Dr John Llewelyn

Research Fellow in Palaeo-Ecological

College of Science and Engineering

john.llewelyn@flinders.edu.au

Biological Sciences

GPO Box 2100, ADELAIDE, SA, 5001

Environmental change can dramatically affect species, which can, in turn, trigger a cascade of effects through an ecosystem. My research is on global change biology—studying the responses of species and ecosystems to human-induced and natural environmental change.

I joined the Global Ecology Lab at Flinders University and the Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity as a postdoctoral research fellow in October 2018. I am studying ancient species extinctions, using ecological network modelling to investigate their causes and consequences.

From 2017 to 2018 I worked as a Predictive Analyst and Teaching Quality Data Specialist at James Cook University. Before this, I was a postdoctoral research fellow at James Cook University and CSIRO Townsville, where my project investigated how species adjust to different climates through adaptation and phenotypic plasticity.

Qualifications

Date	Educational institution	Qualification
2006 - 2011	The University of Sydney and James Cook University	PhD (“Impact of cane toads on native anurophagous predators”)
2004 - 2005	The University of New England	Graduate Diploma in Education
2004	TAFE NSW	Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training
1999 - 2003	The University of Sydney	Bachelor of Science with 1^st Class Honours (“How are other aspects of an ectotherm’s biology affected by the time of day it is active?”)

Honours, awards and grants

2022	Legacy grant from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage
2019	Best oral presentation by an early career researcher at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage’s annual symposium, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
2010	Best oral presentation in the “Experimental Ecology” symposium, at the School of Marine and Tropical Biology postgraduate student conference, Townsville, Australia.
2007	Honourable mention for oral presentation at the Australian Society of Herpetologists conference in Albany, Australia.
2003	Best Honours thesis in animal biology, University of Sydney.