I graduated from the School of Zoology in 2000. I have since completed postdoctoral positions at Texas A&M University, Deakin University, University of Otago, and CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric Research. I have worked on a variety of taxa, mostly fishes, but also freshwater and terrestrial invertebrates and vertebrates (crayfish, owls, penguins, native ).
Research Interests
My research interests encompass three disciplines. Firstly, I am interested in the reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships based on DNA sequences to address questions of biogeography and earth history, trait evolution, macroecology, and taxonomy. Secondly, I am interested in the use of molecular data (predominantly microsatellites) for the inference of historical and contemporary movement of individuals among populations, and changes in population size (impact of perturbations, past climate changes etc.). I am particularly interested in the incorporation of earth science and spatial information science (i.e. GIS) into the above disciplines. I am also interested in the study of evolution at the molecular level, particularly that involving the molecular clock hypothesis, but also mitochondrial genomics.
The School of Zoology is a founding member of the Molecular Genetics Laboratory, which houses the necessary infrastructure for molecular genetic research.
My research is focussed on four topics at present:
- Biogeography: assessing the past roles of dispersal, vicariance, and extinction on contemporary distributions (e.g. Gondwanan vicariance, antitropicality).
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Impact of landscape evolution and historical climate change on the distribution of taxa (e.g. the impacts of river piracy on freshwater-limited taxa).
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Gene flow among populations and the influence of intervening environments (e.g. oceanographic breaks)
- Factors influencing rates of molecular evolution (e.g. metabolic rate, time dependency).
Honours and postgraduate projects are
available in each of these themes.
Research Areas:
UnitsSelected Publications:- Burridge, C.P., Craw, D., Jack, D.C., King, T.M., and Waters, J.M., 2008, 'Does fish ecology predict dispersal across a river drainage divide? ', Evolution, 62, pgs. 1484-1499
- Overeem, R.L., Peucker, A.J., Austin, C.M., Dann, P., and Burridge, C.P., 2008, 'Contrasting genetic structuring between colonies of the World’s smallest penguin, Eudyptula minor (Aves: Spheniscidae). ', Conservation Genetics, 9, pgs. 893-905
- Burridge, C.P., Craw, D. Fletcher, D., and Waters, J.M., 2008, 'Geological dates and molecular rates: fish DNA sheds light on time-dependency. ', Molecular Biology and Evolution, 25, pgs. 624-633
- Burridge, C.P., and Versace, V. L., 2007, 'Population genetic structuring in Acanthopagrus butcheri (Pisces: Sparidae): does low gene flow among estuaries apply to both sexes? ', Marine Biotechnology, 9, pgs. 33-44
- Burridge, C.P., Meléndez, R, and Dyer, B.S, 2006, 'Independent origins of the Juan Fernández kelpfish fauna (Perciformes: Chironemidae), and evidence for frequent and unidirectional dispersal of cirrhitoid fishes across the South Pacific.', Systematic Biology, 55, pgs. 566-578
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