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Associate Professor

Christopher Burridge

Associate Professor

Biological Sciences

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  • Associate Professor
    Biological Sciences
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  • School of Natural Sciences, Biological Sciences, 320a Life Sciences Building, Sandy Bay Campus, Sandy Bay Campus, TAS

BIO

Chris Burridge is an Associate Professor in the Discipline of Biological Sciences. His research interests encompass Biogeography, Population and Landscape Genetics, and Molecular Phylogenetics. Chris has studied molecular variation in natural populations and species for over 20 years, including four postdoctoral positions in Australia, New Zealand, and the USA.

Biography
Chris obtained his PhD from the University of Tasmania for a study of the evolutionary relationships among a group of marine fishes (cirrhoitds) using molecular approaches. Chris then completed four postdoctoral positions. At Texas A&M University and Deakin University he studied genetic variation in exploited marine fishes and freshwater taxa of conservation concern. At the University of Otago investigated the legacies of historical changes to drainage configuration (e.g., River Capture) on genetic relationships among contemporary fish populations, and then employed geologically-derived age estimates for these events to calibrate molecular clocks. At CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric Research Chris conducted additional research on exploited marine fishes, before returning to the University of Tasmania, where he now studies a wide variety of taxa and questions using molecular approaches.

Qualifications
PhD Evolutionary Genetics of Cirrhitoid Fishes University of Tasmania Australia 2000
BSc (1st Class Hons) Molecular Phylogeny of Cheilodactylid & Latrid Fishes University of Tasmania Australia 1996

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor
    University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia2019 - present
  • Senior Lecturer
    University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia2014 - 2018
  • Lecturer
    University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia2008 - 2013
  • Research Scientist
    CSIRO, Australia2008 - 2008
  • Postdoc
    University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand2005 - 2008
  • Postdoc
    Deakin University, Australia2002 - 2005
  • Postdoc
    Texas A&M University, College Station, United States1999 - 2002

DEGREES

  • PhD
    University of Tasmania, Australia1996 - 2000
  • BSc(Hons)
    University of Tasmania, Australia1995 - 1995
  • BSc
    University of Tasmania, Australia1992 - 1994

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Graduate Certificate of Teaching and Learning
    University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

SCHOOL AND PORTFOLIO

  • School of Natural Sciences

FIELD OF RESEARCH