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ProfessorMatthew Symonds

Associate Head of School, Burwood

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences

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  • Associate Head of School, Burwood
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • +61 3 925 17437 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

TEACHING EXPERTISE

Evolutionary biology, Ecology, Animal Behaviour

Expertise Summary
Evolutionary biology Pheromones Bird Ecology Insect behaviour Publication and
gender issues in science
- Behaviour
- Biology
- Ecology
- Environment and environmental issues
- Science
- Wildlife

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • UNIT TAUGHT
    School of LES Honours Courses Director
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    SLE 370 Evolution (unit chair)
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    SLE 452 Research Design and Data Analysis (unit chair)
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    plus contribution towards
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    SLE 151 Biodiversity
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    SLE 307 Behavioural Ecology
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    SLE 451 Science Professionalism
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Flight, fear and fitness: The adaptive significance of escape responses in birds
    April Timmis - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Determinants of Avian Shape-shifting Responses to Climate Change
    Jake Aaron Tyers - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Incorporating ecosystem services into systematic conservation planning for effective on-ground decision-making
    Bhavendu Nalinbhai Joshi - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Understanding Spatial Restrictions of Short-range Endemic Beetles of the South-Eastern Australian Montane Archipelago
    Aidan Fitt - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    A Phylogenetic and Metabolomic Approach to Identify Medicinal Potential in Australasian Magnoliids
    Sundara Mudiyanselage Udayanga Mawalagedera - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2019
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Environmental determinants of mating aggregations in "harem" polygynous insects
    Melissa Griffin - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2020
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Evaluating the capacity of biodiversity indicators to support conservation policy
    Simone Stevenson - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2022
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Shape-Shifting Birds: Morphological Responses to Climate Change
    Sara Marie Karin Ryding - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2024
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Understanding Thunderstorm Asthma: An Investigation of Underlying Mechanisms and Novel Detection Strategies
    Kira Morgan Hughes - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2025