People

Dr. Andrew La Croix

Senior Lecturer
Earth and Environmental Sciences, School of Science
University of Waikato
Private Bag 3105
Hamilton 3240, New Zealand
alacroix@waikato.ac.nz

Mohammadali Rezaei

Ph.D. Candidate
Project: Assessing the potential for carbon removal in New Zealand aquifers

2025–

Christine Burchell

M.Sc. Candidate
Project: Quaternary geological history and stratigraphy of the Hamilton Plains, New Zealand

2025–

Josh Smith

M.Sc. Candidate
Project: Correlation of the Tauranga Group in Hamilton City for geological and earthquake modelling

2024–

Nicole Greaves

M.Sc. Candidate
Project: Sedimentary proxies for marine water intrusion up the tidal lower Waihou River, New Zealand

2023–

Alumni

Bailey Rackham, M.Sc. (2025): “Coastal Evolution of the Rangitāiki Plains, Bay of Plenty, Aotearoa-New Zealand”.

Erin Mathews, M.Sc. (2025): “Seismic reflection characterisation and geomorphology of the Katikati Basin, Te Awanui (Tauranga Harbour), Aotearoa New Zealand”.

Douglas Taiyabu, M.Sc. (2025): “Aure Foldbelt surface geology, eastern Papuan Foldbelt: Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea”.

Erman Kamaruzaman, Ph.D. (2024): “Submarine channelforms and fans in the Miocene Moki and Mount Messenger formations, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand”.

Charlotte Blackler, M.Sc. (2024): “Assessing dredge spoil dispersion on the inner shelf off of Tauranga Harbour, New Zealand”.

Daniel Bruce, M.Sc. (2023): “Sedimentation and geochemistry of Ohiwa Harbour, Aotearoa New Zealand”.

Te Herenga Tahere-Williams, M.Sc. (2023): “Seismic stratigraphy of the Waihou River Delta in the Firth of Thames, New Zealand”.

Ben Roche, M.Sc. (2022): “Sedimentologic and hydrodynamic trends along a modern fluvial to marine transition zone: mud deposition in the lower Waihou River, Aotearoa New Zealand”.

Anya Podrumac, M.Sc. (2021): “Process sedimentology of the Waikato River Mouth, Port Waikato, New Zealand”.