Dr. Ang McGaughran

I am a Senior Lecturer at the University of Waikato (New Zealand). My previous academic experience includes:

  • 2016-2020: DECRA (Discovery Early Career Research Award) Fellow (Population Genomics), Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; Project: Historical pest genomes inform debate about how rapid evolution proceeds

  • 2014-2016: Postdoctoral Fellowship (Population Genomics and Phylogenetics), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Canberra, Australia; Project: Population genomics and comparative phylogenetics of the Australian pest moth, Helicoverpa armigera

  • 2010-2014: Postdoctoral Fellowship (Population Genomics), Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany; Project: Population genomics and trait evolution in the nematode, Pristionchus pacificus

  • 2006-2009: PhD (Molecular Biosciences), Massey University/Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Palmerston North, New Zealand; Thesis title: Polar evolution: molecular genetic and physiological parameters of Antarctic arthropod populations

  • 2003-2005: MSc (Genetics); first class honours, Waikato University, Hamilton, New Zealand; Thesis title: Genetic diversity and phylogeography of New Zealand and Antarctic arthropods

  • 2000-2002: BSc (Biology), Waikato University, Hamilton, New Zealand

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