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Dr Sean Buckley

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 3117
Email: s.buckley@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO19.384  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4929-6693

Sean is a Lecturer in Molecular Ecology and Environmental Management in the School of Science.

Current Teaching

  • SCI2117 Genetics
  • SCI3112 Evolution and Systematics

Background

Sean is a conservation and ecological geneticist and a passionate teacher, with experience as lecturer, demonstrator and unit coordinator across a range of topics including conservation and ecological genetics, ecological processes and wildlife management. An avid science communicator, Sean also runs the independent scientific blog The G-CAT, which aims to disseminate complex aspects of conservation, ecology, and the usage of genetics in these fields to a wider (non-scientific) audience.

  • 2023-Present: Adjunct Research Fellow, University of Western Australia
  • 2022-2023: Research Fellow, University of Western Australia
  • 2021: Research Associate, Flinders University

Research Areas and Interests

Sean has a research focus on integrating insights from genetics into applied and direct conservation management actions for a variety of taxa, including terrestrial mammals and freshwater fishes. Currently, his research focuses on integrating genetic, demographic, and environmental data to inform and improve translocation efforts for threatened marsupials. However, he does not consider himself limited by taxonomy, and loves to dabble with all kinds of critters (great and small). His research interests include:

  • Phylogenetics, phylogeography and evolutionary history
  • Population and adaptive genetics
  • Conservation genetics and applied conservation management
  • Genetic mixing/genetic rescue for conservation

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The Flinders University of South Australia, 2021.

Research Outputs

2024

Journal Articles

  • Buckley, S., Brauer, C., Lamin, C., Rose, P., Vornicu, D., Beheregaray, LB. (2024). A community-driven captive-breeding and reintroduction program maintains genetic diversity in a threatened freshwater fish. Conservation Science and Practice, 6(1), Article number e13054. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13054.
  • Buckley, S., Brauer, CJ., Unmack, PJ., Hammer, MP., Adams, M., Beatty, SJ., Morgan, DL., Beheregaray, LB. (2024). Long-term climatic stability drives accumulation and maintenance of divergent freshwater fish lineages in a temperate biodiversity hotspot. Heredity, 2024(Article in press), pp. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-024-00700-6.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Buckley, S., Brauer, CJ., Unmack, PJ., Hammer, MP., Beheregaray, LB. (2022). Variation in intraspecific demography drives localised concordance but species-wide discordance in responses to past climatic change. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 22(1), Article number 35. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-01990-2.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Buckley, S., Brauer, C., Unmack, P., Hammer, MP., Beheregaray, LB. (2021). The roles of aridification and sea level changes in the diversification and persistence of freshwater fish lineages. Molecular Ecology, 30(19), 4866-4883. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16082.

2018

Journal Articles

  • Buckley, S., Domingos, FM., Attard, CR., Brauer, CJ., Sandoval-Castillo, J., Lodge, R., Unmack, PJ., Beheregaray, LB. (2018). Phylogenomic history of enigmatic pygmy perches: Implications for biogeography, taxonomy and conservation. Royal Society Open Science, 5(6), Article number 172125. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.172125.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Associate Supervisor

  • Master of Science by Research, The use of eDNA to determine the ecological impact of translocated mammals

Completed Supervisions

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Genomic vulnerability to climate change in a Critically Endangered possum from southwestern Australia
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