Personal profile
Funding overview
2009 FNAS Pump prime grant $10 000
2005 ARC Research Grant $185 000
2005 UWA Research Grant $28 730
2003 ARC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship $285 000
2003 Royal Society of London – Equipment Grant $17 000
2002 NERC Research Fellowship (3 years) $355 000
2002 Leverhulme Research Grant (3 years) – declined $295 000
2002 NERC Research Grant (collaboration Prof’s Thorpe & Ritchie) $86 000
2002 NERC Research Grant (collaboration Dr Tomkins) $84 000
Biography
I obtained my PhD from the School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia in 2001. I undertook postdoctoral research in Sweden, Wales and Scotland before taking up a NERC Research Fellowship at the University of St Andrews, UK. I returned to Australia in 2004 to commence an ARC Research Fellowship which I held part-time. I have been an Adjunct Lecturer since 2012.
Future research
Previous positions
May 2012 - Adjunct Lecturer
Nov 2004 - May 2012 ARC Research Fellow (part-time) - University of Western Australia
Aug 2002 – Oct 2004 NERC Research Fellow – University of St Andrews, UK.
April 2002 – Aug 2002 NERC Postdoctoral Research Associate – University of Wales, UK.
May 2001 - April 2002 Postdoctoral Research Associate – University of St Andrews, Scotland.
Feb 2001 - May 2001 Postdoctoral Research Associate – University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Teaching
PhD student (completion) - Esther Levy
Research interests
I am an evolutionary biologist who has conducted research in behavioral ecology, conservation biology, evolutionary theory and genetics. I have research interests that cover a diverse range of topics including female ornamentation, conservation, evolutionary stable strategies, mutation loads, the evolution of colour signals, nuptial gift evolution, developmental integration and selection analysis. I have also developed microsatellites and used them to assess population genetic parameters.
Research expertise keywords
- Evolutionary biology
- Amphibia and reptiles