Eleanor Dormontt

Research Interests

Ecology Forensic Biology Forestry Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics

Dr Eleanor Dormontt

School of Biological Sciences

College of Science

I’m interested in how scientific approaches can be used to promote legal and sustainable utilisation of the world’s forest resources. Primarily this involves the application of DNA identification technologies but I’m also involved with the broader application and integration of complementary visual, genetic and chemical analysis methods. How scientific methods developed in an academic framework can be usefully translated and prepared for use as forensic tools, is another area of focus. More broadly I am interested in ecology in general and am currently course coordinator for Concepts in Ecology III.

Date Position Institution name
2016 - ongoing Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Adelaide
2013 - ongoing External Consultant on Mission United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
2013 - 2015 Postdoc and Timber ID Service Manager University of Adelaide
2011 - 2013 Biospatial Integration Officer Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN)

Language Competency
English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Date Institution name Country Title
2007 - 2013 University of Adelaide Australia PhD
2001 - 2004 University of Bristol United Kingdom BSc (Honours)

Year Citation
2023 Nurtjahjaningsih, I. L. G., Rimbawanto, A., Fauzi, M. A., Dormontt, E. E., Lowe, A. J., Hendrati, R. L., . . . Pujiono, E. (2023). Assessing the genetic structure of teak from Southeast Sulawesi and its implication for genetic conservation and utilization in Indonesia. Forest Science and Technology, 19(1), 21-29.
DOI Scopus4 WoS3
2022 Hu, J. -L., Ci, X. -Q., Liu, Z. -F., Dormontt, E. E., Conran, J. G., Lowe, A. J., & Li, J. (2022). Assessing candidate DNA barcodes for Chinese and internationally traded timber species.. Mol Ecol Resour, 22(4), 1478-1492.
DOI Scopus21 WoS21 Europe PMC8
2022 Low, M. C., Schmitz, N., Boeschoten, L. E., Cabezas, J. A., Cramm, M., Haag, V., . . . Lowe, A. J. (2022). Tracing the world’s timber: the status of scientific verification technologies for species and origin identification. IAWA Journal, 44(1), 1-22.
DOI Scopus34 WoS26
2022 Bunney, E., McInerney, F. A., Dormontt, E., Malik, A., Welti, N., Wilkins, D., . . . Lowe, A. J. (2022). Safeguarding sandalwood: A review of current and emerging tools to support sustainable and legal forestry. Plants People Planet, 5(2), 190-202.
DOI Scopus15 WoS13
2020 Dormontt, E. E., Jardine, D. I., van Dijk, K. -J., Dunker, B. F., Dixon, R. R. M., Hipkins, V. D., . . . Lowe, A. J. (2020). Forensic validation of a SNP and INDEL panel for individualisation of timber from bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum Pursch).. Forensic science international. Genetics, 46, 7 pages.
DOI Scopus23 WoS19 Europe PMC11
2019 Jiao, L., He, T., Dormontt, E. E., Zhang, Y., Lowe, A. J., & Yin, Y. (2019). Applicability of chloroplast DNA barcodes for wood identification between Santalum album and its adulterants. Holzforschung, 73(2), 209-218.
DOI Scopus13 WoS12
2019 Dunker, B., Dormontt, E., van Dijk, K., Dixon, R., Jardine, D., Kireta, D., . . . Lowe, A. (2019). A set of 156 SNP markers for teak (Tectona grandis Linn. f.). Conservation Genetics Resources, 12(2), 205-207.
DOI Scopus6 WoS6
2018 Dormontt, E., van Dijk, K., Bell, K., Biffin, E., Breed, M., Byrne, M., . . . Lowe, A. (2018). Advancing DNA barcoding and metabarcoding applications for plants requires systematic analysis of herbarium collections-an Australian perspective. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 6(SEP), 1-12.
DOI Scopus71 WoS61
2017 Dormontt, E., Prentis, P., Gardner, M., & Lowe, A. (2017). Occasional hybridization between a native and invasive Senecio species in Australia is unlikely to contribute to invasive success. PeerJ, 5(8), e3630-1-e3630-18.
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2016 Jardine, D., Blanc-Jolivet, C., Dixon, R., Dormontt, E., Dunker, B., Gerlach, J., . . . Lowe, A. (2016). Development of SNP markers for Ayous (Triplochiton scleroxylon K. Schum) an economically important tree species from tropical West and Central Africa. Conservation Genetics Resources, 8(2), 129-139.
DOI Scopus13 WoS13
2016 Lowe, A., Dormontt, E., Bowie, M., Degen, B., Gardner, S., Thomas, D., . . . Sasaki, N. (2016). Opportunities for improved transparency in the timber trade through scientific verification. BioScience, 66(11), 990-998.
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2015 Dormontt, E., Boner, M., Braun, B., Breulmann, G., Degen, B., Espinoza, E., . . . Lowe, A. (2015). Forensic timber identification: it's time to integrate disciplines to combat illegal logging. Biological Conservation, 191, 790-798.
DOI Scopus219 WoS187 Europe PMC32
2015 Jardine, D., Dormontt, E., van Dijk, K., Dixon, R., Dunker, B., & Lowe, A. (2015). A set of 204 SNP and INDEL markers for Bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum Pursch). Conservation Genetics Resources, 7(4), 797-801.
DOI Scopus7 WoS6
2015 Breed, M., Ottewell, K., Gardner, M., Marklund, M., Dormontt, E., & Lowe, A. (2015). Mating patterns and pollinator mobility are critical traits in forest fragmentation genetics. Heredity, In Press(2), 1-7.
DOI Scopus107 WoS102 Europe PMC59
2014 Dormontt, E., Gardner, M., Breed, M., Rodger, J., Prentis, P., & Lowe, A. (2014). Genetic bottlenecks in time and space: reconstructing invasions from contemporary and historical collections. PLoS One, 9(9), e106874-1-e106874-11.
DOI Scopus20 WoS19 Europe PMC7
2012 Harris, C., Dormontt, E., Le Roux, J., Lowe, A., & Leishman, M. (2012). No consistent association between changes in genetic diversity and adaptive responses of Australian acacias in novel ranges. Evolutionary Ecology, 26(6), 1345-1360.
DOI Scopus22 WoS20
2010 Lowe, A., Harris, D., & Dormontt, E. (2010). Testing putative African tropical forest refugia using chloroplast and nuclear DNA phylogeography. Tropical Plant Biology, 3(1), 50-58.
DOI Scopus40
2009 Wilson, J., Dormontt, E., Prentis, P., Lowe, A., & Richardson, D. (2009). Biogeographic concepts define invasion biology. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 24(11), 586.
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2009 Wilson, J., Dormontt, E., Prentis, P., Lowe, A., & Richardson, D. (2009). Something in the way you move: dispersal pathways affect invasion success. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 24(3), 136-144.
DOI Scopus695 WoS663 Europe PMC301
2008 Prentis, P., Wilson, J., Dormontt, E., Richardson, D., & Lowe, A. (2008). Adaptive evolution in invasive species. Trends in Plant Science, 13(6), 288-294.
DOI Scopus740 WoS711 Europe PMC483

Year Citation
2014 Sparrow, B., Dormontt, E., Thurgate, N., Burns, E., Lindenmayer, D., & Lowe, A. (2014). Our capacity to tell an Australian ecological story. In D. Lindenmayer, E. Burns, N. Thurgate, & A. Lowe (Eds.), Biodiversity and Environmental Change: Monitoring, Challenges and Direction (1 ed., pp. 49-82). Australia: CSIRO Publishing.
2011 Dormontt, E., Lowe, A., & Prentis, P. (2011). Is rapid adaptive evolution important in successful invasions?. In D. Richardson (Ed.), Fifty Years of Invasion Ecology: The Legacy of Charles Elton (pp. 175-194). UK: Wiley.
DOI Scopus26

Year Citation
2015 Jardine, D. I., Dormontt, E. E., Gerlach, J., van dijk, J. K., Degen, B., & Lowe, A. J. (2015). Genographic mapping of an African tropical Hardwood - application to DNA tracking. Poster session presented at the meeting of World Forestry Congress. Durban, South Africa.

I am course coordinator for Concepts in Ecology III.

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2019 External Supervisor Developing a DNA Timber Tracking System for South East Asian Timber Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Melita Low
2019 External Supervisor Developing a DNA Timber Tracking System for South East Asian Timber Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Melita Low

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2015 - 2020 Co-Supervisor Development and Application of Genetic Timber Tracking Tools to Help Control Illegal Logging Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Duncan Iain Jardine

Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name
2016 - 2016 Co-Supervisor Conservation of sandalwood (genetics, biogeography and population modelling) The University of Adelaide BSc (Hons) Honours Full Time Marlee Crawford

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