Associate ProfessorZiggy Marzinelli
Associate Professor in Microbiology
Faculty of Science
- Associate Professor in MicrobiologyFaculty of Science
LEARNING & TEACHING SUMMARy
SUPERVISION
PhD students
Georgina Wood (PhD candidate)Genetic diversity and ecological restoration of underwater forests(jointly supervised with A/Prof. A. Vergés; co-supervised by Prof. M. Coleman)
Shannen Smith (PhD candidate)The role of biotic interactions in understanding the future of tropicalised communities(jointly supervised with A/Prof. A. Vergés)
Lana Kajlich (PhD candidate)Engaging the community in ecological restoration projects(co-supervised with A/Prof. A. Vergés, Prof. P. Steinberg and Dr A. Campbell)
Jiasui Li (PhD candidate) Microbial symbiosis in marine macroalgae (co-supervised with A/Prof. S. Egan and Prof. T. Thomas)
Rick Leong (PhD candidate) Reef connectivity (jointly supervised with A/Prof. P. Gribben; co-supervisors: Prof. A. Poore and Dr A. Bugnot)
Tahsin Khan (PhD candidate) Horizontal gene transfer (co-supervised with Prof. T. Thomas and A/Prof. S. Egan)
Zhiguang "Galaxy" Qiu (PhD 2017, UNSW)Functional responses of kelp and its microbiome to environmental stress(jointly supervised with Prof. P. Steinberg and Dr A. Campbell)
Ana Bugnot (PhD 2014, University of Sydney)The ecological interactions between native fauna and the invasive isopod Cirolana harfordi(co-supervised with Prof. R.A. Coleman and A/Prof. W. Figuera)
Honours students
Madelaine Langley (Honours candidate)The role of host-associated microbiomes in mediating herbivory(jointly supervised with A/Prof. A. Vergés)
Joanne Young (BSc Honours 2018)Microbiome effects on the resilience of habitat-forming hosts(jointly supervised with A/Prof. S. Egan)
Adam Camilleri (BSc Honours 2017)The impacts of sea urchins and structural complexity on the restoration of crayweed (jointly supervised with A/Prof. A. Vergés)
Nigel Coombes (BSc Honours 2016)The influence of herbivores on the restoration of habitat-forming crayweed and associated epifaunal communities(jointly supervised with A/Prof.A. Vergés)
Mathew Skye (BSc Honours 2014)A decade of decline of the kelp Ecklonia radiata in the Solitary Island Marine Park(co-supervised with A/Prof. A. Vergés, Dr A. Campbell and Dr H. Malcom)
Martin Leong (BSc Honours 2013)Marine invertebrate communities and the restoration of missing underwater forests in Sydney(co-supervised with A/Prof. A. Vergés and Dr A. Campbell)