Personnel Organisation at the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA(ACAD)

Senior members of staff
PhD Candidates
Affiliates & Visiting Researchers
PhD Graduates

Prof Alan Cooper, ARC Future Fellow, Director
Ph: +61 8 8303 5950 | Darling Building, Rm 209b

One of the leaders in the field of ancient DNA, Alan works between the fields of earth sciences, evolutionary genetics, archaeology and medical sciences.
Research interets: ancient DNA, environmental genomics, forensics, extinctions, population genetics, climate change, conservation biology, human evolution, and megafunal ecosystems.

Dr Jeremy Austin, ARC Future Fellow, Deputy Director
Ph: +61 8 8303 4557 | Darling Building, Rm 209a

Jeremy has a long career working on the genetics of Australian biota and the impacts of climate change.
Research interests: evolutionary and conservation biology, human and wildlife forensics, ancient DNA, phylogeography, conservation genetics.

Dr Wolfgang Haak, Senior Research Associate
Ph: +61 8 8303 5565 | Darling Building, Rm 205c

Research Area: ancient human DNA, phylogeography, prehistory, human evolution

Ms Maria Lekis, Executive Assistant

Ph: +61 8 8303 3952 | Fax: +61 8 8303 4364 | Darling Building, Rm 209a

Area: Business, student enquires; marketing, web and communications.

Dr Bastien Llamas, ARC Australian Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph: +61 8 8303 5565 | Darling Building, Rm 205c
Research Area: Human evolution (ancient human DNA), phylogeography, immunogenetics, epigenetics

Dr Peggy Macqueen, ARC Postdoctoral Associate

Ph +61 8 8303 8242 | Darling Building, Rm 205b

Research Area: Conservation biology, phylogeography

Ms Jennifer Templeton, Lab Coordinator

Ph: +61 8 8303 8242 | Darling Building, Rm 205b

Area: Lab management and inductions

Dr Laurence Clarke, ARC Postodoctoral Associate
Ph: +61 8 8303 8242 | Darling Building, Rm 205b

Research Area: Environmental Genomics

Christina Adler, ARC Research Associate

Ph: +61 8 8303 5565 | Darling Building, Rm 205c
Project: Dental Calculus

Dr Paul Brotherton, ARC Research Associate
Ph: +61 8 8303 8545 | Darling Building, Rm 205d

Research Area: molecular biology

	Clio Der Sarkissian Ph: +61 8 8303 8245 \| Darling Building, Rm 205d Project: Ancient Human Population Genetics This project is also part of the National Geographic Society's 'Genographic Project'.
	William Dodt Ph: +61 8 8303 8245 \| Darling Building, Rm 205d Project: Using ancient DNA to assess Megafaunal evolution during the Pleistocene
	Janette Edson Ph: +61 8 8303 5148 \| Darling Building, Rm 205d Project: ARC Linkage - Silent witness: Developing new genetic approaches to the forensic analysis of human hair
	Denice Higgins Ph: +61 8 8303 5148 \| Darling Building Rm 205a Project: The effects of post-mortem degradation on the ability to retrieve DNA from ancient & foresnic tooth specimens
	Kieren Mitchell Ph: +61 8 8303 xxxx \| Darling Building Rm 205a Project:
	Stephen Richards Ph: +61 8 8303 5148 \| Darling Building, Rm 205a Project: Develop Methods to Immortalize Ancient Genomes as Libraries
	Jennifer Shaw Ph: +61 8 8303 xxxx \| Darling Building Rm 205a Project:
	Julien Soubrier Ph: +61 8 8303 8245 \| Darling Building, Rm 205d Project: Reassessing the timescale of evolution - A focus on Human evolutionary history.
	Vicki Thomson Ph: +61 8 8303 8245 \| Darling Building, Rm 205d Project: Climate change and human disturbance effects on rodent biodiversity in ISEA and Australia
	Guido Valverde Ph: +61 8303 5148 \| Darling Building, Rm 205a Project: South American Diseases
	Jessica Wadley Ph: +61 8 8303 5148 \| Darling Building, Rm 205a Project: Phylogeography and Conservation Genetics of Australian Marsupials
	Jennifer Young Ph: +61 8 8303 8245 \| Darling Building, Rm 205d Project: Soil Forensics

	Dr Kyle Armstrong Ph: +61 8 8303 8242 \| Darling Building, Rm 205b Research Area: phylogeography, taxonomy, landscape genetics, conservation, bioacoustics		Dr Jessica Metcalf, USA Research Area: evolution, phylogeography, population genetics, and climate envelope models
	Dr Nic Rawlence, Postdoctoral Fellow Waikato University, NZ Ph +61 8 8313 1484 \| Darling Building, Rm 115		Dr Guilian Sheng, China Research Area: phylogeography, phylogenetics
	Dr Jamie Wood, Research Fellow Landcare ResearchLtd, New Zealand Project: Moa coprolites		Pancho Gonzales-Pinilla, PhD Candidate Ph: +61 8 8303 5148 \| Darling Building, Rm 205a Project: Genomic approaches to speciation in 'black rats'
	Dr Hugh Cross Department for Environment & Natural Resources, SA Project: Environmental Genomics		Andrew Wiewel, PhD Candidate Darling Building, Rm 205e

Congratulations to Trevor Worthy who was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in 2008.

Thesis title: Tertiary Fossil Waterfowl (Aves: Anseriformes) of Australia and New Zealand.

Congratulations to Nic Rawlence who was awarded a doctor of Philosophy in late 2010

Thesis title: Palaeoecology and population demographics of the extinct New Zealand Moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes)

Congratulations to Sarah Bray who graduated in April 2011 with her PhD thesis: The evolution and genetic diversity of ancient bears.