérot (MSc). 2-month internship at Lund University, Sweden. Topic: Wing colour pattern differences in Calopteryx damselflies. École Normale Supérieure, France. (main supervisor) 
“Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution” Dobzhansky (1973)