News

February 2019: I have been invited to join the IUCN skink specialist group. I will provide my expertise on skink conservation issues as well as compile and review Red List assessments.

November 2018: I participated in the Australian Alpine Animal Working Group workshop in the beautiful Katoomba, NSW. We used a "structured expert judgement" technique to assess the current and future ranges and population densities of alpine fauna.


About Me

I am an evolutionary biologist with a soft spot for little brown skinks.

Main research interests:

• Hybridization
• Species delimitation
• Reptile natural history

Current projects:

• Bell Frog diversity across native and invasive populations
• Characterization of MHC in mule deer
• Phylogenetics of Pseudemoia spp. using Next-Generation Sequencing

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Contact details
Margaret Haines
Museums Victoria
Sciences
11 Nicholson St
Carlton, VIC 3056
Australia
Email: mhaines@museum.vic.gov.au