Visiting Research Fellow
The University of Melbourne

Twitter: @Mikey_Whitehead

For full details, please download my most recent academic curriculum vitae or abridged curriculum vitae

Qualifications

July 19^th 2013: PhD Australian National University (ANU).

2000 – 2004: BSc (Hons 1^st class) Biological Science University of New South Wales (UNSW).

Population genetic structure and evolutionary dynamics of Elaeocarpus reticulatus in New South Wales. Supervisors: Bill Sherwin (UNSW), Maurizio Rossetto & Darren Crayn (Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney)

 

Research and teaching appointments

Jun 2019 – Dec 2019: Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Success and failure in plant translocations for conservation. University of Queensland.

May 2016 – May 2019: McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Pollination and adaptation in the Australian flora. University of Melbourne.

Mar 2016 – Aug 2016: Endeavour Postdoctoral Fellowship: Global plant-mating systems meta-analysis. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA.

Sept 2015 – Dec 2015: Casual lecturer: Field Studies in Functional Ecology (BIOL2203), The Australian National University.

Apr 2013 – Jan 2016: Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Above and below ground interactions in Caladenia spider orchids. The Australian National University / Kings Park Botanic Garden

Nov 2012 – Mar 2014: Postdoctoral Scholar: Floral community colour and pollination in the South African orchid flora. University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Aug 2007– Dec 2007: Research Assistant: Invasion genetics of European Starlings. University of New South Wales

Mar 2007 – Jun 2007: Research Assistant: DNA barcoding of Australian flora. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

Mar 2005 – Feb 2007: Research Assistant: Empirical tests of population genetics theory, and technician; Molecular Ecology and Evolution Facility. University of New South Wales

  

Research grants awarded

2017: Hermon Slade Foundation Research Grant ($53 994 AUD)

MR Whitehead: Plant biodiversity and adaptation in a changing world: the effects of animal pollinators

2016: McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellowship ($286 000 AUD)

2016: Endeavour Postdoctoral Research Fellowship ($20 000 AUD)

2014: Australian Orchid Foundation  ($10 000 AUD)

MR Whitehead, Rod Peakall, Kingsley Dixon, Celeste Linde: Below ground diversity in an orchid biodiversity hotspot.

2012: Percy Sladen Memorial Fund grant (£750 GBP)

MR Whitehead: Are pollinators of rewardless flowers betrayed by learning or instinct?

2008 – 2010: Australian Pacific Science Foundation Research Grant ($30 000 AUD)

MR Whitehead and R Peakall: Gene flow in Australian sexually deceptive orchids.