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Jeff Shima

@drjeffshima.bsky.social
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Professor of marine ecology at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Interested in population dynamics, larval biology, movement ecology, evolution of life histories, and otoliths. Lately fascinated by reef fish/myctophid interactions!

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Jeff Shima @drjeffshima.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Re-upping this post — previous advert erroneously suggested this position was not open to international applicants. This has been corrected and the deadline extended to 8 October—please share with interested (and interesting) applicants!
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Jeff Shima @drjeffshima.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Dream job alert: Terrestrial vertebrate biologist/ecologist (tenure-track) in New Zealand! Join us @ Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington. Lecturer ≈ US Assistant Prof. NZ lifestyle, weird animals, & great colleagues Apply here: tinyurl.com/mubu7np8
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 20/04/2026
Wellington’s extreme deluge was caused by an unfortunate combination of weather factors. But a warming climate is upping the odds of more of these events in future.
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An ‘ordinary’ storm with extraordinary impacts: what made Wellington’s deluge so intense?
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Jeff Shima @drjeffshima.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
New Zealand’s Fiords are a fantastic spot to study mesopelagic species! We just returned from a bucket list expedition on RV Polaris, and with buckets full of “lanternfish-adjacent” pearlsides.
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Jeff Shima @drjeffshima.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
We’re hiring (again)! 🌊🐟 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (≈ US Assistant Prof) in marine biology/marine ecology @ Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, NZ. NZ lifestyle, fantastic temperate reefs, a marine lab by the sea, & great colleagues 🌊 Apply here 👉 tinyurl.com/366jnm5d
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Jeff Shima @drjeffshima.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Listen to the latest media coverage of our research, on Radio New Zealand's 'Our Changing World' podcast (available on Apple, Spotify, iHeartRadio or wherever you listen to your podcasts) www.rnz.co.nz/news/ourchan...
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Our Changing World: The dance of the lanternfish
Researchers are investigating whether tiny lanternfish play an outsized role in controlling fish life cycles and carbon storage in the ocean.
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Jarrett Byrnes @jebyrnes.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Do #kelp forests really matter for fish? Check out our new meta-analysis w/ Ale Pérez-Matus in Ecology showing 1) multistipe kelps do more than single stipe, 2) all kelps enhance juveniles, 3) kelps help small herbivores & big predators. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Jeff Shima @drjeffshima.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Come join us at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand! We are hiring a tenure-track marine biologist/ecologist (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer = US Assistant Professor). NZ lifestyle, a beautiful marine lab, and great colleagues! tinyurl.com/ymmdsjus Please share widely!
School of Biological Sciences building, Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand)
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Jeff Shima @drjeffshima.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Gutted by NZ Government’s sweeping unilateral defunding of research excellence in New Zealand, announced today. Funding for humanities cut to 0, ‘blue skies’ discovery research reduced by half. Expert responses on deep cuts to @marsdenfund.bsky.social & catalyst fund covered on @smcnz.bsky.social
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Jeff Shima @drjeffshima.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
"The Great Migration" voyage (TAN2412) has wrapped, and our team successfully sampled 1575 myctophids comprising 33 species from a latitudinal gradient spanning New Zealand to New Caledonia. A treasure trove for our future work! 🧵(1/3)
sampling stations where we collected myctophidsNiamh Smith, Alisha Gilllanternfish (myctophids) from the voyage
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Jeff Shima @drjeffshima.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
Its "D-Day" for the "The Great Migration" TAN2412 voyage of the RV Tangaroa, and our lab members Niamh Smith and Alisha Gill are aboard and geared up to catch lanternfish for the next 35 days! - super excited to follow their exploits! @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social @marsdenfund.bsky.social
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Jeff Shima @drjeffshima.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
Do fish use the moon to manipulate the sex of their offspring? See our latest paper in Proceedings of the Royal Society B! (1/6) royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Jeff Shima @drjeffshima.bsky.social · 17/04/2024
Come join us at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand! We’ve just advertised for a tenure-track Conservation Biologist/Ecologist, more details here: tinyurl.com/4vb836yv Please share widely!
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Jeff Shima @drjeffshima.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
Latest article in Hakai Magazine, highlighting the importance of lanternfishes and other creatures of the mesopelagic. A fantastic synopsis by Moria Donovan: hakaimagazine.com/features/all...
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Jeff Shima @drjeffshima.bsky.social · 03/11/2023
We’re ‘shining a light on lanternfish’ thanks to a new grant from the Marsden Fund How might lanternfish contribute to the global carbon cycle?  How might they shape life histories, population dynamics, and productivity in coastal ecosystems? @marsdenfund.bsky.social
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Jeff Shima @drjeffshima.bsky.social · 03/11/2023
So proud of our most recent lab alumni—Jaye Barclay and Emma O’Malley, joining the honours board at our Coastal Ecology Lab, graduating with fantastic MSc theses, and moving onward and upward!
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Marsden Fund @marsdenfund.bsky.social · 01/11/2023
Congratulations to all 2023 Marsden grant recipients - ka rawe! www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
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