Associate Professor Duncan Mackay

Full Academic Status

College of Science and Engineering

+61 8 8201 2723

duncan.mackay@flinders.edu.au

Biological Sciences

GPO Box 2100, ADELAIDE, SA, 5001

I completed an Honours degree at Sydney University studying the homing behaviour of limpets and then took an abiding interest in movement and foraging behaviours to the University of Texas at Austin where I did my PhD on the searching behaviours of ovipositing checkerspot butterflies. On returning to Australia, I continued my research on butterflies during a postdoc with CSIRO before commencing as an academic at Flinders. My current research interests are centred around the biology and conservation of insect-plant interactions, including pollination, herbivory and seed dispersal.

Teaching interests

I coordinate, with Dr. Molly Whalen, the BSc in Biodiversity and Conservation degree.

Topic coordinator

BIOD3001 Biodiversity & Conservation 3

BIOL3152 Conservation Biology and Restoration Ecology

Topic lecturer

BIOL3151 Plant Evolution and Ecology

BIOD1102 Biodiversity & Conservation 1

BIOL2162 Functional Biology and Experimental Design

Professional engagement

I am interested in involving the community in conservation activities and I am currently working with other researchers at Flinders to develop interpretive material to stimulate interest and activity by members of the public in conserving plant-animal interactions.

Expert for media contact

Animals

Behaviour

Insects

Statistics

Animal Behaviours

Biostatistics

Conservation Biology

Insect-Plant Interactions

Available for contact via

+61 8 8201 2723

duncan.mackay@flinders.edu.au