Biodiversity

  • Melodie McGeoch

    Melodie is an ecologist that works on biodiversity theory and the measurement and monitoring of biodiversity status and trends. Her work includes a focus on biological invasions and climate climate change impacts on natural systems.

  • Michael Bode

    Michael is SAEF’s Deputy Director of Capability Development, based at the Queensland University of Technology. Michael’s research program in SAEF focused on the conservation of Antarctic biodiversity, and specifically on how the unusual structures and dynamics of Antarctic governance affect what conservation science can achieve. Michael is a mathematician, and he is therefore also interested…

  • Jan Strugnell

    Professor Jan Strugnell investigates the evolution and function of marine organisms using genomic and proteomic techniques. Her research encompasses both applied and blue skies questions. Jan investigates population and species-level molecular evolution in Antarctic and deep-sea taxa in the context of past climatic and geological change. She also applies next-generation sequencing tools to help solve bottlenecks…

  • Phill Cassey

    Phill Cassey is an inaugural Australian Research Council Industry Laureate Fellow, and leads the Invasion Science & Wildlife Ecology Group at The University of Adelaide. He was previously Head of the Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department and is an outspoken advocate for diversity and inclusion within and outside the workplace. As a global change biologist,…