Dr Erinn Fagan-Jeffries

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• Appointments

  Date	Position	Institution name
  2019	Postdoctoral Research Associate	University of Adelaide

• Awards and Achievements

  Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
  2020	Award	PhD Research Excellence Award	South Australian Science Excellence Awards	Australia	—
  2019	Award	Postgraduate All-Round Achievement Award	University of Adelaide, School of Biological Sciences, Department of Ecology and Environmental Biology	Australia	—
  2019	Award	Early-Career Research Excellence Award	Society of Australian Systematic Biologists	Australia	—
  2019	Award	Harold Woolhouse Prize	Faculty of Sciences, The University of Adelaide	Australia	—
  2018	Award	Doctoral Research Medal	The University of Adelaide	Australia	—
  2018	Award	Perform your Science winner-Audience Choice	Inspiring South Australia	Australia	—
  2017	Award	Faculty of Sciences Three Minute Thesis winner-1st Place	The University of Adelaide	Australia	—
  2016	Achievement	2016 Australian FameLab Winner	—	Australia	—
  2012	Award	Michael Smyth Prize	The University of Adelaide School of Earth and Environmental Sciences: Ecology, Evolution and Landscape Sciences	Australia	—

• Education

  Date	Institution name	Country	Title
  2018	University of Adelaide	Australia	PhD
  2014	Australian National University	Australia	Master of Science Communication Outreach
  2013	Deakin University	Australia	Graduate Certificate of Museum Studies
  2012	University of Adelaide	Australia	BSc (Hons)

• Research Interests

  Animal Systematics and Taxonomy Entomology Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics

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• Journals

  Year	Citation
  2021	Fagan-Jeffries, E. P., & Austin, A. D. (2021). Four new species of parasitoid wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) described through a citizen science partnership with schools in regional South Australia.. Zootaxa, 4949(1), zootaxa.4949.1.4. DOI
  2020	Dorey, B., Fagan-Jeffries, E. P., Stevens, M. I., & Schwarz, M. P. (2020). Morphometric comparisons and novel observations of diurnal and low-light-foraging bees. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 79, 117-144. DOI
  2020	Quicke, D. L. J., Belokobylskij, S. A., Braet, Y., Van Achterberg, C., Hebert, P. D. N., Prosser, S. W. J., . . . Butcher, B. A. (2020). Phylogenetic reassignment of basal cyclostome braconid parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera) with description of a new, enigmatic Afrotropical tribe with a highly anomalous 28S D2 secondary structure. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 190(3), 1002-1019. DOI Scopus1
  2020	Quicke, D. L. J., Austin, A. D., Fagan-Jeffries, E. P., Hebert, P. D. N., & Butcher, B. A. (2020). Molecular phylogeny places the enigmatic subfamily Masoninae within the Ichneumonidae, not the Braconidae. Zoologica Scripta, 49(1), 64-71. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
  2020	Quicke, D. L. J., Austin, A. D., Fagan-Jeffries, E. P., Hebert, P. D. N., & Butcher, B. A. (2020). Recognition of the Trachypetidae stat.n. as a new extant family of Ichneumonoidea (Hymenoptera), based on molecular and morphological evidence. Systematic Entomology, 45(4), 771-782. DOI Scopus5 WoS5
  2020	Fagan-Jeffries, E. P., & Austin, A. D. (2020). Synopsis of the parasitoid wasp genus Cotesia cameron, 1891 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) in Australia, with the description of seven new species. European Journal of Taxonomy, 2020(667), 1-70. DOI
  2020	Austin, A. D., & Fagan-Jeffries, E. P. (2020). A new species of the enigmatic Australian endemic family Trachypetidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea): Cercobarcon lasallei sp.n.. Journal of Natural History, 54(9-12), 553-563. DOI
  2019	Fagan-Jeffries, E. P., Cooper, S. J. B., Bradford, T. M., & Austin, A. D. (2019). Intragenomic internal transcribed spacer 2 variation in a genus of parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): implications for accurate species delimitation and phylogenetic analysis. Insect Molecular Biology, 28(4), 485-498. DOI
  2019	Fagan-Jeffries, E. P., Cooper, S. J. B., & Austin, A. D. (2019). New species of Australian microgastrine parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) documented through the ‘Bush Blitz’ surveys of national reserves. Zootaxa, 4560(3), 401-440. DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1
  2018	Fagan-Jeffries, E. P., Cooper, S. J., Bertozzi, T., Bradford, T. M., & Austin, A. D. (2018). DNA barcoding of microgastrine parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) using high-throughput methods more than doubles the number of species known for Australia.. Molecular ecology resources, 18(5), 1132-1143. DOI Scopus10 WoS7 Europe PMC1
  2018	Fagan-Jeffries, E., Cooper, S., & Austin, A. (2018). Three new species of Dolichogenidea Viereck (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Australia with exceptionally long ovipositors. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 64, 177-190. DOI Scopus6 WoS6
  2017	Fagan-Jeffries, E., & Austin, A. (2017). Synopsis of the parasitoid wasp genus Choeras Mason (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from Australasia, with the description of two new species. Austral Entomology, 57(3), 349-358. DOI Scopus6 WoS7
  2017	Snelling, E., Duncker, R., Jones, K., Fagan-Jeffries, E., & Seymour, R. (2017). Flight metabolic rate of Locusta migratoria in relation to oxygen partial pressure in atmospheres of varying diffusivity and density. Journal of Experimental Biology, 220(23), 4432-4439. DOI Scopus8 WoS7 Europe PMC3
  2016	Taylor, G., Fagan-Jeffries, E., & Austin, A. (2016). A new genus and twenty new species of Australian jumping plant-lice (Psylloidea: Triozidae) from Eremophila and Myoporum (Scrophulariaceae: Myoporeae). Zootaxa, 4073(1), 1-84. DOI Scopus19 WoS18 Europe PMC8

• Conference Papers

  Year	Citation
  2016	Fagan-Jeffries, E. P. (2016). Australian microgastrine parasitoid wasps: Systematics meets citizen science. In 2016 International Congress of Entomology. Entomological Society of America. DOI

• Datasets

  Year	Citation
  —	Fagan-Jeffries, E. (n.d.). Diolcogaster ITS2 supplementary information.xlsx. DOI

2021: Course Coordinator & Lecturer, Evolution and Diversity of Insects III, The University of Adelaide

2021: Lecturer, Zoology II, The University of Adelaide

2020: Lecturer, Evolution and Diversity of Insects III, The University of Adelaide

2016-2019: Practical Demonstrator, Evolution and Diversity of Insects III, The University of Adelaide

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• Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2020	Co-Supervisor	Systematics of the Chalcid wasp genus Psyllaephagus (Hymenoptora: Encyrtidae)	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mrs Alana Rose Delaine

• Other Supervision Activities

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Location	Program	Supervision Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2020 - 2020	Principal Supervisor	Investigating the biodiversity of an unexplored subfamily of parasitoid wasps in Australia (Braconidae, Miracinae)	The University of Adelaide	Principles & Practice of Research (Advanced) III	Other	Full Time	Mollie Slater-Baker
  2019 - 2020	Co-Supervisor	Diversity in the antennal sensilla of microgastrine parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), with an assessment of their phylogenetic utility.	The University of Adelaide	—	Honours	Full Time	Michael Scholich
  2018 - 2019	Co-Supervisor	Systematics and host associations of Labium parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Labeninae) using an integrated molecular (COI) and morphological approach	The University of Adelaide	—	Honours	Full Time	Madalene Giannotta

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• Committee Memberships

  Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
  2019 - ongoing	Secretary	Society of Australian Systematic Biologists	Society of Australian Systematic Biologists	Australia
  2016 - 2020	Representative	Australian Entomological Society	Australian Entomological Society	Australia
  2015 - ongoing	Council	International Society of Hymenopterists	International Society of Hymenopterists	Australia

• Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate
• Email: erinn.fagan-jeffries@adelaide.edu.au
• Campus: North Terrace
• Building: Darling, floor G
• Room: G 16
• Org Unit: School of Biological Sciences