Dr Jamie Wood works in the fields of ancient and environmental DNA. His work involves involves exploring past climate and environmental change, ecosystems and extinction, developing eDNA assays for biodiversity detection, and applying eDNA for conservation management outcomes.

Dr Michelle Guzik undertakes integrative multidisciplinary research, translating environmental genomics and biodiversity discovery science into tools that address environmental issues. Her work has provided the benchmark in groundwater-dependent ecosystem biomonitoring, being used by researchers and industry to achieve positive environmental outcomes.

Associate Professor Jeremy Austin is an evolutionary biologist working in the fields of ancient DNA, molecular ecology, conservation genetics and forensic biology.

Associate Professor Bastien Llamas specialises in molecular and quantitative genetics, particularly human genomics and palaeogenomics. He merges contemporary and ancient genomic datasets to better understand human population history, especially in the context of underrepresented populations.

Professor Andrew Lowe is currently Director of the Environment Institute. His main research focus is in plant ecological and evolutionary genetics, including gene flow and adaptation in fragmented landscapes, genetic structure and DNA timber tracking, adaptation to climate change. 

Dr Vilma Perez specialises in microbial ecology and environmental genomics. Her work involves microbial adaptation to extreme conditions, and using ancient and modern eDNA to reconstruct past Australian ecosystems and reveal how these have changed over time.

Associate Professor Kate Sanders‘ research integrates genomics with diverse complementary datasets (ecology, fossils, high-res imaging, spatial data) to address complex, inter-related questions in evolution and conservation.

Dr Jessica Stanhope is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Public Health at The University of Adelaide, and Chief Medical Scientist in the Rheumatology Unit at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Jess’ research focuses on the relationship between environmental exposures, including biodiversity and the environmental microbiota, and human health.

Professor Michelle Waycott has a joint position at The University of Adelaide and as the Head of the State Herbarium of South Australia (AD) as Chief Botanist. Michelle’s research is often at the interface between systematics and taxonomy, population genetics, evolutionary biology, ecology, basic biology and molecular genetics.

Amelia Pointon‘s PhD research integrates eDNA metabarcoding and whole-genome sequencing to investigate species distributions, evolutionary processes, and conservation priorities in sea snakes.

Milad Khosravi is undertaking a PhD project focusing on developing eDNA methods to detect rare threatened species of blind Cave Gudgeons (Milyeringa spp.) and their populations within groundwater systems of Northwestern Australia.