Zoi Hilton

Research Scientist
Aquaculture
Cawthron Institute
New Zealand

Academician Agri and Aquaculture
Biography

Working with a range of industry and academic collaborators, Zoë brings her experience in ecological physiology, biochemistry and evolutionary biology to support research on shellfish selective breeding, bioenergetics and productivity, shellfish health and resilience, broodstock conditioning, larval production, cryopreservation, and ecotoxicology. She is also a member of Cawthron's Sustainability Taskforce. Technical skills, experience and interests Ecological physiology (fish & shellfish) Bioenergetics Broodstock and larval nutrition Lipid metabolism Evolutionary biology Physiology, ecology and evolution of New Zealand tripterygiid fishes Sustainable food production systems Recipient of 2012 UNESCO-L'Oréal International Fellowship for Young Women in the Life Sciences – Visiting Research Fellow at IRTA, Catalonia, Spain.

Research Intrest

Technical skills, experience and interests Ecological physiology (fish & shellfish) Bioenergetics Broodstock and larval nutrition Lipid metabolism Evolutionary biology Physiology, ecology and evolution of New Zealand tripterygiid fishes Sustainable food production systems Recipient of 2012 UNESCO-L'Oréal International Fellowship for Young Women in the Life Sciences – Visiting Research Fellow at IRTA, Catalonia, Spain.

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