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Associate ProfessorChristopher Burridge

Associate Professor

Biological Sciences

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  • Associate Professor
    Biological Sciences
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  • +61 3 6226 7653 (Work)
  • School of Natural Sciences, Biological Sciences, 320a Life Sciences Building, Sandy Bay Campus, Sandy Bay Campus, TAS

SUPERVISION AND TEACHING SUMMARy

Teaching
Biogeography, Population Genetics, Phylogenetics, Conservation Genetics, Cell Biology

Teaching expertise
Graduate Certificate of University Teaching & Learning

Teaching responsibility
KPZ164 - Cell Biology, Genetics & Evolution
KPZ314 - Fauna of Tasmania
KPZ303 - Behavioural & Evolutionary Ecology
KPZ309 - Applied Genetics and Biotechnology

Research Supervision
Christopher has a history of supervising students working on a range of taxa (both plant and animals) and questions (both inter- and intra-specific). He also has a strong history of supervising and collaborating in inter-disciplinary research, including the fields of biogeography, earth science, behavioural ecology, conservation biology, systematics, and ecology.

SUPERVISION & TEACHING

  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Assessing the distribution, ecology, and conservation of Tasmania's endemic Astacopsis crayfish
    1 Sep 2026
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Climate impacts on sky island reptiles
    10 Jun 2024
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Quoll translocation individual attributes
    18 Mar 2024
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Ecology of Tasmanian birds of prey
    22 Jan 2024
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Southern Ocean sedaDNA
    13 Jun 2023
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Sex reversal in the Tasmanian spotted snow skink: Causes and consequences
    1 Oct 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Ecological Interactions and Evolutionary Signatures of Invasive Black Rats in Anthropogenic Tasmanian Ecosystems
    20 Apr 2021 - 26 Aug 2026
    Kawinwit Kittipalawattanapol
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Conservation Genomics of Galaxiid Fishes
    1 Dec 2020 - 18 Dec 2025
    Charlotte Jense
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Predators, Patchy Landscapes and Parasites: Comparing responses to novel threats in two Tasmanian bandicoots
    1 Dec 2020
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Tasmanian Eastern Barred Bandicoot: Distribution and abundance, habitat use and response to restoration;;
    6 Oct 2020
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Genomic Insights into Climatic Influences on Seabird Diversity across Spatial Scales
    1 Oct 2020 - 5 May 2025
    Ying Xin Elize Ng
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Expanding upon the Complex Pathology caused by Sarcoptes scabiei: A bare-nosed wombat study system
    27 Apr 2020 - 28 Aug 2024
    Christina Naesborg-Nielsen
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Will Natural Selection Save the Tasmanian Devil From Extinction?
    1 Feb 2020
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Tomorrow is Yesterday: Early-life conditions shape ectotherm life histories
    1 Nov 2018 - 1 Mar 2024
    Hans Alexander Hansson
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Insights from a Different Vantage Point: New modelling of vaccination and epidemiology of Chlamydia infections
    6 Oct 2017 - 13 Aug 2021
    David Lizarraga
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Unravelling the Geographic Structure and Introgressive Spread of a Sexually Selected Colour Ornament in Wall Lizards (Podarcis muralis)
    1 Jun 2017 - 3 May 2022
    Maravillas Ruiz Minano
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    From Rivers to Ocean Basins - Quantifying Sex-specific Connectivity in Sharks
    15 May 2017 - 16 Dec 2021
    Floriaan Devloo-Delva
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Mechanisms Underlying Intraspecific Divergence in Sex Determination in Carinascincus ocellatus
    19 Dec 2016 - 13 Aug 2021
    Peta Leanne Hill
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Using DNA Metabarcoding to Assess Beetle Biodiversity for Ecologically Sustainable Forest Management
    17 Oct 2016 - 25 Jun 2021
    Mingxin Liu
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    A Taxonomic Revision of the Gold Coral Genus Chrysogorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Chrysogorgiidae) using a Combined Morphological and Molecular Approach, and Alternative Methods for Assessing Diversity of Deep-sea Octocorals in Underwater Imagery
    2 May 2016 - 16 Dec 2022
    Candice Bobby Untiedt
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Landscape Factors Shaping Host Connectivity and Pathogen Dynamics in Urban Bobcats (Lynx rufus)
    23 Feb 2015 - 16 Aug 2019
    Christopher Peter Kozakiewicz
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Bare-Nosed Wombat and its Pathogen, Sarcoptes scabiei
    3 Nov 2014 - 16 Aug 2019
    Alynn Marie Martin
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Mechanisms of Genetic Differentiation Among Seabird Populations
    31 Oct 2014 - 16 Aug 2019
    Anicee Jessica Marie Lombal
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Landscape and Restoration Genetics of Contrasting Tasmanian Marsupials
    28 Apr 2014 - 16 Aug 2019
    Kirstin Marie Proft
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Systematics of Scopariinae Moths in Australia: Taxonomy, molecular phylogeny and evolutionary history
    1 Mar 2014 - 20 Mar 2024
    Abbey Christine Throssell