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.
- Consultant, Diversity Arrays Technology PL
- Member, Centre for Biodiversity Analysis
- Co-leader, BioPlatforms Aus Amphibian & Reptile Genomics Initiative
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
Lizard sex reversal
The alpine skink has XX/XY chromosomes like us, but unlike us the females can be converted to males in the egg by low temperatures. In a paper that appeared today in Heredity, Dumie Dissanayake shows that the frequency of sex reversal varies along an elevational gradient, and that the resultant sex ratio skew will potentially drive the loss of the Y chromosome at the highest elevations. Interesting stuff. https://rdcu.be/ceziZ.
Research
- Reptile genomics and evolution
- Sex determination in reptiles
- Phylogenomics and phylogeography
- Chelonian ecology, evolution, systematics
- Applications of NextGen sequencing
