Dr Isabelle Onley

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

School of Biological Sciences

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

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My research interests include combining a variety of disciplines to solve real-world conservation problems that can be translated into policy development, adaptive management strategies and stakeholder engagement. My areas of expertise include reintroduction biology, conservation genetics, ecology, and invasion biology, with a key focus on innovative approaches to conservation in a changing climate.

Appointments

Date	Position	Institution name
2023 - ongoing	Postdoctoral Research Fellow	University of Adelaide
2022 - 2023	Policy Advisor	Aestra
2020 - 2021	Information Officer	South Australian Museum

Education

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2019 - 2022	University of Adelaide	Australia	PhD
	Deakin University	Australia	Bachelor of Environmental Science (Wildlife and Conservation Biology) Hons

Journals

Year	Citation
2025	Onley, I. R., Houghton, M. J., Liu, W. P. A., & Shaw, J. (2025). First record of the invasive springtail Hypogastrura viatica occurring synanthropically in East Antarctica. Biological Invasions, 27(1), 55-1-55-7. DOI
2025	Onley, I. R., Cassey, P., & McGeoch, M. A. (2025). Biodiversity data sharing platforms are vital for the management and prevention of biological invasions. Biodiversity and Conservation, 34(6), 2247-2257. DOI Scopus1
2024	Onley, I. R., Houghton, M. J., Leggett, K., Cassey, P., Carter, Z. T., & Shaw, J. (2024). Assessing ongoing risks and managing detections of non-native invertebrates in the Antarctic Region. NeoBiota, 95, 133-147. DOI Scopus2
2023	Onley, I. R., White, L. C., Moseby, K. E., Copley, P., & Cowen, S. (2023). Disproportionate admixture improves reintroduction outcomes despite the use of low-diversity source populations: population viability analysis for a translocation of the greater stick-nest rat. Animal Conservation, 26(2), 216-227. DOI Scopus7 WoS2
2022	Onley, I., Moseby, K., Austin, J., & Sherratt, E. (2022). Morphological variation in skull shape and size across extinct and extant populations of the greater stick-nest rat (Leporillus conditor): implications for translocation. Australian Mammalogy, 44(3), 352-363. DOI Scopus3 WoS1
2022	Stenhouse, P., Onley, I. R., Mitchell, K. J., Moseby, K. E., & Austin, J. J. (2022). Spatial genetic structure and limited gene flow in fragmented populations of the threatened Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata). Ecological Genetics and Genomics, 24, 1-15. DOI Scopus2
2021	Onley, I. R., Austin, J. J., & Mitchell, K. J. (2021). Sex assignment in a non-model organism in the absence of field records using Diversity Arrays Technology (DArT) data. Conservation Genetics Resources, 13(3), 255-260. DOI Scopus4 WoS3
2021	Onley, I., Moseby, K., & Austin, J. (2021). Genomic Approaches for Conservation Management in Australia under Climate Change. Life, 11(7), 653-1-653-17. DOI Scopus14 WoS6 Europe PMC9
2021	Onley, I. R., Austin, J. J., Mitchell, K. J., & Moseby, K. E. (2021). Understanding dispersal patterns can inform future translocation strategies: A case study of the threatened greater stick‐nest rat (Leporillus conditor). Austral Ecology, 47(2), 203-215. DOI Scopus3 Europe PMC1
2020	Onley, I. R., Gardner, J. L., & Symonds, M. R. E. (2020). Spatial and temporal variation in morphology in Australian whistlers and shrike-thrushes: is climate change causing larger appendages?. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 130(1), 101-113. DOI WoS10

Report for External Bodies

Year	Citation
2022	Onley, I., Segaran, R., Abbasnejad, E., Prowse, T., Liu, L., Jackson, M., . . . Brookes, J. (2022). Innovation Sweep: Technological Insights for the Murray–Darling Basin Authority.

Datasets

Year Citation

- Onley, I. (n.d.). Leporillus conditor Linear Measurements.xlsx.
DOI

Year	Citation
-	Onley, I. (n.d.). Leporillus conditor Linear Measurements.xlsx. DOI

- Nature Foundation South Australia Grand Start Grant 2019

- Biological Society of South Australia/Nature Conservation Society of South Australia Conservation Biology Grant 2019

- Field Naturalists Society of South Australia Lirabenda Endowment Fund Research Grant 2020

Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Email: isabelle.onley@adelaide.edu.au
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Benham
Org Unit: School of Biological Sciences

Dr Isabelle Onley

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