Ecology and Evolution PhD Program - Supervisors
| Name | Personal website | Google Scholar | Speciality |
|---|---|---|---|
Christina Aponte | Forests soil ecology, interactions, fire, climate, mycorrhiza landscape modelling. | ||
Patrick Baker | Forest ecology, palaeoclimate, silviculture, tropical forests. | ||
Lauren Bennett | Forest ecology, carbon, fire ecology, soils. | ||
Roger Cousens | Plant population ecology, ecology and evolution of invasive plants, conservation of terrestrial coastal ecosystems. | ||
Rob Day | Abalone aquaculture, ocean acidification, fisheries dynamics. | ||
Tim Dempster | Marine ecology, environmental impacts, animal behaviour, host-parasite interactions, ecological traps, invasion ecology, aquaculture environment interactions, aquaculture technology. | ||
Barbara Downes | Species coexistence and dispersal across landcapes, population dynamics, freshwater ecosystems, mostly invertebrates. | ||
Mark Elgar | Evolutionary ecology, animal behaviour, chemical communication, mating strategies under sexual conflict, social behaviour, signals and inter-specific mutualisms. | ||
Jane Elith | |||
Gurutzeta Guillera-Arroita | Ecological modelling, ecological statistics, species distribution modelling, community modelling, wildlife monitoring, imperfect detection, optimal survey design. | ||
Christy Hipsley | Macroevolution, reptiles, vertebrate paleontology, phylogenetics, diversification, comparative anatomy, climate change, extinction, biogeography, ecomorphology. | ||
Ary Hoffmann | Wolbachia endosymbionts for controlling mosquito borne diseases, climate change adaptation, management of invertebrate pests. | ||
Luke Holman | Evolutionary ecology, sexual selection/conflict; social evolution, evolutionary constraints, animal signals, selfish genes, phenotypic plasticity, theoretical models. | ||
Therésa Jones | Behavioural ecology, invertebrate mating systems, sexual selection, ecological light pollution. | ||
Michael Kearney | Conservation and wildlife biology, biophysical ecology, metabolic theory. | ||
Mick Keough | Resilience and disturbance, larval dispersal, evolutionary biology of marine invertebrate larvae, environmental impacts. | ||
Tom Kompas | Biosecurity, climate change, economics, biodiversity, landscapes. | ||
José Lahoz-Monfort | Ecological modelling, statistical ecology, species distribution modelling, novel technologies for data collection and wildlife monitoring, demography and population dynamics, adaptive management. | ||
Steve Livesley | Urban ecosystems, biogeochemistry, forest and woodland ecology. | ||
Michael McCarthy | Ecology, ecological modelling, environmental decisions, fire ecology, imperfect detection. | ||
John Morrongiello | Fish ecology, climate change impact and adaptation, evolutionary and behavioural ecology, fishery impacts, river regulation, life histories. | ||
Raoul Mulder | Behavioural ecology, animal behaviour, social behaviour, mating systems, sexual selection, cooperation, communication, anthropogenic impacts. | ||
Craig Nitschke | |||
Kirsten Parris | Urban ecology, amphibian ecology, bio-acoustics and animal communication. | ||
Ben Phillips | Evolutionary ecology, ecological modelling, invasive species, animal behaviour, host-parasite interactions, reptiles, amphibians. | ||
Charles Robin | Role of adaptation in shaping variation within and between species, insecticide resistance, comparative genomics of insect enzymes, pest control without adverse impacts on biodiversity. | ||
Perran Ross | Mosquitoes, life history, adaptation, Wolbachia. | ||
Libby Rumpff | Structured decision making, adaptive management, ecological risk assessment, plant ecology. | ||
Devi Stuart-Fox | Evolutionary biology, animal coloration, sensory ecology, animal behaviour, speciation, lizards, macro-evolutionary patterns. | ||
Steve Swearer | Marine ecology, evolution of life histories, dispersal, ecological traps, fish ecology. | ||
Peter Vesk | |||
Brendan Wintle | Conservation and environmental management, decision theory, ecological modelling, conservation planning, forest management, statistical modelling. | ||
Jian Yen | Population ecology, community ecology, Bayesian statistics, ecological modelling. |
Researchers: To add your name to this list, email ee-program@unimelb.edu.au.