Nick Ling
University of Waikato
Nick Ling did his PhD on swim bladder structure and biomechanics in snapper at the University of Auckland before a brief post-doctoral position at King’s College London and subsequently settling at the University of Waikato. Since at Waikato he has specialised in freshwater ecology working on NZ threatened species (conservation genetics) and alien fishes. He is currently working with using scent detection dogs to detect alien fishes and galaxiid spawning sites, ecotoxicology projects on toxic trace elements, and fish behaviour projects on freshwater and marine species. He is also dabbling in other diverse animal projects involving giraffe, turtles, kiwi and bats.