Biography
Nick Beeton is an ecological modeller, with a background in Applied Mathematics from an Honours degree obtained at the University of Sydney. His introduction to ecology and epidemiology came from his PhD at the University of Tasmania, working with Tasmanian devils and their infectious cancer Devil Facial Tumour Disease. He then completed two postdocs at UTas: the first looking at spatial modelling of invasive and threatened species with the Landscapes and Policy Hub of the National Environmental Research Project (NERP), and the second developing new approaches in phylogenetics and niche modelling of conifers and other plant species.
He now works with CSIRO Data61 under the leadership of Dr Keith Hayes in Hobart on the ecological and human health risks associated with transgenic methods of controlling malaria vectors, funded through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative.
Achievements and Awards
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2011-2011
Southwood Prize
British Ecological Society
Professional Areas
Fields of Research
Current
- Ordinary Differential Equations, Difference Equations and Dynamical Systems (010109)
- Biological Mathematics (010202)
- Numerical Solution of Differential and Integral Equations (010302)
- Numerical Analysis (010301)
- Statistical Theory (010405)
- Population Ecology (060207)
- Ecological Impacts of Climate Change (050101)
- Invasive Species Ecology (050103)
- Landscape Ecology (050104)
Academic Qualifications
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2012
PhD (Population and disease in the Tasmanian devil)
University of Tasmania -
2006
Bachelor of Science (Honours)
University of Sydney
Professional Experiences
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2017-2018
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Tasmania (ARC Discovery Project) -
2016-2016
Research Associate
Australian Antarctic Division -
2015-2015
Lecturer (Real and Complex Analysis)
University of Tasmania -
2012-2014
Postdoctoral Fellowship
University of Tasmania (Landscapes and Policy Hub, NERP)