News

Recent promotions

• Dr. Bill Foley has recently been promoted to Professor
• Dr. Dave Rowell, Dr. Scott Keogh and Dr. David Gordon have recently been promoted to Reader/Associate Professor
• Dr. Pat Backwell, Dr. Adrienne Nicotra and Dr. Celeste Linde have recently been promoted to Senior Lecturer

Recent awards and honours won by our Academic and General Staff

• Assoc. Prof. Scott Keogh won the Vice-Chancellors Award for Excellence in Supervision, 2006
• Assoc. Prof. David Rowell won the Vice-Chancellors Award for Teaching Excellence, 2004
• Christine Hayes (Keogh Lab) won the Vice-Chancellors Award for General Staff Excellence, 2004
• Prof. Andrew Cockburn was inducted as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, 2003
• David Happold has been made a life member of the American Society of Mammalogists.

Recent awards won by our Postgraduate Students

• Jane DeGabriel (PhD student in the Foley Lab), John Seebeck Award for her paper 'Does plant chemistry constrain reproductive performance in marsupials?', Australian Mammal Society Meeting 2006
• Mitzy Pepper (Honours student in the Keogh Lab), Best Student Talk, Australian Society of Herpetology Conference 2006
• Michelle Shackleton (PhD student in the Jennions Lab), Youth InterACT Travel Scholarship, 2005
• Karen Marsh (PhD student in the Foley Lab), Best Student Talk, Ecological Society of Australia Conference, 2004
• Karen Marsh (PhD student in the Foley Lab), Bolliger Prize for the Best Student Talk, Australian Mammal Society Conference, 2004
• Golo Maurer (PhD student in the Magrath Lab), Best Student Poster, University of Newcastle upon Tyne Postgraduate Conference, 2004
• Kate Hodges (Honours student in the Keogh/Rowell Labs), Best Student Talk, Genetics Society of Australia Conference 2004
• Golo Maurer (PhD student in the Magrath Lab), European Union Marie-Curie-Fellowship, 2004
• Andrea Leigh (PhD student in the Nicotra Lab), Best Student Talk, National Institute of Biosciences Postgraduate and Postdoctoral Symposium, ANU, 2004
• Karen Marsh (PhD student in the Foley Lab), Best Student Talk, Ecological Society of Australia Conference, 2003