Current Students
Paige Maroni- The evolution and ecology of an adaptive marine radiation of Antarctic sea slugs
PhD, primary advisor Nerida Wilson, University of Western Australia
2018-present
PhD, primary advisor Nerida Wilson, University of Western Australia
2018-present
Sally Lau- Molecular signatures of historical glacial events in Antarctic marine benthic taxa
PhD, primary advisor Jan Strugnell, James Cook University
2018-present
PhD, primary advisor Jan Strugnell, James Cook University
2018-present
Matt Nimbs- Taxonomy and systematics of the Australian Aplysiidae (Mollusca: Heterobranchia)
PhD, primary advisor Stephen Smith, Southern Cross University
2017-present
PhD, primary advisor Stephen Smith, Southern Cross University
2017-present
Emily McLaughlin- Systematics of the crinoid genus Promachocrinus
MSc, primary advisor Greg Rouse, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
2017-present
MSc, primary advisor Greg Rouse, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
2017-present
Past Students
Kara Layton- Species delimitation and patterns of speciation in marine gastropods
PhD, primary advisor Nerida Wilson, University of Western Australia
2015-2018
Google Scholar
Chapter 1: General Introduction
Chapter 2: Flexible colour patterns obscure identification and mimicry in Indo-Pacific Chromodoris nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Chromodorididae)
Chapter 3: Using exon capture to tease apart recently radiated mimetic sea slugs
Chapter 4: A newly-discovered radiation of endoparasitic gastropods and their co-evolution with asteroid hosts in Antarctica
Chapter 5: Erecting a new family for Spirostyliferina, a truncatelloidean microgastropod, with further insights into caenogastropod phylogeny
Chapter 6: General Discussion
PhD, primary advisor Nerida Wilson, University of Western Australia
2015-2018
Google Scholar
Chapter 1: General Introduction
Chapter 2: Flexible colour patterns obscure identification and mimicry in Indo-Pacific Chromodoris nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Chromodorididae)
Chapter 3: Using exon capture to tease apart recently radiated mimetic sea slugs
Chapter 4: A newly-discovered radiation of endoparasitic gastropods and their co-evolution with asteroid hosts in Antarctica
Chapter 5: Erecting a new family for Spirostyliferina, a truncatelloidean microgastropod, with further insights into caenogastropod phylogeny
Chapter 6: General Discussion
Josefin Stiller- From syngnathid systematics to seadragon siblings - Investigating nested scales of divergence using novel molecular tools
PhD, primary advisor Greg Rouse, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
2012-2017
Google scholar
Awarded Scripps Institute of Oceanography Chancellor's Dissertation Award medal for 2018
Chapter 1: Phylogenetic relationships of Syngnathidae from 1000 genetic regions
Chapter 2: A spectacular new species of seadragon (Syngnathidae)
Chapter 3: First live records of the ruby seadragon (Phyllopteryx dewysea, Syngnathidae)
Chapter 4: Barriers to gene flow in common seadragons (Syngnathidae: Phyllopteryx taeniolatus)
Chapter 5: Genome-wide markers reveal latitudinal differences in seadragon diversity
Chapter 6: Genetic relationships of leafy seadragons in public aquaria
Anne Winters- Understanding colour and chemical diversity in nudibranchs
PhD, primary advisor Karen Cheney, University of Queensland
2012-2016
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Chapter 1: General Introduction
Chapter 2: Accumulation and distribution of defensive metabolites in nudibranch molluscs
Chapter 3: Weapons or signals: anti-predator activity of nudibranch secondary metabolites
Chapter 4: Geographic and individual variation of diterpene-based chemical defenses in the Australian nudibranch Goniobranchus splendidus
Chapter 5: Geographic divergence of warning signals in a nudibranch mollusc
Chapter 6: Marine butterflies: putative mimicry ring in red-spotted nudibranch molluscs
Chapter 7: General Discussion
- Jenna Moore, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, PhD candidate 2011-2012
- Scherazada Umanzör-Rodriguez, New Mexico State University, Masters 2007-2008
- Lucy Turner, Marine Biological Association of the UK, Plymouth, Masters 2003-2004
- Vanessa Echavarria Mesa, University of Queensland, honours 2A 2004
- Melissa Cowlishaw, University of Queensland, honours, First Class 2002
