Area of research
Global and Planetary Change · Genetics
Research interest
Research focused on Evolutionary biology and Phylogenomics, with related work in Squamata, Phylogenetic tree, IUCN Red List. Notable publications include 'Interrogating Genomic-Scale Data for Squamata (Lizards, Snakes, and Amphisbaenians) Shows no Support for Key Traditional Morphological Relationships', 'Phylogenomics Reveals Ancient Gene Tree Discordance in the Amphibian Tree of Life', and 'Reptiles on the brink: identifying the Australian terrestrial snake and lizard species most at risk of extinction'.
The Amphibian Genomics Consortium: advancing genomic and genetic resources for amphibian research and conservation
Populating a Continent: Phylogenomics Reveal the Timing of Australian Frog Diversification
Populating a Continent: Phylogenomics Reveal the Timing of Australian Frog Diversification
A return-on-investment approach for prioritization of rigorous taxonomic research needed to inform responses to the biodiversity crisis
Disease influences male advertisement and mating outcomes in a critically endangered amphibian
Evidence that genetic compatibility underpins female mate choice in a monandrous amphibian
Phylogenomics Reveals Ancient Gene Tree Discordance in the Amphibian Tree of Life
Reptiles on the brink: identifying the Australian terrestrial snake and lizard species most at risk of extinction
Polyploidy breaks speciation barriers in Australian burrowing frogs Neobatrachus
Phylogenomics, Biogeography, and Morphometrics Reveal Rapid Phenotypic Evolution in Pythons After Crossing Wallace’s Line
Phylogenomics of Monitor Lizards and the Role of Competition in Dictating Body Size Disparity
Phylogenomics, biogeography and taxonomic revision of New Guinean pythons (Pythonidae, Leiopython) harvested for international trade
Phylogenomics of monitor lizards and the role of competition in dictating body size disparity
Interrogating Genomic-Scale Data for Squamata (Lizards, Snakes, and Amphisbaenians) Shows no Support for Key Traditional Morphological Relationships
Species delimitation and systematics of the green pythons (Morelia viridis complex) of melanesia and Australia
Female choice for related males in wild red-backed toadlets (Pseudophryne coriacea)
Whole genome duplication potentiates inter-specific hybridisation and niche shifts in Australian burrowing frogs <i>Neobatrachus</i>
The unexpected genetic mating system of the red‐backed toadlet (<i>Pseudophryne coriacea</i>): A species with prolonged terrestrial breeding and cryptic reproductive behaviour
Speciation in the mountains and dispersal by rivers: Molecular phylogeny of <i>Eulamprus</i> water skinks and the biogeography of Eastern Australia
The role of phylogeny and ecology in shaping morphology in 21 genera and 127 species of <scp>A</scp>ustralo‐<scp>P</scp>apuan myobatrachid frogs