Academic and Education-Focussed Staff
Professor Sureshkumar Balasubramanian
Suresh is interested in deciphering the molecular mechanisms underlying phenotypic variation that shapes evolution in plants.
A/Professor Jeremy Barr
Jeremy studies bacteriophage and their interactions with the human body. His focus is on the mucosal surface and the antimicrobial effect that bacteriophage exert at these critical barriers.
Professor John Bowman
John researches the genetic and molecular basis of pattern formation in plant development and the evolution of land plant morphology.
Professor Robert Bryson-Richardson
Robert researches the genetic causes, disease mechanisms, and potential therapies for a range of neuromuscular diseases using the zebrafish as an in vivo model system.
Dr Richard Burke
Education Director
Richard is using the experimental advantages of the vinegar fly Drosophila to investigate the genetic regulation of ion transport and metabolism in animal development and disease.
Professor David Chapple
Dave's research spans invasion biology, behavioural and evolutionary ecology, population and conservation genetics, phylogenetics and phylogeography.
Professor Steven Chown
Director, Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future
Steven is engaged in biogeographic and macroecological studies, macrophysiology, spatial ecology, and invasion biology. Translation of science into policy is a major focus.
A/Professor Rohan Clarke
Rohan's research seeks to secure biodiversity, especially as it relates to restoration of natural systems and recovery of threatened vertebrate species.
A/Professor Tim Connallon
Deputy Research Training Director
Tim is interested in the conceptual links between theory and data in evolutionary biology. Topics of interest include sexual dimorphism, genome evolution, and genetic constraints to adaptation.
A/Professor Carly Cook
Carly is interested in improving the use of scientific information in environmental decisions by applying a range of applied research questions and development of decision-support tools.
Professor Damian Dowling
Damian's research focuses on the dynamics of life-history evolution. A core goal is to understand the evolutionary processes that shape our energy producing genes.
Dr Maria Ermakova
Maria studies molecular mechanisms of photosynthesis and develops new strategies to genetically engineer plants for improved productivity.
Professor Alistair Evans
Al’s research explores the many aspects of biology that influence the shape or morphology of animals – evolution, development and function – in embryos, adults and fossils.
Professor Ros Gleadow
Ros investigates the effect of environmental variables such as drought and elevated carbon dioxide on the partitioning of resources between growth and defence in plants.
A/Professor Matt Hall
Matt's research group focuses on the ecology and evolution of host-pathogen interactions with a focus on the causes and consequences of variation in host susceptibility and pathogen virulence.
Dr Tom Hiscox
Deputy Education Director
Tom is an education-focussed lecturer. His areas of teaching include clinically focussed units in applied molecular biology and microbiology.
A/Professor Susie Ho
Associate Dean International and Graduate Education, Faculty of Science
Susie investigates educational technology and multidisciplinary perspectives in science education.
A/Professor Kay Hodgins
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Director
Kay researches plant evolution in human altered environments, plant adaptation to climate change, crop evolution and the evolution of plant sexual systems.
Dr Scarlett Howard
Scarlett is interested in animal behaviour, ecology, and morphology, and how miniature brains can solve complex problems.
A/Professor Francine Marques
Francine's research interests include finding new therapies and early markers to prevent cardiovascular disease, in particular high blood pressure and heart failure.
Professor Dustin Marshall
Director, Centre for Geometric Biology
Dustin is an evolutionary ecologist who is seeking to improve our understanding of how energy moves through biological systems.
A/Professor Michael McDonald
Research Director
Mike and his research group evolve populations of microbes in a variety of laboratory environments, with the goal to understand how organisms adapt to better fit their environment.
Dr Matt McGee
Matt’s research utilizes experimental studies of behaviour in conjunction with modern genomic techniques to understand the phenotypic and genotypic dynamics of ecological speciation, evolutionary innovation, and convergent evolution in fish communities.
Professor Melodie McGeoch
Academic Director Research Performance: Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research)
Melodie researches biodiversity change, and the translation of biodiversity science for policy.
A/Professor Christen Mirth
Associate Dean Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Faculty of Science
Christen's research explores the regulation and evolution of developmental plasticity,focussing on how environmental conditions alter body size and shape, life history traits, and patterns of foraging behaviour.
Dr Keyne Monro
Deputy Research Director, Honours Co-Ordinator
Keyne's research explores how selection and evolution shape biological diversity, and the evolutionary consequences of environmental change in marine ecosystems.
Professor Anne Peters
Deputy Head of School
Anne's research area is behaviour and ecology of wild birds, with a focus on physiological mechanisms and implications of life-history trade-offs.
A/Professor Matt Piper
Research Training Director
Matt's research focuses on the mechanisms by which nutrition shapes lifelong health and ageing using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as model for understanding human health.
Professor Richard Reina
Deputy Dean Education, Faculty of Science
Richard investigates ecophysiology of animals, and is interested in their responses to environmental challenge with application to conservation.
Professor Carla Sgrò
Carla researches the genetic basis of adaptation to environmental change. How evolutionary processes can be incorporated into biodiversity conservation is a focus.
Professor Paul Sunnucks
Paul's group applies field biology, ecological genomics/genetics and spatial environmental analysis to the population biology of animals under natural and human-impacted conditions.
Dr Sridevi Sureshkumar
Sridevi's group studies epigenetic regulation and environmental response in plants, to understand the mechanisms of alternative splicing in the context of the evolution of phenotypes.
Dr Jessica Walsh
Jessica evaluates the effectiveness of conservation actions for threatened species and ecosystems, to inform environmental management and policy decisions.
Professor Craig White
Head of School
Craig is an evolutionary physiologist interested in describing and understanding the causes and consequences of physiological variation in animals.