DrZoe Xirocostas

I am the subject coordinator and co-lecturer for the first-year undergraduate subject 91123 Nature & Evolution (Summer session), which explores the considerable variation among living organisms and how they interact with their environment. I am also a guest lecturer and teaching associate for 91309 Biodiversity Conservation, a third-year undergraduate subject with a learning focus on the application of ecological science in the conservation of biodiversity. 

I was previously a teaching associate for 91154 Ecology, a second-year undergraduate subject that aims to develop hands-on scientific skills that are vital for ecological careers across the globe.

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Current lab members:

Ella Buchanan (18cp Intern; Spring 2026) [Co-supervised with A/Prof Brad Murray]
Luke Carr (Honours; 2026/27) [Co-supervised with Dr Yvonne Davila and Dr Inna Osmolovsky]
Joni McGarry (Honours; 2026) [Co-supervised with Dr Yvonne Davila]
Natalie Lim (Honours; 2026) [Co-supervised with A/Prof Brad Murray and Dr Anne Griebel]

Olivia De La Mare (Masters; 2025 – present) [Co-supervised with A/Prof Brad Murray and Prof Jonathan Webb]

Molly Wallace (PhD; 2024 - present) [Co-supervised with A/Prof Brad Murray and Dr Yvonne Davila]

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Past lab members:

Luke Carr (12cp Intern; Summer 2025/26) [Co-supervised with Dr Inna Osmolovsky]
Michelle Bird (Environment Research Project A; Spring 2025) [Co-supervised with A/Prof Brad Murray]
Lauren Blue (6cp Intern; Spring 2025) [Co-supervised with A/Prof Brad Murray]
Georgia Daniele (6cp Intern; Spring 2025) [Co-supervised with A/Prof Brad Murray]
Jae Bell (24cp Intern; Spring 2025) [Co-supervised with A/Prof Brad Murray]
Georgia Daniele (6cp Professional Intern; Spring 2025)
Audrey Bell (6cp Professional Intern; Spring 2025)
Sylvette Robinson (6cp Professional Intern; Spring 2025)
Katina Huang (18cp Intern; Spring 2025) 
Jayden Jackson-Hay (6cp Intern; Spring 2025) 
Joel Telfer (6cp Intern; Spring 2025) 
Soph-ea Moeln (Research Assistant; 2025)

Tully Lily-Merigan (Honours; 2025) [Co-supervised with A/Prof Brad Murray, Dr Jen Matthews and Natasha Bartels]
Adam Powell (Honours; 2024/25) [Co-supervised with A/Prof Brad Murray and Dr Anne Griebel]
Rohan Chretien (18cp Intern; Spring 2024) [Co-supervised with Dr Yvonne Davila]

Marcelle Tiller (6cp Intern; Spring 2024)

Olivia De La Mare (12cp Intern; Spring 2024) [Co-supervised with A/Prof Brad Murray]

Madelon Cruickshank (Honours; 2022) [Co-supervised with Prof Angela Moles]
Thesis: Introducing the COVERater - A training tool that decreases inaccuracy of cover estimates in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. 
 -> Now in the Graduate Development Program of the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.

Sebastian Schwarz (Honours; 2020) [Co-supervised with Prof Angela Moles]
Thesis: Plants with domatia house mycophagous mites to endure wetter climates for fungal control
-> Now a Policy Officer at the Department of Agriculture & the Environment.