Geordie Jennings
Email: geordie.jennings@utas.edu.au
Honours student, co-supervised with Dr Rodrigo Hamede (in collaboration with UTAS).
Topic: Seasonal and disease driven dynamics in immune capacity of Tasmanian devils.
Jordan Charters
Email: jordan.charters@uqconnect.edu.au
Researcher from A/Prof Robbie Wilsons’ group (The Performance Lab) University of Queensland.
Topic: Sex, death and telomeres: how ageing influence reproductive success in suicidal breeding Australian marsupials.
Mohammad Mahmudul Hassan
Email: miladhasan@yahoo.com
International Higher Degree Research Student, co-supervised with Prof Marcel Klaassen.
Topic: Who is the culprit: ecology and epidemiology of Avian Influenza at the wildlife / poultry interface in Bangladesh.
Karinda Lee Henry
Email: klhen@deakin.edu.au
Honours student, co-supervised with Dr Ina Smith at CSIRO-AAHL (based at AAHL).
Topic: Discovery of Infectious Agents in Australian Bats. More about Karinda HERE.
Patrick Mileto
Email: pmileto@deakin.edu.au
Research associate. Co-supervised with Dr Bethany Hoye and Dr Simeon Lisovski
Topic: Telomere length, environmental factors and return rate in migratory birds.
Kimberly Pinch
Email: kparkins@deakin.edu.au
Honours student.
Topic: Naive predators and toxic prey: A population genetic analysis of yellow-spotted goannas (Varanus panoptes) across Australia.
Erin Dohrmann
Email: edohrman@deakin.edu.au
Honours student. Supervised by Associate Professor Beata Ujvari and co-supervisor was Dr Mun Hua Tan.
Topic: Mitochondrial elements in the Tasmanian devil genome.
Jaime Heiniger
Email: j.heiniger@uq.edu.au
Visiting researcher from A/Prof Robbie Wilsons’ group (The Performance Lab) University of Queensland.
Topic: The ecology and reproductive biology of the northern quoll, Dasyurus hallucatus, on Groote Eylandt. Full CV available HERE (PDF).
Kriti Ray
Email: Kriti.Ray@Relbio.com
International Higher Degree Research Student, co-supervised with Prof John Donald.
Topic: Reporter assays for Monoclonal antibodies.
Tracey Russell
Email: trus3855@uni.sydney.edu.au
Australian Higher Degree Research Student, co-supervised with Prof Kathy Belov at the University of Sydney, Faculty of Veterinary Science.
Topic: Behavioural traits of Tasmanian Devils.
Yen Ting Wong
Email: yen.wong@deakin.edu.au
PhD student.
Topic: Study of Inheritance of Alpaca Fibre for Fibre Production Improvement.
Alice Risely
Email: alice.risely@deakin.edu.au
Australian Higher Degree Research Student, co-supervised with Prof Marcel Klaassen.
Topic: Host-pathogen dynamics in long-distance migrants and their role in the global spread of pathogens.
Jay Fitzpatrick
Email: jcfitzpa@deakin.edu.au
Honours student, co-supervised with Dr Rodrigo Hamede.
Topic: The role of the innate immune system in DFTD progression and epidemiology.
Sophia Belkhir
Email: sbelkhir@deakin.edu.au
Master Student (Master 1), part of the “International Associate Laboratory” between France and Australia, co-supervised by Frédéric Thomas.
Topic: Parasites of the Tasmanian Devil.
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