Meet the members of the vertebrate ecology lab
Slade Allen-Ankins Current Post Doc
Finding Patterns in Big Data - Monitoring fauna with sound |
MICHELLE MARTINEZ
Lab Technician
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CURRENT PHD STUDENTS
THOMAS NAPIER
Species Classification using Deep Learning Signal Processing Techniques in Natural SoundscapesContact
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STEPHANIE TODD
GENETICS AND POPULATION BIOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN BETTONG |
MATTHEW QUINN 
GENETICS AND POPULATION SPREAD OF CHITAL DEER |
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CURRENT HONOURS STUDENTS
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current mphil students |
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ROSIE KIDMAN
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Natasha Ryan |
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Interactions between bettongs, their
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EMERITUS PROFESSOR ROSS ALFORD
Personal Chair
PREVIOUS POST DOCS
ERIC NORDBERG 
VERTEBRATE ECOLOGYAlso previous PhD student: The impact of grazing on arboreal reptiles
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DONALD MCKNIGHT 
VERTEBRATE ECOLOGYAlso previous PhD student: Why do some frogs go extinct and others recover from chytrid fungus?
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Deb Bower
VERTEBRATE ECOLOGYAlso previous honours student
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PREvious Phd students
Lily Leahy 
Climatic variability and resilience: spatio-temporal climate variability and vulnerability of ant species to climate change in an Australian tropical rainforest |
Catherine Kelly 
Ecology of chital deer in North Queensland |
Jaimie Hopkins 
The Influence of Invasive Species' Calls on Native Wildlife - Geckos, Birds, and Frogs |
Juan Mula Laguna 
The Causes of Rarity in Granivorous Birds - Southern Black Throated Finches as a case study |
Wytamma Wirth
Pathology and Epidemiology of Ranavirus Infection in Australian Freshwater Turtles |
Jendrian Reidel 
Skin morphology of geckos |
Sasha Greenspan 
Understanding the Tipping Points leading to Population Crashes due to Wildlife Disease |
Heather Neilly 
The influence of grazing strategies on wildlife |
Kiyomi Yasumiba 
Understanding Acoustic Mating Systems of Cane Toads to Enhance Control Options
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Mat Vickers 
Thermal Ecology of Skinks |
Betsy Roznik 
Effects of individual behaviour on host-pathogen interactions: Australian rainforest frogs and the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis |
Leila Brook 
Interactions Between a Top Predator (Dingo) and a Meso-Predator (Cat) |
Ian Bell
Sea Turtles in North Queensland |
Sarah Bell 
Bacteria on Frogs: A Way to Control Chytrid Fungus? |
John Llewelyn 
The impact of Cane Toads on North Queensland Fauna |
Carryn Manicom
eyond Abundance: The Influence of Top Predators on Mesopredator Behaviour and Life-History |
Leonie Valentine
Impacts of Fire Management Strategies on Bird and Reptile Assemblages in Grazed Tropical Savannas
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Brett Goodman
Ecomorphology, Performance and Reproductive Output in Saxicolous and Terrestrial Skinks |
Daryl Trumbo
Landscape Genetics of Cane Toads |
Ben Muller
Improving the Efficacy of Cane Toad Traps |
previous masters students
Arnaud Gourret (MPhil)
Movement, Microhabitat Use and Thermal Ecology of Rainforest Geckos |
Angus McNab (MPhil) 
Defining the Influence of Infection on Amphibian Movement, Temperature and Microhabitat SelectioN
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Adam Cisterne
Predator Avoidance in Geckos |
Nilinda Phongkangsananan
Vocal Behaviour of Native House Geckos |
Sarah Sapsford
Population and disease dynamics of the amphibian chytrid fungus in the stream-associated frog Litoria rheocola |
Josh Daskin
Chytridiomycosis and symbiosis: Context-dependency in amphibian disease and conservation |
We would also like to acknowledge our volunteers and helpers that make much of our research possible
Top banner image: Kyana Pike with a Galapagos tortoise (Chelonoidis niger) - courtesy of Kyana Pike
Blue banded bee (Amegilla cingulata) - image courtesy of Michael McMaster
