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Chthoniid

Chthoniid

  • Sex: Male
  • Status: feeling sick, damn 'flu
  • Member since: Sep 2005
  • Forum posts: 6
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About me

I was fascinated by widlife, even at a young age.
I obtained both a BSc and MSc in Biology at University. My MSc thesis was on NZ's pseudoscorpions.
Realising that this offered few career prospects, I then did a PhD in environmental economics.

I am interested in issues relating to wildlife use.

My work

I am a senior lecturer at Massey University (New Zealand).

I teach the gritty, mathematical side to economics, including modelling and forecasting.

My research is more eclectic. I am chiefly interested in wildlife conservation, and how economics can help provide solutions to management, habitat-loss and harvest problems.

I have a microscope in my office, where I still identify cryptozoa. You can't it seems, take the zoologist, out of the economist...

Fast facts

  • At the movies I like to see:Eastwood-directed movies
  • Last movie seen:The Departed
  • Music I listen to:80's Alternative mostly, with an odd foray into other decades.
  • Best album right now:REM: Automatic for the People
  • Favorite author:Bill Bryson
  • Favorite sports team:All Blacks
  • I'm passionate about:...err, wildlife :-)
  • I wish I could:Afford to quit my day-job to focus on wildlife entirely
  • Favorite travel destination:This year, Madang in Papua New Guinea and Guilin in China have been my favourites.
  • On my vacation I..:spend more time with my family.
  • If I won 1 million dollars, I would:Quit my day-job to focus on wildlife completely