Dean's List 2024

This page is updated each month as new doctoral candidates are added to the Dean's List.

Chad Drake (Auckland Bioengineering Institute)
Thesis title: Non-Invasive Biomagnetic Imaging of the Stomach Validated by Electroanatomical Mapping
Main Supervisor: Dr Recep Avci
Co Supervisor: Dr Niranchan Paskaranandavadivel and Prof Leo Cheng

Fengyuan Zhen (Arts)
Thesis title: Heisei (1989-2019) Evil Woman: Textualising Murderous Women in Contemporary Japan
Main Supervisor: Dr Nicole Perry
Co Supervisor: Dr Rumi Sakamoto

Xichen Chen (Engineering)
Thesis title: Digital Technologies (DT) in the AEC Industry: Investigating Determinants Impacting DT Adoption & Developing a Transformative Roadmap Facilitating DT Implementation
Main Supervisor: Assoc Prof Alice Chang-Richards
Co Supervisor: Dr Yang Zou

Jena Macapagal Foliaki (FMHS)
Thesis title: The role of stromal cells in the establishment of Glioblastoma tumour microenvironment immunosuppression
Main Supervisor: Dr Thomas Park
Co Supervisor: Prof Michael Dragunow

Juliana Tong (Science)
Thesis title: Novel Cleavable Linkers for Antibody-Drug Conjugate Targeted
Cancer Therapy
Main Supervisor: Prof Dame Margaret Brimble
Co Supervisor: Dr Iman Kavianinia

Leo Baldwin-Ramult (CAI)
Thesis title: Symptoms in Silico: Psychoanalysis and Generative Computer Art
Main Supervisor: Dr Lucille Holmes
Co Supervisor: Dr Simon Ingram

Mie Riisom (Science)
Thesis title: Organoruthenium Anticancer Agents: Analytical and Cell Biological Studies
Main Supervisor: Prof Christian Hartinger
Co Supervisor: Prof Bruno Fedrizzi and Assoc Prof Stephen Jamieson

Song Yang (Science)
Thesis title: Spatio-temporal Graph Representation Learning
Main Supervisor: Assoc Prof Jiamou Liu
Co Supervisor: Dr Kaiqi Zhao

Alina Pavlova (FMHS)
Thesis title: Developing multi-level interventions to facilitate compassion in healthcare
Main Supervisor: Prof Nathan Consedine
Co Supervisor: Assoc Prof Sarah-Jane Paine   

Felicia Fui Kueh Tai (Science)
Thesis title: Assessing the landscape of pesticide risk for solitary ground-nesting bees
Main Supervisor: Dr David Pattemore
Co Supervisor: Prof Jacqueline Beggs

Kelsey Miller (Science)
Thesis title: Evaluating large-scale sea urchin removal as a potential tool for restoring kelp forests
Main Supervisor: Assoc Prof Nick Shears
Co Supervisor: Dr Richard Taylor

Neil Birrell (Science)
Thesis title: Insects as Food in Aotearoa New Zealand
Main Supervisor: Assoc Prof Greg Holwell
Co Supervisor: Prof Thomas Buckley and Dr Leilani Walker 

Shan Su (Science)
Thesis title: Mathematical Modelling of Ion and Water Transport in Salivary Gland Duct Cells
Main Supervisor: Prof James Sneyd
Co Supervisor: Dr Vinod Suresh            

Emilie Rakete (Faculty of Arts)
Thesis title: Empire of Punishment: A Social Reproduction Theory of Mass Incarceration in Aotearoa
Main Supervisor: Prof Tracey McIntosh
Co Supervisor: Assoc Prof Campbell Jones

Robyn May (Auckland Bioengineering Institute)
Thesis title: Understanding Cardiovascular Remodelling Related to Preterm Birth: A Clinical and Computational Modelling Study
Main Supervisor: Dr Soroush Safaei
Co Supervisor: Prof Frank Bloomfield, Dr Finbar Argus, and Dr Gonzalo Maso Talou

Xiaofei Yang (Faculty of Engineering)
Thesis title: Automated Data Analysis for Bridge Visual Inspection Using Deep Learning Techniques
Main Supervisor: Dr Enrique del Rey Castillo
Co Supervisor: Prof Liam Wotherspoon and Dr Yang Zou