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Professor Tracey Rogers

Professor Tracey Rogers

Professor
Science
School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences

We examine how mammals overcome the challenges of living within changing environments

Awards & Achievements

2015: Finalist Australian Academy Science, Nancy Millis Medal

2011: Finalist Eureka Prize People's Choice Science Award

2011: Finalist Eureka Prize Animal Protection, Research & Innovation

2008-2010: Ambassador, Australian Institute of Policy & Science Tall Poppy Program for outstanding scientific research and communication

2009: F.G. Wood Memorial Prize, International Soc...
Phone
02 9385 8095
E-mail
t.rogers@unsw.edu.au
Location
Room 5107, Level 5 West Biological Sciences South (E26) UNSW, Kensington 2052

Professional affiliations and service positions

Scientific member, Scientific Committee Antarctic Research (SCAR) Expert Group on Birds and Marine Mammals (EG-BAMM) 2007-present

Scientific member, DECCW Marine Fauna Advisory Committee, NSW Office of the Environment & Heritage Department of Premier and Cabinet      2010-present

Node representative, NSW Integrated Marine Observing System  (2012 to present)

I am an active participant in Scientists in Schools, and have run workshops for children at the Powerhouse Museum, Taronga Conservation Society Australia, Sydney Institute of Marine Science.

I was a judge for Australian Institute of Policy & Science Tall Poppy Program

My Research Supervision

Lucinda Chambers - Acoustic behaviour of marine mammals

Ben Jancovich - Developing new methods and tools for detecting, and analyzing animal vocalisations within very large audio datasets, and using those methods to study the vocal behaviours of blue whales.

Jane McPhee-Frew - Ecology of the killer whale

Andrea Cormack – The ecology of male southern elephant seals 

Ben Walker - Conservation ecology of leopards in northern Botswana

 

Past PhD students - where are they now

Adelaide Dedden (PhD completed 2023 - Tracking oceanic change and Mysticete whale behaviour through stable isotope oscillations along baleen plates). Currently: Marine Wildlife Conservation Programs Branch, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (Australia).

Anna Lewis (PhD completed 2023 –  Ecology of Tasmanian devils) Currently: Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Science, University of NSW, Sydney (Australia).

Gary Truong (PhD completed 2021 - Drivers of great whale behaviour). Currently: Teaching Support Administrator, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Science, University of NSW, Sydney (Australia).

Cameron Radford (PhD completed 2022 - Human-wildlife conflict). Currently: Postdoctoral Researcher Conservation Biologist, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) Berlin (Germany)

Catharina Vendl (PhD completed 2020 - Microbiome of humpback whales). Currently: Research Veterinarian, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Alabama (US)

Kobe Martin (PhD completed 2019 - Rethinking the evolution of acoustic signals in mammals). Currently: Graduate Project Officer NSW Public Works (Australia)

Ricardo Alvarez (PhD completed 2019 - Drivers of spatial patterns of South American marine mammals).  Currently: World Wildlife Fund (Chile)

Alicia Guerrero (PhD completed 2018 - Macroecological patterns in mammalian fatty acid distribution: diet, thermoregulation, streamlining). Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Universidad de Valparaíso (Chile)

Naysa Balcazar (PhD submitted 2016 - Acoustics: a tool to reveal the behaviour of the blue whale). Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, COPAS Sur-Austral Research Center, Depto de Oceanografia, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción (Chile)

Tempe Adams (PhD commenced 2016 - Can humans and elephants coexist? with Keith Leggett).  Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Elephants without Boarders Kasane (Botswana)

Marlee Tucker (PhD completed 2015 - Macroecological patterns in mammals: body size, space use and diet). Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science at Radboud University in Nijmegen (Netherlands)

Marie Attard (PhD completed 2014 – Did competition influence the thylacine’s extinction with Dr Steve Wroe). Currently: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London (UK)

Carol Palmer (PhD completed 2014 – Ecology of the Australian Snubfin (Orcaella heinsohni) and Indo-Pacific Humpback (Sousa chinensis) dolphins in the Northern Territory. (PhD with Prof Chris Austin). Currently: Senior Scientist (Marine Mammals) Marine Ecosystems, Department of Land Resource Management, Northern Territory (Australia)

Tiffanie Nelson (PhD completed 2012 – Patterns in the evolution of gut microbiota in mammals with Dr Mark Brown). Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Montana State University (USA)

Joy Tripovich (PhD completed 2006 - Vocal behaviour in fur seals: neighbour-stranger recognition). Currently: Behavioural Biologist, Taronga Conservation Society Australia (Australia)

Kym Collins (PhD completed 2006 – Mother-pup vocal behaviour in Weddell seals). Currently: Senior Research Scientist, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Western Australia (Australia)

Rachael Gray (PhD completed 2005 – Health parameters of southern pack ice seals).  Currently: Associate Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney (Australia)

Sophie Hall-Aspland (PhD completed 2005 – Foraging ecology of leopard seals). Currently: NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and Department of Primary Industries and Charles Sturt University, School of Animal and Veterinary Science (Australia). 

Carolyn Hogg (PhD completed 2005 – Non-invasive sampling of steroids in whale blow). Currently: Professor, Australasian Wildlife Genomics Group and Lead/Chair, Threatened Species Initiative, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney (Australia)