Research Groups

The School of BioSciences aims to be a leading international research centre. Each research area is filled with world-class experts addressing topics such as conservation and climate change, evolution and behaviour, genetics and development, marine biology or plant biodiversity. You can explore research topics below and contact our academics directly if you're interested.

Name Research topic Email address
Prof Alex Andrianopoulos  Microbial and developmental genetics alex.a@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Simon Baxter Biology of insect pestssimon.baxter@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Mike Bayly Systematics and biogeography mbayly@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Jo Birch Herbarium / Systematics and biogeographyjoanne.birch@unimelb.edu.au
Prof Linda Blackall Microbial communities and ecology linda.blackall@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Richard de Rozario Analytical reasoningrichard.derozario@unimelb.edu.au
Prof Tim Dempster  Sustainable aquaculture dempster@unimelb.edu.au
A/Prof Andrew Drinnan  Plant systematics a.drinnan@unimelb.edu.au
Prof Mark Elgar Evolutionary biology of organismal diversity m.elgar@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Alex Fournier-Level  Adaptive Evolution alexandre.fournier@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Stephen Frankenberg  Evolution, Development, Reproduction & Synthetic Biologysrfr@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Irene Gallego Romero  Human evolution, genomics and stem cells / MIG irene.gallego@unimelb.edu.au
Prof David Gardner  Reproductive biology and assisted conception david.gardner@unimelb.edu.au
Dr john Golz Plant developmental genetics jgolz@unimelb.edu.au
A/Prof Mark Green Reproductive technologies mark.green@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Mike Haydon Plant cell signalling m.haydon@unimelb.edu.au
A/Prof Joshua Heazlewood  Plant biochemistry and glycomics jheazlewood@unimelb.edu.au
Prof Ary Hoffman Pest and environmental adaptation ary@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Alex Idnurm Mycology alexander.idnurm@unimelb.edu.au
Prof Greg Jenkins Aquatic ecology, fisheries biology and management gjenkins@unimelb.edu.au
A/Prof Alex Johnson Plant nutrition johnsa@unimelb.edu.au
A/Prof Theresa Jones  Urban light lab theresa@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Patricia Jusuf Neural development and regeneration patricia.jusuf@unimelb.edu.au
Prof Michael Kearney Climatic and metabolic ecology m.kearney@unimelb.edu.au
Prof Tom Kompas Economics of biosecurity / CEBRA tom.kompas@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Edwin Lampugnani Pollen biologyEd.L@unimelb.edu.au
Prof Stephen Leslie Statistical genetics stephen.leslie@unimelb.edu.au
Prof Margie Mayfield Community ecologymargie.mayfield@unimelb.edu.au
Prof Geoff McFadden Malaria and endosymbiosis g.mcfadden@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Iliana Medina Guzman Behavioural ecology and macroevolutioniliana.medina@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Rebecca Morris Coastal and estuarine adaptationrebecca.morris@unimelb.edu.au
Dr John Morrongiello Marine and freshwater ecology and evolution john.morrongiello@unimelb.edu.au
Prof Raoul Mulder Evolutionary ecology of birds r.mulder@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Mike Murray Developmental genetics of drosophila murraym@unimelb.edu.au
Prof Moira O'Bryan Male infertility and germ cell biology / IMIGCmoira.obryan@unimelb.edu.au
Prof Andrew Pask Evolution, development and reproductiona.pask@unimelb.edu.au
A/Prof Ben Phillips Spatial ecology and evolution phillipsb@unimelb.edu.au
A/Prof Suzie Reichman Centre for Anthropogenic Pollution Impact and Management (CAPIM)suzie.reichman@unimelb.edu.au
Prof Marilyn Renfree Reproduction and development m.renfree@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Charles Robin Insect population genetics and molecular evolution crobin@unimelb.edu.au
Prof Andrew Robinson Risk analysis in biosecurity / CEBRA apro@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Marc Somssich The cell wall in plant immunitymarc.somssich@unimelb.edu.au
Prof Devi Stuart-Fox Animal behaviour and evolution d.stuart-fox@unimelb.edu.au
Prof Michael Stumpf Theoretical systems biologymstumpf@unimelb.edu.au
Prof Steve Swearer Ecology and evolution of fishes / CAPIM s.swearer@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Allison van de Meene Biological microscopyallison.van@unimelb.edu.au
A/Prof Tim van Gelder Analytical reasoningt.gelder@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Belinda van Heerwaarden Climate change adaptionbelinda.vanheerwaarden@unimelb.edu.au
Prof Madeleine van Oppen Microbial symbiosis and bioengineering in corals madeleine.van@unimelb.edu.au
A/Prof Heroen Verbruggen Algal biology and coral environmental microbiologyheroen.verbruggen@unimelb.edu.au
Prof Michelle Watt Crop root physiologywatt.m@unimelb.edu.au
Prof Nina Wedell Evolutionary biology nina.wedell@unimelb.edu.au