Biological Sciences

Biological Sciences

People

Director

Hazel Chapman
Senior Lecturer in Evolutionary Ecology
School of Biological Sciences
University of Canterbury
New Zealand
hazel.chapman@canterbury.ac.nz

Ngel Nyaki Staff

Project Coordinator
Misa Zubairu

Chief Patroller
Saidu Isa

Guards (Maigadi)
Bobo Zubairu
Manu Abubakar 

Cook
Mary Aminu  
Usman Bashiru

Tree Climber
Miriga Abdulahi Tree Climber

Field Assistants
Ahmadu A. Manu
Alfred Christopher
Ali Jauro
Hamadu A. Usuf
Hammasumo Ibrahim
Idris Musa
Musa Bawuro
Suliman Idi
Usman Abubakar
Yakubu Vugeh
Augustine Ntim

 

staff

From left to right: Miriga (tree climber); Augustine Ntim (nursery); Misa Zubairu (Field station manager); Musa Amadu (senior field assistant); Hammasumo Ibrahim (Phenology transects); Bobo Zubairu (watchman); Hadija Dauda (watchman); Usman Usuf (seed traps); Usman Two (cook).

Current Students

  • Ralph Adewoye (PhD, UC) Funding by Nigerian Space Research Institute
  • Babale Aliyu (PhD, University of Maiduguri)
  • Rinalfi Azizan (PhD, UC)
  • Andrew Barnes (MSc, UC)
  • Paul Dutton (PhD, UC)
  • Abby Grassham (MSc, UC)
  • Charles Nsor (PhD, UC)
  • Samuel (Dayo) Osinubi (PhD, UC)
  • Josh Thia (Summer Scholarship, UC)
  • Kristy Udy (MSc, UC)
  • Danladi Umar (PhD, FUTY) -Funding by UC
  • Christie Webber (Summer Scholarship, UC)
  • Kennedy Poloma Yoriyo (Post Doc; Gombe State Uni)

Industrial Training Students

The students from Gombe State University are based at the NMFP field station for six months (April – September). During this period they worked along-side postgraduate students and field assistants to gain experience in a range of conservation issues and field research techniques.

  • Musa Jemima Musa Kala (2011)
  • Hamman Jibril Buduwara (2011)
  • Haruna Mamman Yusuf (2011)
  • Paulinus Felix Obidah (2010)
  • Jedida Akawu (2010)
  • Mustapha Musa (2010)
  • Sani Saleh (2010)
  • Muhammad Ahmad (2010)

Past Students

  • Fiona Agmen (BSc Hons, UC)
  • Josie Beck (BSc Hons, UC)
  • Delyse Campbell (MSc, UC)
  • Stephen Gawisa (PhD; FUTY) - Funded by Adamawa State Government
  • Jerome Ihuma (MSc; FUTY) - Funded by North of England Zoological Society, via GGPP
  • Martin Korndoerfer (MSc, UC)
  • Tammy Korndoerfer (MSc, UC)
  • Kerry-Anne Weston (MSc, UC)
  • Arne Matthesius (MSc, UC)- Funded by Self and UC

Volunteers

  • Christy Udy (UC) 2009
  • Julia Hooper (UC) 2008
  • Deylse Campbell (UC) 2007
  • Merodie Beavon (UC) 2007
  • Josie Beck (UC) 2006

Associates

  • Dr David Blackburn (University of Kansas Natural History Museum) Herpetology
  • Assoc Prof Jim Briskie (UC) Biology
  • Assoc Prof Jenny Brown (UC) Math and statistics
  • Dr Raphael Didham (UC) Ecology
  • Maître de conférences (Prof) Pierre-Michel Forget (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France)
  • Dr Jon Harding (UC) Freshwater ecology
  • Prof Dave Kelly (UC) Plant ecology
  • Dr Britta Kunz (University of Wüerzburg, Germany) Primatology
  • Prof Mike Lawes (James Cook University, Darwin) Primatology/behaviour
  • Dr Elena Moltchanova (UC) Maths and statistics
  • Dr Justin Morganroth (UC) Forestry
  • Dr Ximena Nelson (UC) Animal behaviour
  • Dr Ulf Ottoson (Leventis Conservation Institute, Aplori) Ornithology
  • Prof Janet Wallis, Primatology
  • Matt Walters (UC) Graphics and photography

Project Partners