Evolutionary Ecologist

Technical Skills & Expertise: R-studio, Modelling, Macroevolution & Macroecology, Phylogenetics, Evolutionary Ecology, Bioacoustics

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Education

PhD, Biological Sciences	The University of New South Wales (2024)
BSc (Hons) - First Class Honours, Ecology	The University of New South Wales (2017)
BEnvMgmt, Ecology	The University of New South Wales (2016)

Work Experience

Adjunct Fellow - UNSW Sydney, Evolution and Ecology Research Centre (2024 - current)

• Supervising students in the Mammal Lab at UNSW
• Building and synthesising databases for scientific analysis
• Writing and analysing data to prepare academic papers with multiple stakeholders

Graduate Research Assistant - UWA, Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy (2024 - current)

• Bio-econometric modelling using a Bayesian framework to model the Norfolk Island ecosystem and management costs
• Writing modules and synthesising literature to prepare academic papers

Projects

Evolution of Vertebrate Communication

Chemical Communication of Dingo Scents

Teaching at UNSW Sydney

• BIOS1101 - Evolutionary and Functional Biology
• BIOS1301 - Ecology, Sustainability and Environmental Science
• BIOS6601 - An Introduction to the Sydney Environment
• MSCI0501 - The Marine Environment
• BEES2041 / BEES5041 - Data Analysis for Life and Earth Science
• SCI1111 / SCIF1131 - Introductory Skills for Science
• SCIF3000 - Science Industry Project Course

Publications

1. Benjamin J J Walker, Mike Letnic, Martin P Bucknall, Lyn Watson, Neil R Jordan, Male dingo urinary scents code for age class and wild dingoes respond to this information, Chemical Senses, Volume 49, 2024, bjae004, 10.1093/chemse/bjae004