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Research interests
I lead the Landscape Genetics Lab in the School of Natural Sciences. Combined with field-collected spatial and ecological data, I use genomic sequencing approaches to address the effects of environmental variation on gene flow, local adaptation, and the impacts of pathogens in natural populations. In doing so, I examine how environmental conditions affect genetic connectivity and evolutionary processes within species. I link this information with data on pathogen impacts and diversity (e.g., parasites, viruses) to understand how species' persist and evolve across diverse landscapes. This may involve species of conservation concern, or invasive species and pests, across the animal kingdom (e.g. insects, reptiles, birds). Using these approaches, my research evaluates how land-use and climate change affect species' health, genetic diversity and their adaptive capacity. This information can assist us to manage species of ecological or economic relevance across spatial and temporal scales.
Biography
- Associate Professor, Macquarie University 2025-present
- ARC Future Fellow, Macquarie University 2024-present
- Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University 2018-2024
- Lecturer, Macquarie University 2015-2018
- Marie Curie Fellowship, Lund University, Sweden 2014-2015
- Wennergren Postdoctoral Fellowship, Lund University, Sweden 2013-2014.
- Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Queensland, Australia, 2011-2013
- Postdoctoral Fellowship (British Columbian government, Forest Sciences Program), University of British Columbia, Canada, 2008-2011.
- PhD, Flinders University, Australia 2005-2008
- Honours in Biology, Flinders University, Australia, 2004
- Bachelor of Science in Biodiversity and Conservation, Flinders University, Australia, 2001-2003
Teaching
- Convenor and lecturer: BIOL2110 Genetics, 2018-present
- Convenor and tutor: ENVS8407, Field Methods in Environmental Science, 2022-present
- Guest lecturer/tutor for BIOL8750, BIOL8610, BIOL3420
- Director of BSc Biology Major program 2020-2024
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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FT23: Untangling environmental effects on bee health in the face of Varroa
1/03/24 → 29/02/28
Project: Research
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Landscape genetics, movement, and the 'infectome' of Sydney's urban foxes
Carthey, A., Dudaniec, R., Geoghegan, J., Stow, A. & Towerton, A.
27/05/18 → …
Project: Research
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MQRAS 21 R2: Linking microbial with nutritional diversity in the invasive bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) across Tasmania
Dudaniec, R., Ponton, F., Le Roux, J. & Encinas-Viso, F.
25/01/22 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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Fitness and morphology support genetic differentiation across different geographic scales in a native insect utilising native vs. invasive host plants
Le Roux, J. J., Brown, L., Carroll, S. P., O'Hare, J. A., Herbert, J. M., Delamotte, N. M., Bersee, N., Iredell, S., Clarke, R. M., Kosak, S., Dudaniec, R. Y. & Geraghty, D. M., May 2025, In: Ecology and Evolution. 15, 5, p. 1-12 12 p., e71373.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Genomic introgression between critically endangered and stable species of Darwin's tree finches on the Galapagos Islands
Dudaniec, R. Y., Yadav, S., Catchen, J. & Kleindorfer, S., Jan 2025, In: Evolutionary Applications. 18, 1, p. 1-15 15 p., e70066.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Genomic introgression among endangered and stable species of Darwin’s tree finches on the Galapagos Islands
Dudaniec, R. Y., Yadav, S., Catchen, J. & Kleindorfer, S., Jun 2024, (Submitted) (bioRxiv).Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Landscape-wide metabarcoding of the invasive bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) shows interactions among the gut microbiome and pollen biome
Haque, S., Gamage, H. K. A. H., Kardum Hjort, C., Ponton, F., Encinas Viso, F., Paulsen, I. T. & Dudaniec, R. Y., 13 Sept 2024, (Submitted) (bioRxiv).Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Selection despite low genetic diversity and high gene flow in a rapid island invasion of the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris
Kardum Hjort, C., Paris, J. R., Smith, H. G. & Dudaniec, R. Y., Jan 2024, In: Molecular Ecology. 33, 2, p. 1-8 18 p., e17212.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Data from: The evolution of polymorphism in the warning coloration of the Amazonian poison frog Adelphobates galactonotus
Rojas, D. (Contributor), Momigliano, P. (Contributor), Lima, A. P. (Contributor), Simões, P. I. (Contributor), Dudaniec, R. (Contributor), Avila-Pires, T. C. S. (Contributor), Hoogmoed, M. S. (Contributor), Bitar, Y. O. C. (Contributor), Kaefer, I. L. (Contributor), Amézquita, A. (Contributor) & Stow, A. (Contributor), Macquarie University, 10 Jun 2022
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Evidence for rapid downward fecundity selection in an ectoparasite (Philornis downsi) with earlier host mortality in Darwin’s finches
Kleindorfer, S. (Contributor), Common, L. (Contributor), O'Connor, J. (Contributor), Dudaniec, R. (Contributor) & Peters, K. (Contributor), Macquarie University, 10 Jun 2022
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Avian vampire fly (Philornis downsi) intensity and mortality
Common, L. K. (Contributor), Sumasgutner, P. (Contributor), Dudaniec, R. (Contributor), Colombelli-Negrel, D. (Contributor) & Kleindorfer, S. (Contributor), Macquarie University, 11 Jun 2022
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Microgeographic adaptation corresponds with elevational distributions of congeneric montane grasshoppers
Yadav, S. (Contributor), Stow, A. (Contributor) & Dudaniec, R. (Contributor), Macquarie University, 10 Jun 2022
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Data from: Hybridization fluctuates with rainfall in Darwin's tree finches
Dudaniec, R. (Contributor), Macquarie University, 10 Jun 2022
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Activities
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Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics
Rachael Dudaniec (Participant)
19 Jan 2020 → 1 Feb 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop or event series
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Insect evolutionary responses to environmental shifts
Rachael Dudaniec (Speaker)
30 Oct 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Insect evolution in response to environmental gradients
Rachael Dudaniec (Speaker)
30 Oct 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Landscape genomics of Australian grasshoppers across climatic gradients
Rachael Dudaniec (Speaker)
8 Oct 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Workshop on Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics (WEEG2019)
Rachael Dudaniec (Participant)
4 Aug 2019 → 9 Aug 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop or event series
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Damselflies are rapidly evolving in response to global warming
30/04/18
1 item of Media coverage
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