Associate Professor
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Associate Professor
Biological Sciences
Orcid identifier0000-0002-8185-6091
- Associate ProfessorBiological Sciences
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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
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 ProfessorUniversity of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia2019 - present
- Senior LecturerUniversity of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia2014 - 2018
- LecturerUniversity of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia2008 - 2013
- Research ScientistCSIRO, Australia2008 - 2008
- PostdocUniversity of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand2005 - 2008
- PostdocDeakin University, Australia2002 - 2005
- PostdocTexas A&M University, College Station, United States1999 - 2002
DEGREES
- PhDUniversity of Tasmania, Australia1996 - 2000
- BSc(Hons)University of Tasmania, Australia1995 - 1995
- BScUniversity of Tasmania, Australia1992 - 1994
CERTIFICATIONS
- Graduate Certificate of Teaching and LearningUniversity of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
SCHOOL AND PORTFOLIO
- School of Natural Sciences