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Joseph David DiBattista Chamberlain

Early Career Research Fellow

Curtin University

Perth, Australia

Líneas de Investigación


Life-history, fish ecology, coral reef ecosystems, meta-barcoding, genomics, taxonomy, hybridisation, environmental DNA, comparative phylogeography, genetics, population genetics, quantitative genetics, evolutionary ecology.

Educación

  •  Biology, MCGILL UNIVERSITY. Canada, 2009
  •  Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA. Canada, 2005
  •  Microbiology and Immunology, MCGILL UNIVERSITY. Canada, 2001

Experiencia Académica

  •   Early Career Research Fellow Full Time

    CURTIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

    Science and Engineering

    Perth, Australia

    2015 - A la fecha

  •   Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

    King Abdullah University of Science & Tecnology

    Thuwal, Arabia Saudí

    2013 - 2015

  •   NSERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow Full Time

    Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology

    Kaneohe, Estados Unidos

    2009 - 2012

Formación de Capital Humano


I supervised one Ph.D., three M.Sc., and three honours students to completion, each having been trained in field and lab techniques. These students co-authored one to three scientific articles each and secured scholarships to continue their career in academia. I am now co-supervising three additional HDR students in the TrEnD laboratory at Curtin University.


Difusión y Transferencia


I generated pilot meta-barcoding data within the TrEnD laboratory at Curtin University using our TRACE clean-room and next-generation sequencing instruments (Illimuna technologies) in order to detect invasive mammals in Chilean watershed samples.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postdoctoral Fellowship

    NSERC

    Canada, 2009

    A nationally competitive three-year postdoctoral fellowship.

  •   Curtin University Early Career Research Fellowship

    CURTIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

    Australia, 2015

    An internationally competitive four-year post-doctoral fellowship. From 400 applicants only 12 fellowships were offered across the university.

  •   Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postgraduate Fellowship

    NSERC

    Canada, 2005

    A nationally competitive three-year graduate fellowship.


 

Article (10)

Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection

Siepielski, Adam; Morrisey, Michael B.; Buoro, Mathieu; Carlson, Stephanie M.; Caruso, Christina M.; Clegg, Sonya M.; Couslon, Tim; Gotanda, Kyoko M.; Francis, Clinton D.; Hereford, Joe; et al.

Article This paper makes use of our database of temporal and spatial replicates of natural selection in the wild to identify the effects of climate change on evolutionary processes.
Science  (2017)

A review of contemporary patterns of endemism for shallow water reef fauna in the Red Sea

Roberts, May; Bowen, Brian W.; Coker, Darren F.; Lozano-Cortés, Diego F.; Choat, John H.; Gaither, Michelle R.; Hobbs, Jean-Paul; Khalil, Maha; Kochzius, Mark; Myers, Robert; et al.

Article This landmark synthesis paper outlines an ecological framework, and provides baseline data, for all future marine studies in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea region.
Journal of Biogeography  (2016)

Comparative phylogeography of the ocean planet

Bowen, Brian W.; Gaither, Michelle R.; Iacchei, Matt; Andrews, Kimberley R.; Grant, W.S.; Toonen, Robert J.; Briggs, John C.

Article This paper outlines genetic patterns in the marine environment, provides a foundation for conservation initiatives across the ocean planet, and was converted into a book chapter (National Academies Press).
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA  (2016)

Two decades of genetic profiling yields first evidence of natal philopatry and long-term fidelity to parturition sites in sharks

Feldheim, Kevin A.; Gruber, Samuel H.; Babcock, Elizabeth A.; Kessel, Steven A.; Hendry, Andrew P.; Pikitch, Ellen A.; Ashely, Mary V.; Chapman, Demian D.

Article This paper is significant because it highlights the value of maintaining long term datasets in high impact fields such as Genetics & Heredity, Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, and Environmental Science.
Molecular Ecology  (2014)

After continents divide: Comparative phylogeography of reef fishes from the Red Sea and Indian Ocean

Berumen, Michael L.; Gaither, Michelle R.; Rocha, Luiz A.; Eble, Jeff A.; Choat, John H.; Craig, Matthew T.; Skillings, Derek; Bowen, Brian W.

Article This paper provides evidence that at least some Red Sea reef fauna survived the multiple salinity crises (a contentious issue) and the Red Sea is an evolutionary incubator.
Journal of Biogeography  (2013)

The origins of tropical marine biodiversity

Bowen, Brian W.; Rocha, Luiz A.; Bird, Chris J.; Karl, Steve A.; Eble, Jeff A.; Skillings, Derek; Gaither, Michelle R.; Craig, Matthew T.; Toonen, Robert J.

Article This paper shifts the focus of phylogeographic study in our tropical seas from biodiversity hotspots to hotspots of endemism.
Trends in Ecology & Evolution  (2013)

The spatial patterns of directional phenotypic selection

Siepielski, Adam; Gotanda, Kyoko; Morrisey, Michael; Diamond, Stephanie; Carlson, Stephanie

Article This papers further develops the formation of working groups in Evolutionary Biology by using meta-analyses to tap into the significant resources of previously published studies.
Ecology Letters  (2013)

Evolutionary potential of a large marine vertebrate: Quantitative genetic parameters in a wild population

Feldheim, Kevin A.; Garant, Dany; Gruber, Samuel H.; Hendry, Andrew P.

Article This paper provides the first pedigree for a marine organism in the wild. A follow-up research program on the heritability of behavioural traits in sharks was designed around this outcome.
Evolution  (2009)

It’s about time: The temporal dynamics of selection in the wild

Siepielski, Adam; Carlson, Stephanie

Article This papers sets a precedent for the formation of working groups in Evolutionary Biology by using meta-analyses to tap into the significant resources of previously published studies.
Ecology Letters  (2009)

Are indirect genetic benefits associated with polyandry? A test in a natural population of lemon sharks

Feldheim, Kevin A.; Gruber, Samuel H.; Hendry, Andrew P.

Article This paper advances the field of Behavioural Ecology and forwards a new hypothesis in large marine vertebrates that continues to be tested (and thus cited) in other vertebrate taxa.
Molecular Ecology  (2008)

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Joseph DiBattista

Early Career Research Fellow

Department of Environment and Agriculture

Curtin University

Perth, Australia