Research interests
Research Interests:
- Conservation genetics/genomics
- Population genetics/genomics
- Genome sequencing and assembly
- Data management practice
- Aotearoa New Zealand birds
Current Projects:
- Genome sequencing and assembly for Giant Wētā (Deinacrida heteracantha), Kakī (Himantopus novaezelandiae), rātā Moehau (Metrosideros bartlettii) and Huhu (Prionoplus reticularis).
- Population genomics of the critically endangered Whenua Hou Diving Petrel (Pelecanoides whenuahouensis).
- Conservation genomics of the Mount Augustus snail (Powelliphanta augusta).
Qualifications
University of Otago
PhD
2020
University of Canterbury
MSc in Biological Sciences
2016
Publications
Forsdick N, Park D, Thornburrow D, Watts C, Buckley T 2025. Population genomic analysis of Mahoenui giant wētā (Deinacrida mahoenui) reveals minimal reduction in genomic diversity following translocation. Insect Conservation and Diversity: 9. WOS:001489258100001 https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12810
Miskelly C, Forsdick N, Palma R, Rawlence N, Tennyson A 2024. Amendments to the 5th edition (2022) of the Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand. Notornis 71: 93–114.
Forsdick NJ, Wold J, Angelo A, Bissey F, Hart J, Head M, Liggins L, Senanayake D, Steeves TE 2023. Journeying towards best practice data management in biodiversity genomics. Molecular Ecology Resources. WOS:001090385100001 https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13880
Parker K, Ewen J, Weiser E, Rayne A, Steeves T, Seddon P, Innes J, Adams L, Forsdick N, Jamieson I, Maitland M, Makan T, Martini D, Parlato E, Richardson K, Stone Z, Armstrong D 2023. Conservation translocations of fauna in Aotearoa New Zealand: a review. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 47(1): 3651. https://doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/bdaxh
Forsdick NJ, Adams CIM, Alexander A, Clark AC, Collier-Robinson L, Cubrinovska I, Dowgray MC, Dowle EJ, Duntsch L, Galla SJ, Howell L, Magid M, Rayne A, Verry AJF, Wold JR, Steeves TE 2022. Current applications and future promise of genetic/genomic data for conservation in an Aotearoa New Zealand context. New Zealand Department of Conservation.
Forsdick NJ, Martini D, Brown L, Cross HB, Maloney RF, Steeves TE, Knapp M 2021. Genomic sequencing confirms absence of introgression despite past hybridisation between a critically endangered bird and its common congener. Global Ecology and Conservation 28: e01681. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01681