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Reza successfully defended his PhD. Three papers published and looking forward to his next adventure.

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

We have been on a winning streak lately but unfortunately not last night.

A lovely day collecting peat-forming plants with Margaret Barbour and Dave Campbell

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!

Congratulations to Ally and Alice on graduating with 1st class honours. Great work!

Brand new completed and bound PhD thesis by Dr Thomas Corbett

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 →

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!

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.