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Amelia Armstong
- University of Queensland, PhD
- Supervisors – Mike Bennett, Jennifer Ovenden, Chris Dudgeon, Anthony Richardson, Kathy Townsend and Mike Van Keulan (Murdoch University)
- Thesis title – ‘Population genetics & movement of manta rays (Manta alfredi) in Australian waters’
Dean Blower
- University of Queensland, PhD
- Supervisors – Jennifer Ovenden and Cynthia Riginos
- Thesis title – ‘Estimating shark abundance, productivity and resilience to change with molecular genetics´
- Project details
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Danielle Davenport
- University of Queensland, PhD
- Supervisors – Jennifer Ovenden, Mike Bennett, Einar Nielsen, Charlie Huveneers
- Thesis title – ‘Genomic approach to the population genetics of contemporary and archived specimens of white sharks’
- Project details
- Related news
Madi Green
- University of Tasmania, PhD
- Supervisors – Sean Tracey (IMAS, University of Tasmania), Sharon Appleyard and William White (CSIRO Hobart) and Jennifer Ovenden
- Thesis title – ‘Population connectivity of tropical sharks in the Indo-Pacific’
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Alice Manuzzi
- Technical University of Denmark, Silkeborg, PhD
- Supervisors – Einar Nielsen, Jakob Hemmer-Hansen and Jennifer Ovenden
- Thesis title – ‘Genomic approach to the population genetics of contemporary and archived specimens of tiger sharks’
- Project details
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Carolina Vargas-Caro
- University of Queensland, PhD
- Supervisors – Mike Bennett, Ian Tibbetts and Jennifer Ovenden
- Thesis title – ‘Biological assessment of skate fisheries in the south-east Pacific Ocean’
- Project details
Kay Weltz
- University of Tasmania, PhD
- Supervisors – Jayson Semmens, Adam Barnett and Jeremy Lyle from Tasmania and Jennifer Ovenden
- Thesis title – ‘Genetic population structure and population ecology of the endangered Maugean skate in western Tasmania’
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Samuel Williams
- University of Queensland, PhD
- Supervisors – Jennifer Ovenden, Mike Bennett and Julian Pepperell
- Thesis title – ‘The ecology and biology of the black marlin Istiompax indica‘
- Project details
Carlos Bustamante Diaz
- University of Queensland, PhD
- Supervisors – Mike Bennet, Jennifer Ovenden
- Thesis title – ‘Biology, taxonomy and distribution of south-east pacific cartilaginous fishes’
- Graduated – December 2014. See related post.
Pascal Geraghty
- Macquarie University, PhD
- Supervisors – Will Macbeth, Michael Gillings, Jane Williamson, Jennifer Ovenden
- Thesis title – ‘Life-history and genetic population structure of three commercially-important carcharhinid sharks in Australian waters’
- Graduated – May 2014
Jenny Giles
- University of Queensland, PhD
- Supervisors – Cynthia Riginos, Jennifer Ovenden
- Thesis title – ‘Phylogeographic variation in selected Indo-West Pacific shark and ray species, and application to monitoring and enforcement of the international shark fin trade’.
- Related posts – 6th Dec 2013, 10th Jan 2014 and 30th April 2014.
- Graduated – April 2014.
Bonnie Holmes
- University of Queensland, PhD
- Supervisors – Ian Tibbetts, Mike Bennett, David Neil, Jennifer Ovenden
- Thesis title – ‘Population structure, habitat utilisation and biology of tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) in southeast Queensland’
- Website – http://www.seqtigersharks.com/
- Graduated – Dec 2015
Matthew Hoskin
- University of Queensland, BSc (Hons)
- Supervisors – Andy Barnes, Lisa Pope, Jennifer Ovenden
- Thesis title – ‘The use of microsatellites for tracking genetic diversity in captive breeding for conservation biology; an example from Jungle perch (Kuhlia rupestris)’
- Project details
- Graduated – December 2013
Andrew Jones
- University of Queensland, PhD
- Supervisors – You-Gan Wang, Jennifer Ovenden
- Thesis title – ‘Linkage disequilibrium estimates of genetic effective population size’
- Graduated – July 2017
Tom Kashiwagi
- University of Queensland, PhD
- Supervisors – Mike Bennett, Jennifer Ovenden
- Thesis title – ‘Conservation biology and genetics of the largest living rays: manta rays’
- Graduated – December 2014
Malcolm Keag
- University of Queensland, BSc (Hons)
- Supervisors – John Kirkwood, Jessica Morgan, Jennifer Ovenden
- Thesis title – ‘Extensive introgression in two closely related shark species, Carcharhinus limbatus and C. tilstoni, across northern Australia’
- Graduated – December 2011
Nils Krück
- University of Queensland, PhD
- Supervisors – Ian Tibbetts, Jennifer Ovenden
- Thesis title – ‘Integrating ecology, oceanography and genetics for spatial fisheries management’
- Graduated – December 2013
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Michael Macbeth
- University of Queensland, PhD
- Supervisors – You Gan Wang, Jennifer Ovenden
- Thesis title – ‘Improving the utility of genetic markers in fish populations’
- Graduated – Dec 2015
Safia Maher
- University of Queensland, BSc (Hons)
- Supervisors – Jennifer Ovenden, Mike Bennett, Einar Nielsen and Julian Pepperell
- Thesis title – ‘Project Tiger’
- Graduated – July 2016
Cathy Nock
- Southern Cross University, PhD
- Supervisors – Peter Baverstock, Jennifer Ovenden
- Thesis title – ‘The implications of fragmentation for the conservation genetics of the endangered eastern freshwater cod, Maccullochella ikei‘
- Graduated – 2009
Lisa Pope
- University of Queensland
- Postdoctoral fellow, left December 2014.
Bree Tillett
- Charles Darwin University, PhD
- Supervisors – Iain Field, Mark Meekan, Jennifer Ovenden
- Thesis title – ‘Never judge a book by its cover: comparative life history traits of the bull (Carcharhinus leucas) and pig-eye (C. amboinensis) sharks across northern Australia.
- Graduated – 2012
