I am a Research Fellow in the Molecular Ecology Lab at Flinders University (MELFU). My research integrates genomics and ecology to understand how organisms respond to environmental change, including human impacts, with direct applications to biodiversity conservation and management. I completed my PhD in Biological Sciences at Macquarie University in 2012 and have since applied genomic and transcriptomic tools to address key ecological and evolutionary questions relevant to natural resource management. Although much of my work happens behind a computer, I am a field naturalist at heart.
– I work extensively with high-throughput sequencing data, including whole-genome resequencing, ddRAD, and RNA-seq. My expertise includes genome assembly and curation, variant calling and filtering, population genomic analyses, gene expression profiling, demographic inference, detection of selection, genetic load estimation, and genotype–environment association analyses within seascape genomics frameworks.
– I have worked with fisheries and fisheries data, and I have experience with the identification of chondrichthyes. In addition to my genomic work, I bring practical experience in fisheries science and a strong background in chondrichthyan identification and taxonomy, bridging field biology, management, and molecular approaches.
