Currently my interests lie in:

• DNA barcoding of fishes (I lead a BPA project in this area), sharks and rays
• NGS of fish (we are just starting to get into this area and coming to grips with the requirements around large data processing and analysis)
• metabarcoding and eDNA assessment of fish (eggs, larvae, DNA) in the marine environment
• barcoding of degraded specimens from the ANFC – particularly with respect to mini-barcoding of our extensive formalin preserved ANFC culture specimens
• genomic characterisation of ANACC’s micro-algal resources
• characterisation of bacterial communities from ANACC strains
• single colony algae isolation, extractions and characterisation
• promoting the use of our ANFC and ANACC for genetic/genomic purposes

for species identifications, ecology, population connectivity and biodiversity assessments for fish (primarily marine) and algae.