Ben Phillips

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Ben is a Professor at Curtin University’s School of Molecular and Life Sciences. He is a population biologist with a background in ecology and evolution, and is particularly interested in how spatial processes influence population and evolutionary dynamics. Ben started his professional life as a field biologist, but has slowly morphed into a modeler. He is interested in developing models describing population and evolutionary dynamics, and applying these to real problems in agriculture, health, and environment.

Ben moved to Curtin in 2023 to take up the Premier’s Science Fellowship. Prior to that, he worked at The University of Melbourne for nine years where he was promoted to Professor in 2021. He has also worked at James Cook University, The Australian Wildlife Conservancy, and The University of Sydney in various roles prior to this. Ben has held a Future Fellowship, a QEII Fellowship, and an Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Experience

  • 2023–present
    WA Premier's Science Fellow / Professor, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University
  • 2020–2022
    Professor, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne
  • 2017–2019
    Future Fellow / Associate Professor, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne
  • 2014–2016
    QEII Fellow / Senior Lecturer, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne
  • 2010–2013
    QEII Fellow / Senior Lecturer, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University
  • 2010–2010
    Regional Ecologist (NW Australia), Australian Wildlife Conservancy
  • 2006–2009
    Australian Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney

Education

  • 2005 
    University of Sydney, PhD Biology

Research Areas

  • Evolutionary Biology (0603)
  • Ecology (0602)

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