Dr Kieren Mitchell

ARC Postdoctoral Research Associate

School of Biological Sciences

Faculty of Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

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Journals

Year	Citation
2019	Richards, S., Hovhannisyan, N., Gilliham, M., Ingram, J., Skadhauge, B., Heiniger, H., . . . Cooper, A. (2019). Low-cost cross-taxon enrichment of mitochondrial DNA using in-house synthesised RNA probes. PLoS ONE, 14(2), e0209499. DOI
2019	Kosintsev, P., Mitchell, K., Devièse, T., van der Plicht, J., Kuitems, M., Petrova, E., . . . Lister, A. (2019). Evolution and extinction of the giant rhinoceros Elasmotherium sibiricum sheds light on late Quaternary megafaunal extinctions. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 3(1), 31-38. DOI Scopus2 WoS1
2019	Cole, T. L., Ksepka, D. T., Mitchell, K. J., Tennyson, A. J., Thomas, D. B., Pan, H., . . . Waters, J. M. (2019). Mitogenomes uncover extinct penguin taxa and reveal island formation as a key driver of speciation.. Molecular biology and evolution. DOI
2018	Cascini, M., Mitchell, K. J., Cooper, A., & Phillips, M. J. (2018). Reconstructing the Evolution of Giant Extinct Kangaroos: Comparing the Utility of DNA, Morphology, and Total Evidence.. Systematic biology. DOI
2018	Bover, P., Llamas, B., Thomson, V., Pons, J., Cooper, A., & Mitchell, K. (2018). Molecular resolution to a morphological controversy: the case of North American fossil muskoxen Bootherium and Symbos. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 129, 70-76. DOI
2018	Feigin, C., Newton, A., Doronina, L., Schmitz, J., Hipsley, C., Mitchell, K., . . . Pask, A. (2018). Genome of the Tasmanian tiger provides insights into the evolution and demography of an extinct marsupial carnivore. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2(1), 182-192. DOI Scopus8 WoS6 Europe PMC7
2018	White, L., Mitchell, K., & Austin, J. (2018). Ancient mitochondrial genomes reveal the demographic history and phylogeography of the extinct, enigmatic thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus). Journal of Biogeography, 45(1), 1-13. DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2018	Bover, P., Mitchell, K., Llamas, B., Rofes, J., Thomson, V., Cuenca-Bescós, G., . . . Pons, J. (2018). Molecular phylogenetics supports the origin of an endemic Balearic shrew lineage (Nesiotites) coincident with the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 125, 188-195. DOI
2018	Thomson, V., Mitchell, K., Eberhard, R., Dortch, J., Austin, J., & Cooper, A. (2018). Genetic diversity and drivers of dwarfism in extinct island emu populations. Biology Letters, 14(4), 20170617-1-20170617-4. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2017	Wood, J., Mitchell, K., Scofield, R., De Pietri, V., Rawlence, N., & Cooper, A. (2017). Phylogenetic relationships and terrestrial adaptations of the extinct laughing owl, Sceloglaux albifacies (Aves: Strigidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 179(4), 907-918. DOI Scopus8 WoS5
2017	Scofield, R., Mitchell, K., Wood, J., De Pietri, V., Jarvie, S., Llamas, B., & Cooper, A. (2017). The origin and phylogenetic relationships of the New Zealand ravens. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 106, 136-143. DOI Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC2
2017	Perry, T., van Loenen, A., Heiniger, H., Lee, C., Gongora, J., Cooper, A., & Mitchell, K. (2017). Ancient DNA analysis of the extinct North American flat-headed peccary (Platygonus compressus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 112, 258-267. DOI Scopus3 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2016	Soubrier, J., Gower, G., Chen, K., Richards, S., Llamas, B., Mitchell, K., . . . Cooper, A. (2016). Early cave art and ancient DNA record the origin of European bison. Nature Communications, 7, 13158-1-13158-7. DOI Scopus22 WoS18 Europe PMC5
2016	Mitchell, K., Bray, S., Bover, P., Soibelzon, L., Schubert, B., Prevosti, F., . . . Cooper, A. (2016). Ancient mitochondrial DNA reveals convergent evolution of giant short-faced bears (Tremarctinae) in North and South America. Biology letters, 12(4), 20160062-1-20160062-4. DOI Scopus5 WoS7 Europe PMC1
2016	Mitchell, K., Scanferla, A., Soibelzon, E., Bonini, R., Ochoa, J., & Cooper, A. (2016). Ancient DNA from the extinct South American giant glyptodont Doedicurus sp. (Xenarthra: Glyptodontidae) reveals that glyptodonts evolved from Eocene armadillos. Molecular Ecology, 25(14), 3499-3508. DOI Scopus8 WoS7 Europe PMC2
2016	Mitchell, K., Wood, J., Llamas, B., McLenachan, P., Kardailsky, O., Scofield, R., . . . Cooper, A. (2016). Ancient mitochondrial genomes clarify the evolutionary history of New Zealand's enigmatic acanthisittid wrens. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 102, 295-304. DOI Scopus9 WoS9 Europe PMC6
2015	Llamas, B., Brotherton, P., Mitchell, K., Templeton, J., Thomson, V., Metcalf, J., . . . Cooper, A. (2015). Late Pleistocene Australian Marsupial DNA Clarifies the Affinities of Extinct Megafaunal Kangaroos and Wallabies. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 32(3), 574-584. DOI Scopus6 WoS4 Europe PMC3
2015	Mitchell, K., Cooper, A., & Phillips, M. (2015). Comment on "whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds". Science, 349(6255), 1460. DOI Scopus19 WoS18 Europe PMC14
2014	Mitchell, K., Wood, J., Scofield, R., Llamas, B., & Cooper, A. (2014). Ancient mitochondrial genome reveals unsuspected taxonomic affinity of the extinct Chatham duck (Pachyanas chathamica) and resolves divergence times for New Zealand and sub-Antarctic brown teals. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 70(1), 420-428. DOI Scopus22 WoS23 Europe PMC8
2014	Mitchell, K., Pratt, R., Watson, L., Gibb, G., Llamas, B., Kasper, M., . . . Cooper, A. (2014). Molecular phylogeny, biogeography, and habitat preference evolution of marsupials. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 31(9), 2322-2330. DOI Scopus59 WoS55 Europe PMC36
2014	Mitchell, K., Llamas, B., Soubrier, J., Rawlence, N., Worthy, T., Wood, J., . . . Cooper, A. (2014). Ancient DNA reveals elephant birds and kiwi are sister taxa and clarifies ratite bird evolution. Science, 344(6186), 898-900. DOI Scopus99 WoS93 Europe PMC55
2014	Wood, J., Mitchell, K., Scofield, R., Tennyson, A., Fidler, A., Wilmshurst, J., . . . Cooper, A. (2014). An extinct nestorid parrot (Aves, Psittaciformes, Nestoridae) from the Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 172(1), 185-199. DOI Scopus12 WoS11

Conference Items

Year	Citation
2017	Perry, T. J. (2017). Ancient DNA from the North American flat-headed peccary reveals it’s phylogenetic position and a genetically diverse population prior to extinction. Poster session presented at the meeting of 12th International Mammological Congress. Perth, WA.

Datasets

Year Citation
— Boast, A., Chapman, B., Herrera, M., Worthy, T., Scofield, P., Tennyson, A. J., . . . Mitchell, K. (n.d.). Gruiformes BEAST input.
DOI

Year	Citation
—	Boast, A., Chapman, B., Herrera, M., Worthy, T., Scofield, P., Tennyson, A. J., . . . Mitchell, K. (n.d.). Gruiformes BEAST input. DOI

Filesets

Year	Citation
—	Boast, A., Chapman, B., Herrera, M., Worthy, T., Scofield, P., Tennyson, A. J., . . . Mitchell, K. (n.d.). Gruiformes MrBayes input. DOI
—	Boast, A., Chapman, B., Herrera, M., Worthy, T., Scofield, P., Tennyson, A. J., . . . Mitchell, K. (n.d.). Gruiformes collapsed (merged) R1 and R2 sequencing reads. DOI
—	Boast, A., Chapman, B., Herrera, M., Worthy, T., Scofield, P., Tennyson, A. J., . . . Mitchell, K. (n.d.). Gruiformes RAxML input. DOI
—	Boast, A., Chapman, B., Herrera, M., Worthy, T., Scofield, P., Tennyson, A. J., . . . Mitchell, K. (n.d.). Gruiformes PartitionFinder input and results. DOI
—	Kosintsev, P., Mitchell, K., Devièse, T., Plicht, J. V. D., Kuitems, M., Petrova, E., . . . Lister, A. M. (n.d.). Mitochondrial genome consensus sequences from Elasmotherium sibiricum samples. DOI
—	Kosintsev, P., Mitchell, K., Devièse, T., Plicht, J. V. D., Kuitems, M., Petrova, E., . . . Lister, A. M. (n.d.). Elasmotherium R1 and R2 sequencing reads (demultiplexed). DOI
—	Kosintsev, P., Mitchell, K., Devièse, T., Plicht, J. V. D., Kuitems, M., Petrova, E., . . . Lister, A. M. (n.d.). Elasmotherium collapsed (merged) R1 and R2 sequencing reads. DOI
—	Kosintsev, P., Mitchell, K., Devièse, T., Plicht, J. V. D., Kuitems, M., Petrova, E., . . . Lister, A. M. (n.d.). Elasmotherium PartitionFinder input and results. DOI
—	Kosintsev, P., Mitchell, K., Devièse, T., Plicht, J. V. D., Kuitems, M., Petrova, E., . . . Lister, A. M. (n.d.). Elasmotherium RAxML input and results. DOI
—	Kosintsev, P., Mitchell, K., Devièse, T., Plicht, J. V. D., Kuitems, M., Petrova, E., . . . Lister, A. M. (n.d.). Elasmotherium BEAST input and results. DOI
—	Cascini, M., Mitchell, K., Cooper, A., & Phillips, M. J. (n.d.). Extinct kangaroo R1 and R2 sequencing reads (demultiplexed). DOI
—	Cascini, M., Mitchell, K., Cooper, A., & Phillips, M. J. (n.d.). Extinct kangaroo collapsed (merged) R1 and R2 sequencing reads. DOI

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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2019	Co-Supervisor	Genomics of Living and Extinct Australian Marsupials	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Caitlin Simone Mudge
2018	Co-Supervisor	Bioinformatics for Ancient DNA	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Graham Gower
2016	Co-Supervisor	Ancient DNA of Brown Bears	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Alexander Theodore Salis

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2017 - 2018	Co-Supervisor	The 'next generation’ of ancient DNA research: a series of methods and approaches to improve our understanding of the evolutionary history of species in general, and European bison in particular	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Ayla Lore van Loenen

Position: ARC Postdoctoral Research Associate
Phone: 83135565
Email: kieren.mitchell@adelaide.edu.au
Fax: 8313 4364
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Darling, floor 2
Room: 2 05c
Org Unit: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Dr Kieren Mitchell

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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

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