Arthur Georges PhD (UQ)
Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT 2601 AustraliaCurrent
- Distinguished Professor, Institute for Applied Ecology, UC
- Associate Editor, Journal of Experimental Zoology
- Member TFTSG Steering Committee and IUCN Red List Authority
- Chair, ACT Scientific Committee
- Board Member, Piku Biodiversity Network Inc.
- Member, Centre for Biodiversity Analysis
Former
- Foundation Director, IAE
- Dean, Faculty of Applied Science, UC
- Board Member, Invasive Animals CRC
- President, Australasian Wildife Management Society
- President, Australian Society for Herpetologists
Latest from the Blog
New Guinea -- Last bastion against Chytrid
Earth’s sixth major mass extinction event has begun and amphibians in particular are in peril; over 40% of amphibian species are threatened with extinction. One agent in their demise is chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, responsible for the most widespread, disease-induced declines and extinctions in vertebrates to date. New Guinea is the world’s largest tropical island and the last major center of amphibian biodiversity free from chytrid. Deb Bower, Simon Clulow and their colleagues call for urgent, unified, international, multidisciplinary action to prepare for the arrival of chytrid in New Guinea, to prevent or slow its spread within the island after it arrives, and to limit its impact upon the island’s frog populations.
Research
- Reptile genomics and evolution
- Sex determination in reptiles
- Phylogenomics and phylogeography
- Chelonian ecology, evolution, systematics
- Applications of NextGen sequencing
