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michael.schwarz@flinders.edu.au
C O N T A C T
L O C A T I O N
Tel :
+61 8   8201 3729
Building :
Biological Sciences
Fax :
+61 8   8201 3015
Room :
160 / 161
Tel   (Lab) :
+61 8   8201 2540
 
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General information about Mike Schwarz
Career | Current Research | Current Teaching | Topic Coordinator

"We carry home as prizes, funny bugs of handy sizes, just to give the day a scientific tone."

....Charles Edward Carryl (1841-1920)

NEWS
July 2008

Pelin has her first paper accepted !!
(see publications)

MPS, Jacki, Luke, Haidi, Pelin are all going to the ICE conference in South Africa in July 2008, and will combine this with field work. All are travelling ex-Adelaide except, Haidi; ex-Egypt and Pelin; ex-Perth.
Website : major revision mostly complete and now online. New version incorporates new DNA Resources page
MPS now has a Jabber ID. (about Jabber)
michael.schwarz@jabber.org.au
Tom Chapman, Sheena and Holly have been and gone back to Canada. Most of their time was spent in Middleback Ranges, SA. We had a BBQ while they were here, but we have no photos. Tom may put something online on his own website ... one day ...maybe Tom's Website


CAREER
I completed my doctoral work at Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) in 1987. A succession of post-doctoral fellowships followed at LaTrobe University (Melbourne, Australia). My Flinders University lectureship began in 1993, initially teaching in animal behaviour.

I coordinate an active programme of research with people at the Evolutionary Biology Unit within the South Australian Museum where the DNA-based component of our phylogenetic projects is hosted. Through collaborative research projects, I have developed and maintain ties with researchers from Simon Fraser University (Canada), Lausanne University (Switzerland), University of Pretoria (South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) and the CSIRO Division of Entomology (Canberra).
CURRENT RESEARCH
My research group conducts projects focussed on several inter-related topics involving social insects. Our insect subjects of choice are native bees and thrips. Research involves the use of molecular data and field ecology techniques. We have facilities and equipment to operate in both field and laboratory environments.
RESEARCH THEMES
evolution of social behaviour
behavioural ecology
phylogenetics
MAIN PROJECTS
intrinsic and extrinsic factors underlying social evolution in bees
social behaviour, sex allocation and molecular phylogenetics of thrips
assessing reproductive skew theories using allodapine bees
social evolution and phylogenetics of African and Australian allodapine bees
CURRENT TEACHING
Besides supervising post graduate students within my laboratory (see People), my teaching duties at Flinders University during 2008 include the following undergraduate topics.
BIOL1112  :  Biology and Society (2 lect.)
BIOL1601  :  Evolution of Biological Diversity
BIOL2121  :  Genetics, Evolution and Biodiversity
BIOL3003  :  Projects In Biology
BIOL3004  :  Projects In Biology
BIOL3005  :  Projects In Biology
BIOL3380  :  Animal Behaviour
SERC1012  :  Introduction to Research
TOPIC CO-ORDINATOR
In 2008 I am the co-ordinator for the following topics.
BIOL3003  :  Projects In Biology
BIOL3004  :  Projects In Biology
BIOL3005  :  Projects In Biology
BIOL3380  :  Animal Behaviour
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