People

Academics in the program are drawn from our three Schools, and we encourage students to use the breadth of expertise available in the program. You’ll need at least two supervisors who agree to supervise you, and after enrolling you’ll also have an advisory committee. You can look for potential supervisors in a couple of ways – look at broad research areas and see who’s working in that area, or work through a list of supervisors and see their research interests, web pages, and Google Scholar entries.

Alphabetical list of academic staff

Dr Christina Aponte		Google Scholar	forests soil ecology interactions fire climate mycorrhiza landscape modelling
Prof Patrick Baker	Web Page	Google Scholar	Forest ecology, palaeoclimate, silviculture, tropical forests
Assoc Prof Lauren Bennett		Google Scholar	forest ecology, carbon, fire ecology, soils
Assoc Prof Anthony Boxshall	Web Page	Google Scholar	Science Impact, Public Sector uptake of environmental science, marine ecology, environment protection and regulation, coastal climate change adaptation, environmental pollution (including faecal, plastics)
Prof Roger Cousens	Web Page	Google Scholar	Plant population ecology; ecology & evolution of invasive plants, conservation of terrestrial coastal ecosystems
Assoc Prof Rob Day	Web Page	Google Scholar	Aquaculture and fisheries, especially abalone
Assoc Prof Tim Dempster	Web Page	Google Scholar	Marine ecology; environmental impacts, animal behaviour, host-parasite interactions, ecological traps, invasion ecology, aquaculture environment interactions, aquaculture technology
Prof Barbara Downes	Web Page		Species coexistence & dispersal across landcapes; population dynamics; freshwater ecosystems, mostly invertebrates
Prof Mark Elgar	Web Page	Google Scholar	Evolutionary ecology: animal behaviour; chemical communication; mating strategies under sexual conflict; social behaviour; signals and inter-specific mutualisms
Assoc Prof Jane Elith	Web Page	Google Scholar
Dr Amanda Franklin		Google Scholar	Visual communication, animal colouration and behavioral ecology. Primarily invertebrates.
Dr Irene Gallego Romero	Web Page	Google Scholar	Visual communication, animal colouration and behavioral ecology. Primarily invertebrates.
Dr Oliver Griffith	Web Page	Google Scholar	Broadly interested in the evolution of pregnancy, from molecular, developmental, physiological, and ecophysiological perspectives
Dr Gurutzeta Guillera-Arroita	Web Page	Google Scholar	Ecological modelling, ecological statistics; species distribution modelling; community modelling; wildlife monitoring; imperfect detection; optimal survey design
Dr Christy Hipsley	Web Page	Google Scholar	Macroevolution; reptiles, vertebrate paleontology, phylogenetics, diversification, comparative anatomy, climate change, extinction, biogeography, ecomorphology
Prof Ary Hoffmann	Web Page	Google Scholar	Wolbachia endosymbionts for controlling mosquito borne diseases, climate change adaptation, management of invertebrate pests
Dr Luke Holman	Web Page	Google Scholar	Evolutionary ecology; sexual selection/conflict; social evolution; evolutionary constraints; animal signals; selfish genes; phenotypic plasticity; theoretical models
Dr Samantha Imberger	Web Page	Google Scholar	Freshwater ecology, anthropogenic impacts, ecosystem structure and function, carbon processing
Dr Therésa Jones	Web Page	Google Scholar	Behavioural ecology; invertebrate mating systems, sexual selection, ecological light pollution
Assoc Prof Michael Kearney	Web Page	Google Scholar	mechanistic species distribution models, arid zone ecology, invertebrate conservation and management, biophysical ecology, metabolic theory, microclimate, climate change, dynamic energy budget theory
Prof Mick Keough	Web Page	Google Scholar	resilience and disturbance, larval dispersal, evolutionary biology of marine invertebrate larvae, environmental impacts
Prof Tom Kompas	Web Page	Google Scholar	Biosecurity, climate change, economics, biodiversity, landscapes
Dr José Lahoz-Monfort	Web Page	Google Scholar	Conservation technology; Ecological modelling, including species distribution modelling, demography and population dynamics
Assoc Prof Steve Livesley		Google Scholar	urban ecosystems, biogeochemistry, forest and woodland ecology
Prof Michael McCarthy	Web Page	Google Scholar	Ecology; ecological modelling, environmental decisions,fire ecology, imperfect detection
Dr John Morrongiello	Web Page	Google Scholar	Fish ecology, climate change impact & adaptation, evolutionary & behavioural ecology, fishery impacts, river regulation, life histories
Prof Raoul Mulder	Web Page	Google Scholar	Behavioural ecology; animal behaviour, social behaviour, mating systems, sexual selection, cooperation, communication, anthropogenic impacts
Dr Craig Nitschke	Web Page	Google Scholar	Landscape Ecology, Forest Ecology, Climate Change, Sustainable Forest Management, Disturbance, Ecological Modelling, Forest Dynamics, Livelihoods, Adaptation, Biodiversity Conservation
Assoc Prof Kirsten Parris	Web Page	Google Scholar	Urban ecology, amphibian ecology, bio-acoustics and animal communication
Assoc Prof Ben Phillips	Web Page	Google Scholar	Evolution and ecology; modelling, invasive species, targeted gene flow, host-parasite interactions
Dr Charles Robin	Web Page	Google Scholar	Role of adaptation in shaping variation within and between species; insecticide resistance, comparative genomics of insect enzymes, pest control without adverse impacts on biodiversity
Dr Perran Ross	Web Page	Google Scholar	Mosquitoes, life history, adaptation, Wolbachia
Dr Libby Rumpff	Web Page	Google Scholar	Structured decision making, adaptive management, ecological risk assessment, plant ecology
Dr Shayzia Ruybal			Genomic epidemiology, ecology and evolution of malaria
Assoc Prof Devi Stuart-Fox	Web Page	Google Scholar	Evolutionary biology; animal coloration, sensory ecology, animal behaviour, speciation, lizards, macro-evolutionary patterns
Prof Steve Swearer	Web Page	Google Scholar	Ecology, Marine and Coastal Environmental Management, Fish Ecology
Assoc Prof Peter Vesk	Web Page	Google Scholar
Prof Brendan Wintle	Web Page	Google Scholar	Conservation and environmental management , Decision theory, Ecological Modelling, Conservation Planning, Forest Management, Statistical Modelling
Dr Jian Yen	Web Page	Google Scholar	population ecology, community ecology, Bayesian statistics, ecological modelling