Life - Research Specialties
Our Life sub-theme embraces specialties of physiology, behaviour and ecology of faunal groups and evolutionary biology and genomics of extinct and extant floral and faunal taxa. Specific expertise includes insect and vertebrate social behaviour, mammalian energetics, form and function in living and fossil animals, parasite biology, and large scale landscape and movement ecology of vertebrates.
Research Interests: Evolutionary Biology
Research Interests: Zoology
Evolutionary Biology
Dr Rose Andrew
- molecular ecology
- landscape genetics and genomics
- evolution, especially adaptation, speciation and hybridization
- ecological genetics
Professor Jeremy Bruhl
- systematics of Cyperaceae worldwide
- floral development, photosynthetic pathway variation & biology of Cyperaceae
- biology, biogeography & taxonomy of Australian plants
Professor Caroline Gross
- conservation, management & ecology of endangered plants
- reproductive requirements of pioneer species
- bee pollination
- plant systematics & evolution
- plant biodiversity in grassland ecosystems
Dr Tommy Leung
- evolutionary ecology of parasites
- community Ecology of Parasites
- parasitology
- species interactions
Zoology
Professor Fritz Geiser
- comparative physiology and biochemistry
- thermal energetics of birds and mammals
- environmental and behavioural physiology
Dr Tommy Leung
- evolutionary ecology of parasites
- community Ecology of Parasites
- parasitology
- species interactions
A/Professor Paul McDonald
- cooperation & conflict in complex social groups
- ecological consequences of sociality, in particular: Bell Miner Associated Dieback (BMAD)
- signal structure, communication and bioacoustics
- social network analysis
- behavioural ecology/animal behaviour generally
Professor Stephen Wroe
- palaeontology
- relationships between form and function in living and fossil species
- biomechanics
- megafauna
