Science People — DEC research staff profiles

Research staff in the Department contribute hundreds of research papers to the wider scientific debate each year.

Some of this research is in journal articles written in a very precise language. However, other research items are contributed in the form of maps, posters, films, books and more. You can view the research by a particular author by accessing their profile, below. Additionally, you can search staff research interests from the Papers area.

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Staff Member	Research Interests
Ian Abbott	Anthropogenic impacts, ecological principles, ecological theories, faunal extinctions, jarrah leafminer, original distribution of bird and mammal species, scientific method, zoological history
David Algar	Abundance, baiting, control, dog/dingo, ecology, eradiction, feral cats, foxes, monitoring, predation, surveys
John Angus	1080, bait, baiting, camera trap, Felis catus, feral cat, introduced predator, motion sensor photography, sodium monofluoroacetate
Shannon Armstrong	Coral reef ecology, Corallivorous gastropods, Drupella cornus, marine park monitoring, Ningaloo Marine Park
Kevin Bancroft	Community ecology, habitat mapping, marine biodiversity survey, marine ecology, marine fauna distributions, marine invertebrates, marine monitoring, shallow water benthic habitats, sponges
Michael Barth	Flaviventris, Pezoporus wallicus, threatened birds, western ground parrot
Louisa Bell	Fauna monitoring, fauna trapping, mammal hair analysis, mammal hair identification, radio tracking
Jamie Biggs	Asteroid, comet and transient source detection, astronomy education and outreach, public conceptions of astronomy, signal processing
Louise Biggs	Bryophytes, hornworts, liverworts, mosses
Neale Bougher	Beneficial fungi, forest fungi, fungi herbarium, fungi phylogeny, fungi taxonomy, FungiBank, mycology, mycorrhizal fungi, urban fungi, wheatbelt fungi
Bob Bromilow
Allan Burbidge	Biogeography, bird distribution, bird ecology, birds, birds and fire, bristlebirds, parrots, Pilbara birds, threatened birds
Neil Burrows	Arid zone ecology, fauna conservation, fire behaviour, fire ecology, fire management, introduced predators
Ryonen Butcher	Banded ironstone ranges, Elaeocarpaceae, Fabaceae, Mirbelieae, molecular systematics, Proteaceae, Ravensthorpe, Sphaerolobium, Synaphea, Taxonomy, Tetratheca, Tremandraceae
Margaret Byrne	Conservation genetics, evolutionary patterns, gene flow, genetic mapping, molecular markers, phylogenetics, phylogeography, plant genetics
David Cale	Aquatic ecology, aquatic invertebrates, wetland fauna, wetland monitoring
Sue Carroll	WACENSUS and WAHERB databases
Alex Chapman	Australia's Virtual Herbarium, AVH, Epacridaceae, Ericaceae, Leucopogon, Monotoca, Nuytsia journal, Styphelioideae
Mike Choo	DELTA descriptive databases, corporate information management and dissemination, database management and analysis, integration of science with technology, scientific applications
Juanita Ciampini	Dieback, Phytophthora cinnamomi, Phytophthoras, sampling, vegetation health
Alan Clarke	Banded Stilt, directory of important wetlands in Australia, salinity, wetland monitoring
David Coates	Biology of triggerplants (Stylidium), conservation genetics, management of threatened flora and remnant vegetation, plant mating systems, population biology of rare and threatened plants, population cytogenetics, viability of plant populations in fragmented landscapes
Anne Cochrane	Dormancy, dormancy-breaking, ex-situ seed conservation, genebanking, germination, germination biology, germplasm, germplasm conservation, seed, seed collection, seed ecology, seed storage
Skye Coffey	Curation: vascular and cryptogam collection
Colin Crane	Dieback, fungi, mushrooms, phosphite, Phytophthora, taxonomy
Ray Cranfield	Flora advice, flora taxonomy, lichen flora, plant ecology, plant taxonomy
Andrew Crawford	Dormancy, ex-situ, gene banking, germination, germplasm, seed collection, seed conservation, seed ecology, seed storage
Victoria Cunningham	Dormancy mechanisms, ex situ seed conservation, seed germination
Rob Davis	Curation, genus Ptilotus, plant identification, taxonomy
Paul de Tores
Steven Dillon	Banded Ironstone Formations, BIF, flora surveys
Chris Dunne	Armillaria, biological control, communications and marketing, horticultural disease control, phosphite, Phytophthora, training and extension
Brad Durrant	Ants, arachnids, biogeography, entomology, insects, invertebrates, spiders, taxonomy
Alicia Edwards	Marine parks, marine research
Todd Erickson	Flora conservation, seed collection, seed dormancy, seed germination, threatened species
Richard Fairman
Meriel Falconer	Curation: vascular plant collection at WA Herbarium
Janet Farr	Arboreal insect defoliation, bullseye borer, forest entomology, forest insects, gumleaf skeletonizer, lerps, Phoracantha acanthocera, psyllids, rural tree decline, tree canopy insects, Uraba lugens
David Frew	Astronomy education, emission-line surveys, history of astronomy, planetary nebulae, variable star photometry
Tony Friend	Dibbler, ecology, fungal diet, Gilbert’s potoroo, marsupials, numbat, population dynamics, radio-tracking, reintroduction, telemetry, terrestrial amphipods., translocation, western barred bandicoot
Tim Gamblin	Exhibitions, falconry, husbandry, kiwi, marine-turtles, preparation, primates, tagging, taxidermy
Lesley Gibson	Biogeography, biological survey, dietary studies, eco-physiology, Geographic Information Systems, habitat suitability modelling, landscape ecology, mammal ecology, species distributional modelling
Neil Gibson	Biological surveys, conservation status of plant species and communities, plant community dynamics
Paul Gioia	Biodiversity information management, biodiversity modelling, exploring patterns of species richness and endemism, spatial analysis
Al Glen	350, Canis lupus dingo, carnivore, chuditch, Dasyurus geoffroii, Dasyurus maculatus, dingo, guild structure, interference competition, intraguild predation, keystone species, mesopredator release, Quoll, trophic cascade
Nadine Guthrie	Arachnids, beetles, biogeography, Coleoptera, entomology, insects, invertebrates, Pilbara Biological Survey, spiders, taxonomy
Neil Hamilton	Avian species, baiting efficiency, feral animals, mesopredators
Maggie Hankinson	DNA extraction, Microsatellite analysis, Microsatellite library, Molecular genetics, PCR
Deborah Harding	Acting Librarian: Forest Science, Editor of Conservation Science Western Australia
Stephanie Hill	Captive breeding, fauna monitoring, Gilbert’s Potoroos, hair arching and hair analyses, radio-tracking, western barred bandicoots, wildlife rehabilitation
Michael Hislop
John Huisman	Algae, Chlorophyta, interactive keys, marine flora, Phaeophyceae, phycology, Rhodophyta, seaweed, systematics, taxonomy
Jennifer Jackson	Animal tracks, chuditch, fauna monitoring, fauna translocation, introduced predators, mesopredator release, native mammals, red fox, terrestrial fauna, urban ecology, western ringtail possum
Tania Jackson	Ecology, management of threatened flora, plant physiology and pathology, translocation
Brent Johnson	Endangered mammals, impacts of fire and timber harvesting on fauna communities, prey predator interactions, radiotelemetry, sub fossil surveys, translocations
Greg Keighery	Biology of native plants, taxonomy of Liliaceae, Myrtaceae, Apiaceae and others, weeds of Western Australia
Joe Kinal	Data loggers, dieback, groundwater, hydrology, jarrah silviculture, salinity, soil temperature
Karina Knight	Collections, curation, databasing, duplicates, flora census, herbarium, herbarium insect pests, incorporation, mounting, name currency, specimen, specimen loans, volunteer management, volunteer program
Nicholas Lander	Asteraceae (Compositae), Astereae, botany, descriptive databases, interactive keys, Malvaceae, systematics, taxonomy
Jim Lane	Directory of Important Wetlands, Peel-Harvey, Ramsar Convention, shorebirds, Vasse-Wonnerup, waterbird survey, waterbirds, wetland monitoring, wetlands, Whicher National Park.
Margaret Langley	Bushland regeneration, effects of fire, flora of Tutanning Nature Reserve, mallee shrublands, vegetation monitoring and survey
Graeme Liddelow
Glenda Lindsey	Adminstrative and secretarial support to the Director of the Science Division
Tanya Llorens	Impact of habitat fragmentation on plant populations, pollination and mating systems of native plants, population and conservation genetics of plants
Mike Lyons	Desktop mapping and graphics, regional botanical surveys, soil surveys and analysis
Bronwyn Macdonald	DNA extractions, molecular markers, plant molelcular genetics
Terry Macfarlane
Beng Siew Mahon	Librarian: Western Australian Herbarium
Adrienne Markey	Anthospermeae (Rubiaceae), biogeography, Coprosma, flora and vegetation community survey, ironstone floras, phylogenetics, pollination and dispersal syndromes, systematics, taxonomy
Nicky Marlow	Bait development, baiting, Bettongia penicillata, bilbies, boodies, dalgytes, fauna decline, fox control, foxes, mala, mesopredator release, western barred bandicoots, woylies
Ralph Martin	Gravitational microlensing, supernova detection and photometry
Bruce Maslin	Acacias, Wattles, WorldWideWattle
Shelley McArthur	DNA, laboratory analysis
Lachie McCaw	Actinostrobus, air quality, bushfires, Callitris, eucalypt woodlands, fire behaviour, fire ecology, forest management, forestry, forests, landscape ecology, mallee-heath, monitoring, silviculture, smoke
Evelyn McGough
Richard McKellar	Biodiscovery, bioprospecting, carbon sequestration, climate change, greenhouse effect
Norm McKenzie	Australian mammal distributions ecology and extinction factors, bat foraging ecology aerodynamics and echolocation, determinants of structure and composition in species assemblages, ecological survey
Rachel Meissner
Amanda Mellican	Biometrics
David Mickle	Botanical survey techniques, Pilbara wetland flora, vegetation health assessment
Leonie Monks	Management of threatened flora, translocation
Keith Morris	Forest fauna, introduced predator and rat control, island fauna, marine turtles, threatened fauna (particularly mammal) conservation
Bill Muir	Kimberley Island Survey, Landscope trips, organisation and logistics, Pilbara Biological Survey
Heidi Nistelberger	Conservation, ecology, mating systems, native flora, plant genetics, pollination
Mike Onus
Cheryl Parker	Curation, FloraBase, herbarium specimens, marine plant collections, Reference Herbarium, state collection
David Pearson	Community ecology of hummock grassland vertebrates, dasyurid ecology, ethno-zoology, python ecology, threatened reptiles
Grant Phelan	Walpole Fire Mosaic and Bushfire CRC projects
Adrian Pinder	Aquatic earthworms, aquatic invertebrate biodiversity, aquatic invertebrate taxonomy, aquatic oligochaetes, biogeography, salinity, species distributions, wetland conservation, wetland ecology, wetland fauna
Bob Prince	Marine turtles
Ian Radford	Biological control, fire response, impact assessment, invasive plants, mycorrhizal facilitation, plant community assembly, plant functional types, plant nutrition requirements, plant taxonomy, restoration ecology, trophic interactions
Rosemarie Rees	Collections management, curation, fungi collections, herbarium specimens, name currency, spirit collections, vascular plants
Ben Richardson	Australia's Virtual Herbarium (AVH), biodiversity informatics, Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG), bioinformatics, data standards, FloraBase, Herbarium Information Standards and Protocols for Interchange of Data (HISPID), web databases, web design
Jeff Richardson	Biodiversity assessment, biodiversity monitoring, grazing impacts on biodiversity
Richard Robinson	Armillaria, armillaria root disease, disease survey, forest pathology, fungal ecology, fungi, fungi survey, fungus, mushroom, mycology, pathology, polypore, root disease, tree disease, wood decay
Jim Rolfe	Biological survey, MS Access, MS Visual Basic, reptiles, trapping
John Rooney
Barbara Rye	Editor of Nuytsia, flora writing, genetics of the family Myrtaceae, taxonomy, Thymelaeaceae
Jane Sampson	Conservation genetics, gene flow, plant genetic diversity, plant mating systems, plant population genetics
Bryan Shearer
Kelly Shepherd	Anatomy, Chenopodiaceae, cytology, DNA, Halosarcia, molecular phylogeny, morphology, Salicornioideae, Samphires, systematics, taxonomy
Lien Sim	Alternative regimes, aquatic plant ecology, community ecology, disturbance ecology, ecosystem dynamics, ecosystem resilience, restoration ecology, salinity tolerance, salt lake ecology, trophic cascades, wetland ecology, wetland management
Chris Simpson	Coral reef ecology, experimental design, management and performance assessment, marine policy, monitoring design, MPA design, science-policy links
Amanda Spooner	Data standards, DELTA descriptive databases, FloraBase
Tony Start
Lynley Stone	Ecology, environmental weed risk, managing weed risk, reproductive biology, weed risk assessment
Mike Stukely	Dieback, disease resistance, forest management, forest pathology, jarrah silviculture, Mundalla Yellows, Phytophthora, Phytophthora culture collection, Phytophthora taxonomy, Phytophthora testing, tree decline, tree disease, Vegetation Health Service
Duncan Sutherland	Behavioural ecology, goanna, mammal ecology, mesopredator release, monitor lizard, population ecology, population genetics, population regulation, predator-prey dynamics, social interactions, trophic cascade
Kevin Thiele	Banksia, biodiversity informatics, computer identification keys, conservation ecology, grasslands, grassy woodlands, interactive identification, Rhamnaceae, systematics, taxonomy, Viola
Neil Thomas
Verna Tunsell	Data collation and validation, Forestcheck, Tony Annels Herbarium curation
Paul Van Heurck	Arthropods, beetle fire ecology, beta richness, Bushfire CRC, Coleoptera biodiversity, fire mosaics, ForestCheck beetles, rarefaction, structural diversity, trophic guilds, Walpole beetles, Walpole protocol, wildfire impacts
Stephen van Leeuwen
Chris Vellios
Kaye Veryard	Geocode validation, WAHerb database
Bruce Ward	Abundance, arid zone ecology, baiting, camels, control, feral cats, fire behaviour, fire ecology, fire management, foxes, introduced plants, introduced predators, monitoring, predation, surveys
Colin Ward
Adrian Wayne	Impacts of logging and fire, Koomal (common brushtail possum), Ngwayir (western ringtail possum), vertebrate fauna of the south-west forests, Woylie (brush-tailed bettong)
Janet Webster	Dieback, Phytophthora cinnamomi, Phytophthoras, sampling, vegetation health
Juliet Wege	Anatomy, Stylidiaceae, Stylidium, systematics, taxonomy, triggerplants
Kim Whitford	Crown assessment, forest management, hollow management, jarrah seed production, monitoring and managing soil disturbance, soil compaction, tree age, tree and log hollows
Andrew J Williams	Extrasolar planets, gravitational microlensing, supernova statistics
Andrew A Williams
Matthew Williams	Butterflies, butterfly conservation, sun moth
Allan Wills	Eucalyptus canopy decline, eucalyptus crown decline, fire effects on invertebrates, forest invertebrates, invertebrate biodiversity, silvicultural effects on invertebrates, terrestrial earthworms, tree pest insects
Paul Wilson	Asteraceae, bluebush, bluebushes, Boronia, Chenopodiaceae, daisies, daisy, Diplolaena, naming of plants, Phebalium, Philotheca, plant nomenclature, Rutaceae, saltbush, saltbushes, samphire, samphires, taxonomy
Yvonne Winchcombe	South West Wetlands Database (SWWMP)
Roy Wittkuhn	Banksia woodland, fire, fire history, fire regime, grasstrees, jarrah forest, landscape-scale ecology, nutrient cycling, soil seed banks, Xanthorrhoea
Lin Wong	DNA, laboratory analysis
Lisa Wright	Librarian: Wildlife Science
Colin Yates	Demography, fire ecology, granite outcrops, habitat fragmentation, pollination biology, population biology, population dynamics, rarity, threatened species, vegetation dynamics

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