Staff Organisation at ACAD

Senior members of staff

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

Research Area: ancient DNA, evolution, palaeoecology, biogeography, palaeontology, molecular clocks

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

Research Area: ancient DNA, phylogeography, conservation genetics, phylogenetics

Dr Marta Kasper, Research Assistant

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

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

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

Dr Kefei Chen, ARC Senior Research Associate
Ph: +61 8 8303 5565 | Darling Building, Rm 205c

Research Area: ancient DNA, phylogenomics, evolution, phylogeography, phylogenetics, epigenetics.

Dr Jessica Metcalf, ARC Senior Research Associate
Ph: +61 8 8303 5565 | Darling Building, Rm 205c

Research Area: evolution, phylogeography, population genetics, and climate envelope models

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

Research Area: molecular biology

Dr Kyle Armstrong, Research Assistant
Ph: +61 8 8303 8242 | Darling Building, Rm 205b

Research Area: phylogeography, taxonomy, landscape genetics, conservation, bioacoustics

Ms Maria Lekis, Office Administration

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

Ms Jennifer Templeton, Technical Officer

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

PhD Candidates

	Christina Adler Ph: +61 8 8303 5148 \| Darling Building, Rm 205a Project: Ancient DNA analysis of humans and dental plaque		Denice Higgins (joint Candidature with School of Dentistry) Ph: +61 8 8303 5431 \| Medical School South Building, Rm 3 15 Project: The effects of post-mortem degradation on the ability to retrieve DNA from ancient & foresnic tooth specimens
	Sarah Bray Ph: +61 8 8303 8245 \| Darling Building, Rm 205d Project: The evolution and genetic diversity of ancient bears.		Nic Rawlence Ph: +61 8 8303 8245 \| Darling Building, Rm 205d Project: Population genetic demographics of moa during the Pleistocene and Holocene in New Zealand.
	Craig Costion Ph: +61 8 8303 5148 \| Darling Building, Rm 205a Project:		Stephen Richards Ph: +61 8 8303 5148 \| Darling Building, Rm 205a Project:
	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'.		Julien Soubrier Ph: +61 8 8303 8245 \| Darling Building, Rm 205d Project: Reassessing the timescale of evolution - A focus on Human evolutionary history.
	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		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
	Pancho Gonzales-Pinilla Ph: +61 8 8303 5148 \| Darling Building, Rm 205a Project: Genomic approaches to speciation in 'black rats'