Staff, Students & Associates

Doctoral Students

Dominic Rollinson (MSc U-KZN, Pietermaritzburg) John Day Building: 2.10 Fax: +27 (0)21 650 3295 Email: domrollinson@gmail.com

Since the the age of eight Dominic has been fascinated by birds and the natural environment and growing up in Zululand meant many family trips were spent in game reserves around KZN as well as twitching birds across the country. His interest in birds soon led to an interest in other animals like mammals, frogs and reptiles and this resulted in a number of trips to some of the less visited areas of southern Africa and this interest was further reinforced by his experience working as a biodiversity specialist. Dominic completed a BSc Hons in Environmental Science and then MSc in Zoology hrough the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, where he studied the suburban ecology of Wahlberg’s epauletted fruit bat. After a trip aboard a scientific vessel as a seabird observer off Cape Agulhas he became interested in seabirding and currently registered as a PhD student at the FitzPatrick Institute focussing on the conservation of seabirds.

Thesis

Reducing seabird bycatch from the longline fishing industry (Supervisors: Peter Ryan and Ross Wanless)