We use molecular tools to investigate many aspects of coral biology including comparative genomics, development, stress responses and calcification.

Current work focuses on cooperative breeding of superb fairy-wrens and woodswallows.

Group research topics include insect physiology, salt and water regulation; locust and grapevine scale biology, and environmental physiology.

The aim of our research is to understand the ecology and evolution of interactions between plants and animals in the Australian biota.

We study the mechanisms behind the proximal processes of evolution – those that lead to population differentiation, divergence and ultimately speciation.

We are interested in insect navigation and the sensory, neural and behavioural adaptations that underpin navigational competence in insects.