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Linette Umbrello

(she/her)
Postdoctoral research associate, Queensland University of Technology

Research

- Documenting the diversity of Australia's smallest marsupial carnivores (Planigale, Sminthopsis, Antechninomys)
- Phylogeography and population genetics of dasyurid marsupials in the Pilbara and adjacent bioregions.
- Understanding the drivers of genetic differentiation and structure resulting from aridification during the Pleistocene.
- Investigating the morphological distinctiveness of isolated Pilbara dasyurid populations (Planigale and Dasyurus species).

Experience

  • 2021–2024
    Research Associate, Queensland University of Technology
  • 2011–2022
    Research Associate, Western Australian Museum

Education

  • 2019 
    The University of Western Australia, PhD

Professional Memberships

  • Australian Mammal Society