The FORE Team
Associate Prof Martin Breed, Team Lead
Restoration ecology, ecosystem health and genomics
Joel Brame, PhD candidate
My research interests involve exploring the potential of environmental microbiomes to supply health-associated bacteria to people.
Christian Cando-Dumancela, Lab manager
Tarryn Davies, PhD candidate
Microbial genomics, ecosystem condition and soil inoculation
I am researching the impact of ecosystem condition on soil microbial communities in grey box grassy woodlands, and using this knowledge to trial different soil inoculation techniques.
Nicole Fickling, PhD candidate
Restoration ecology, human health and ecosystem condition
I am investigating the influence of fragmentation on ecosystem restoration and condition with a focus on soil microbiota.
Riley Hodgson, PhD candidate
Restoration ecology, plant-soil feedbacks, and metagenomics research
I'm researching how soil microbes affect native plant health and ecosystems, with a focus on restoration ecology in response to global changes.
Dr. Craig Liddicoat, Research Fellow
Microbial genomics, ecological restoration, and human health
I am investigating the restoration of health-promoting soil biodiversity for the People, Cities & Nature research program in Aotearoa NZ.
Kate Matthews, PhD candidate
Shawn Peddle, PhD candidate
Restoration ecology, soil microbiota and soil translocations/inoculations
Jake Robinson, Research Associate
My research focuses on the nexus between biodiversity and human health, and on developing innovative strategies to conserve and restore ecosystems.
Alex Flynn Taylor, Honours Student
Soil ecoacoustics, environmental monitoring, restoration ecology
I'm researching how we can use ecoacoustics to monitor soil fauna, focussing particularly on exploring relationships between soil communities and sound production.
Carl Watson, PhD candidate
Restoration ecology and soil microbiota