Photo: C. Bento

1973-79: BSc, Zoology, University of New South Wales
1976-79: Laboratory Assistant (Radioimmunoassay), School of Medicine, University of New South Wales
1979: Technical Officer (Electrophoresis), School of Zoology, University of New South Wales
1980: Honours thesis, Zoology, UNSW, Australia  "Electrophoretic assessment of the taxonomy of eastern Australian Miniopterus Bonaparte (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)"
1981: Research Assistant (Marsupial Immunology and Cytogenetics) School of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
1985-86: Assistant Editor, Records of the Australian Museum, Australian Museum
1986: PhD Thesis, Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Australia "Phylogenetic studies of Australian Tertiary bats"
1986: Research Assistant (Palaeontology), School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University of South Australia
1986-87: Staff Writer and Subeditor, Australian Geographic
1987-88: Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories Research Fellowship
1988: Lecturer (Taxonomy), Dept of Biology, University of Wollongong
1989-90: UNSW Postdoctoral Fellow, Biological Science, University of New South Wales
1991-95: Senior Project Scientist, Biological Science, University of New South Wales
1995-: Senior Research Fellow, Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales

• Commonwealth Postgraduate Research Award, Macquarie University: 1981-1985.
• Australian Museum Postgraduate Research Award: 1984.
• Joyce W. Vickery Scientific Research Award, Linnean Society of New South Wales: 1984.
• Australian Mammal Society Bolliger Award for Best Student Paper: 1984.
• ARC Grant 1985 for European study of fossil bats
• ARC Grant 1990 for study of Riversleigh's fossil bats and modern rainforest analogues in Sarawak, Malaysia
• IBM Conservation Award (with M. Archer and H. Godthelp) for Riversleigh Project
• American Museum of Natural History Study Grant 1995
• Fellow, Royal Zoological Society of NSW 2001
• ARC Linkage Grant "The evolution of Australian rainforest communities: the implications of continuing climate change" 2004-2006
• ARC Discovery Grant "Unraveling the last great Gondwanan mystery: first land vertebrate fauna from the Tertiary of New Zealand" 2007-2009
• Research Associate, Australian Museum: 2000-
• Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History, New York: 2006-

UNDERGRADUATE
GEOS2071 - Life Through Time

 

HONOURS AND POSTGRADUATE
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• Hayley Bates (Riversleigh kangaroos),
• Adam Morrell,
• Jackie Nguyen (fossil and modern birds),
• Liz Price (Riversleigh geology),
• Adrian Di Qual,

• Arena, D. 2004. The geological history and the development of the terrain at the Riversleigh World Heritage Area during the middle Tertiary. PhD thesis BEES, UNSW.
• Bassarova, M. 2006. Taphonomic and palaeoecological investigations of Riversleigh Oligo-Miocene fossil sites - mammalian palaeocommunities and their habitats. PhD thesis UNSW, BEES.
• Budde, E. 2001. The palaeoecology of a late Quaternary mammalian fossil deposit at McEacherns Cave, S.W. Victoria. Honours thesis, BEES, UNSW (First Class Honours).
• Carbery, K., 2001. Phylogenetics and palaeoecology of the Tertiary ringtail genus Pildra with description of new species from Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland. Hons thesis, BEES, UNSW
• Crosby, K., 2002. The evolution and biogeography of the Phalangeroidea. PhD thesis, BEES, UNSW.
• Kirkham, Z. 2004. Cranial description of the primitive macropodid, Rhizosthenurus flanneryi, and its phylogeny based on cranial and postcranial characters. Unpublished Hons thesis, BEES, UNSW.
• Louys, J. 2004. Cranial descriptions of archaic kangaroos and an examination of vombatiform phylogenetics based on cranial characters. Unpublished Hons thesis, BEES, UNSW.
• Martinez, S. 2004. Morphological variation of the Australian ghost bat, Macroderma gigas (Microchiroptera: Megadermatidae) from Pliocene to present. Unpublished Hons thesis, School of Natural Resources, QUT.
• Morrell, A., 2001. The geology and palaeoecology of KCB Site, Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland. Unpubl. Hons thesis, BEES, UNSW, University Medal.
• Myers, T., 2002. Palaeoecology of Oligo-Miocene Local Faunas from Riversleigh. PhD thesis BEES, UNSW.
• Price, E., 2001. The stratigraphy and petrology of the Oligocene and Miocene sediments of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland. Hons thesis, School of Geology, UNSW.
• Nguyen, J. 2006. Barawertornis tedfordi: a dromornithid bird from Riversleigh: Hind limb osteology and phylogenetics. Unpublished Honours thesis, University of New South Wales.
• Roberts, K. 2004. The taphonomy and geological context of Price Is Right Site, Riversleigh, World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland. Unpublished Honours thesis, BEES, UNSW.
• Richards, G.C. 2002. Bat ecology in Australia's southeastern forests. PhD thesis BEES, UNSW.
• Travouillon, K. 2004. Multivariate analyses of the Riversleigh local faunas. Unpublished Hons thesis, BEES, UNSW.

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