Lab Photo 2025. Photo credits: Matt Walters
Current Hendrickson Lab Members:
Associate Professor: Dr Heather Hendrickson
Co-Science Lead, Adaptable Phage Solutions MBIE Endeavour Programme
Co-Convenor GRC Microbial Population Biology 2027
Contact
physical: Julius von Haast Building| School of Biological Sciences| University of Canterbury |
tel: // email: h.hendrickson(at)canterbury.ac.nz
Postdoctoral Scholar: Dr Danielle Kok
PhD: Active Bacteriophages for AFB eradication in NZ.
Honours project: Predation and the evolution of cell shape
Contact
physical:Julius von Haast Building | School of Biological Sciences | University of Canterbury |
Postdoctoral Scholar: Dr Jan Haviernik
Listeria phages for Salmon Aquaculture.
Green Lipped Mussel Metagenomes.
Contact
physical:Julius von Haast Building | School of Biological Sciences | University of Canterbury |
PhD Student: Mr Max Pizarro
Phages for Salmon Aquaculture.
Contact
physical:Julius von Haast Building | School of Biological Sciences | University of Canterbury |
MSc Student: Ms Rewa Gebbie
Paenibacillus phage on phage antagonism and adaptation.
Contact
physical:Julius von Haast Building | School of Biological Sciences | University of Canterbury |
Research Technician: Briar Kidson
Contact
physical:Julius von Haast Building | School of Biological Sciences | University of Canterbury |
Research Project Student: Haig Bishop
Plaque detection and image analysis
Contact
physical:Julius von Haast Building | School of Biological Sciences | University of Canterbury |
Summer Technician: Ms Rivers Richens
Probiotic Discovery for the Honey Bee Industry.
Contact
physical:Julius von Haast Building | School of Biological Sciences | University of Canterbury |
Recent Former Hendrickson Lab Members:
M.Sci. Student: Ms Briar Collins
Degrading plastic with microbial communities
Contact
Auckland
Dr Jasper Perry
The evolution of endosmybiosis
Newcastle, Australia
Dr Farhad Golzar
"Experimental Evolution under predation in Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25.".
Auckland, New Zealand
Mr Evan Kear (MSc)
"Visualising Viscosin production in Pseudomonads responding to physically complex environments"
Christchurch, New Zealand
Ms Diana Zhou (MSc)
New Zealand Bacteriophages for Aquaculture;
Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand
Research Officer: Dr Mike Miller
"Experimental Evolution of endosmybiosis. DNA replication termination. Evolution of cell shape."
Geneius Bioinformatics Software, Auckland, New Zealand
Dr Paul -Richard- Yulo
Evolution of Cell Shape
Microscopy, University of Auckland
B. Sci. Student: Ms Courtney Armstrong
Protozan Predation Project;
