| Supervisor Name |
Research Areas |
Telephone |
Email address |
| Dr. Patrick Baker |
Forest ecology and dynamics; dendroecology; silviculture of mixed species forests. |
+61 3 990 50508 |
Patrick.Baker@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Prof. John Beardall |
Effects of elevated CO2 and UV-B radiation on photosynthetic performance of microalgae; interactions between photosynthesis and nutrient acquisition by algae; biospectroscopy of algae and its applications in determining macromolecular composition and phylogenetics relationships; use of algae in bioremediation of polluted waters. |
+61 3 990 55630 |
John.Beardall@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Dr. Nick Bond |
Restoration ecology; the effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbance on aquatic ecosystems; the ecology of intermittent streams; the effects of habitat patchiness on population and community structure. |
+61 3 990 55606 |
Nick.Bond@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Prof. John Bowman |
Genetic and molecular analysis of plant development. |
+61 3 990 58420 |
John.Bowman@sci.monash.edu.au |
| A/Prof. Martin Burd |
Evolution of life-history traits in plants and animals; behaviour and social organisation in ant colonies; mathematical theory in biology. |
+61 3 990 55667 |
Martin.Burd@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Dr. Richard Burke |
Molecular genetics of Drosophila melanogaste; heavy metal homeostasis; invertebrate developmental biology; animal models of human neurodegenerative diseases. |
+61 3 990 59531 |
Richard.Burke@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Dr. Phil Byrne |
Evolutionary biology, behavioural ecology and sexual selection. |
+61 3 990 20377 |
Phil.Byrne@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Dr. Tim Cavagnaro |
Soil ecology and above- and below-ground linkages; plant mutants as model systems to study plant-microbe interactions; restoration ecology and soils; climate change impacts on organisms and ecosystems. |
+61 3 990 55793 |
Tim.Cavagnaro@sci.monash.edu.au
|
| Prof. Pauline Doran |
Tissue engineering of cartilage and bone; application of stem cells for tissue engineering; development of bioreactors for tissue engineering;
production of quantum dot nanoparticles using cell cultures; development of bioreactors for plant cell and organ culture; production of foreign proteins using cultured plant cells and organs |
|
Pauline.Doran@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Dr Damian Dowling |
Evolutionary biology, behavioural ecology and quantitative genetics: Sexual selection, sperm competition, sexual conflict; life-history evolution and trade-offs; the evolution of ageing; coevolutionary processes, including mitochondrial-nuclear coevolution. |
+61 3 .990 20479 |
Damian.Dowling@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Dr. Alistair Evans |
Functional morphology; 3D imaging and analysis; morphological evolution; mammalian dentitions; palaeoclimatology and mass extinctions. |
+61 3 990 53110 |
Alistair.Evans@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Dr. Ros Gleadow |
Environmental regulation of secondary metabolism in plants; molecular control of secondary metabolism in plants; plant-animal interactions; science communication. |
+61 3 990 51667 |
Ros.Gleadow@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Prof. John Hamill |
Molecular physiology of desiccation tolerance in resurrection plants; molecular control of secondary metabolism in plants and plant tissues; current focus on alkaloid biosynthesis and effects on plant/insect interactions; improvement of commercially important eucalypts via biotechnology. |
+61 3 990 53850 |
John.Hamill@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Prof. Sam Lake |
Community ecology with emphasis on aquatic systems; ecology of freshwater ecosystems, in particular flowing waters, lakes and temporary water bodies; role of disturbance (both natural and human-generated) in structuring communities; restoration ecology in streams; impact of exotic invaders; freshwater crustacean and fish ecology. |
+61 3 990 55653 |
Sam.Lake@sci.monash.edu.au |
| A/Prof. Alan Lill |
Animal Behaviour; conservation biology and wildlife ecology |
+61 3 990 55664 |
Alan.Lill@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Dr. Murray Logan |
Functional feeding ecology of arboreal herbivores; compensations and consequences of nutritional stresses on the feeding ecology, activity patterns and energetics of arboreal folivores; feeding behaviour and energetics of Phasmids (stick insects); acoustically sensitive biotelemetry; ecology, conservation and management of Victorian koalas. |
+61 3 990 55754 |
Murray.Logan@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Prof. Ralph Mac Nally |
Landscape and conservation ecology; ecological restoration and landscape reconstruction; change ecology; ecological futures |
+61 3 990 55642 |
Ralph.MacNally@sci.monash.edu.au |
| A/Prof. Steve McKechnie |
Adaptation to climatic stress in Drosophila: the role and molecular genetics of the inducible stress genes; biochemical genetics of alcohol metabolism and alcohol tolerance in Drosophil; application of molecular genetic techniques to the study of population structure in agricultural pest species. |
+61 3 990 53863 |
Stephen.McKechnie@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Dr. Rebecca Miller |
Plant chemical defences; regulation of plant secondary metabolism; plant-animal interactions in tropical rainforests; thermogenesis and
thermoregulation in plants. |
+61 3 990 55217 |
Rebecca.Miller@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Dr. Alan Neale |
Molecular physiology of desiccation tolerance in resurrection plants; gene expression and regulation in plants; gene expression during floral induction in plants. |
+61 3 990 53851 |
Alan.Neale@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Dr. Dennis O'Dowd |
Ecology, evolution, and biogeography of plant-animal interactions, especially mutualism; associations between mites and leaf domatia; seed dispersal mutualisms in the genus Acacia; tri-level trophic interactions, especially the effects of plant morphology on the third trophic level; the antiquity of protective mutualism between plants and arthropods; the ecology and control of environmental weed; biodiversity education. |
+61 3 990 55644 |
Dennis.Odowd@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Dr. Gerry Rayner |
Plant ecology; the ecology and evolution of arid zone plants; comparative seed and seedling biology of Australian taxa; interactions between climate and ecology of plant species. |
+61 3 990 55629 |
Gerry.Rayner@sci.monash.edu.au |
| A/Prof. Jenny Read |
The controls of rainforest structure and composition; the differences in biology between tropical and temperature species; the functional significance of leaf form. |
+61 3 990 55622 |
Jenny.Read@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Dr. Richard Reina |
Osmoregulation by marine and desert vertebrates; diving physiology and ecology of sea turtles and penguins; marine conservation biology and management of national marine parks; effects of secondary salinisation of native frogs; stress and physiological responses of sharks following capture by fisheries. |
+61 3 990 55600 |
Richard.Reina@sci.monash.edu.au |
| A/Prof. Gordon Sanson |
The functional morphology of teeth in relation to the biomechanical properties of the diet; the nutritional ecology of animals; the functional morphology of the animal digestive system and its interaction with animal and plant structure as dietary components; the physical and chemical properties of plants and their potential importance as defences against herbivory. |
+61 3 990 55655 |
Gordon.Sanson@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Dr Carla Sgrò |
Life history evolution; evolutionary genetics; the genetic basis of adaptation to changing environmental conditions. |
+61 3 990 20332 |
Carla.Sgro@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Prof. David Smyth |
Molecular genetics of flower development in Arabidopsi; genetic control of carpel development; genetic control of petal development. |
+61 3 990 53861 |
David.Smyth@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Dr. Paul Sunnucks |
Invertebrates in rotting logs; evolution and genetics of parthenogenetic and sexual aphids; barrier effects of roads on wildlife. |
+61 3 990 59593 |
Paul.Sunnucks@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Dr. Andrea Taylor |
Principles of molecular ecology; conservation genetics of Australian marsupials. |
+61 3 990 55623 |
Andrea.Taylor@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Dr. Ross Thompson |
Biodiversity patterns and process in real communities (particularly aquatic); evolution of diversity within a community context; ecosystem energetics and food web ecology; human interactions with community structure and ecosystem. |
+61 3 990 55633 |
Ross.Thompson@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Dr. Heather Verkade |
Morphogenetic movements during zebrafish intestinal development; endodermal cell migration; cell polarity during cell movements. |
+61 3 990 54663 |
Heather.Verkade@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Dr. Amanda Walmsely |
Develop the science of plant-made vaccines; investigate ways to improve the performance of plant-made vaccines. |
+61 3 990 55617 |
Amanda.Walmsley@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Dr. Coral Warr |
Olfactory signal transduction in Drosophila melanogaster; Drosophila odorant receptor comparative genomics; protein tyrosine phosphatases and cellular signalling in Drosophila melanogaster. |
+61 3 990 55504 |
Coral.Warr@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Dr. Diane Webster |
Plant made recombinant proteins with therapeutic potential. |
+61 3 9905 4343 |
diane.webster@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Dr. Bob Wong |
Behavioural and evolutionary ecology; sexual selection; parental care and filial cannibalism; anthropogenic impacts on animal mating systems; predator-prey interactions. |
+61 3 990 55652 |
Bob.Wong@sci.monash.edu.au |
