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Congrats to Reza
Reza successfully defended his PhD. Three papers published and looking forward to his next adventure.
congrats to Thomas Corbett
Thomas, former WaiBER member, was awarded a Rutherford Postdoctoral Fellowship. https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/highly-sought-after-postdoctoral-fellowships-and-phd-scholarship-awarded
Quizz night with former WaiBER students
We have been on a winning streak lately but unfortunately not last night.
Collecting Empodisma and Sporadanthus
A lovely day collecting peat-forming plants with Margaret Barbour and Dave Campbell
Ready for submission
Congrats to Reza who is getting ready to hit the submit button on his PhD thesis. Done in three years with several papers under consideration with journals!
Happy graduation
Congratulations to Ally and Alice on graduating with 1st class honours. Great work!
Look what arrived
Brand new completed and bound PhD thesis by Dr Thomas Corbett
Double celebration!
Joss Ratcliffe won the Morice Fieldes Award (NZ Society of Soil Science) for the most meritorious PhD thesis of 2020 for his thesis: “Carbon dynamics in restiad peatlands across different timescales.” Kris Numa won the Sir Theodore Rigg award for … Continue reading
Congrats to Dr Corbett
Thomas had his PhD oral exam today. He did a superb job defending his thesis and answering questions across a wide range of topics both inside and outside of his thesis area. Huge congratulations!
New QCL deployment
A new day, a new site. This time we will explore the full GHG budget of a maize crop that is then transitioned into two paddocks one with Plantain and one with Ryegrass/Clover.