Wayne Boardman

Associate Professor Wayne Boardman

Associate Professor

School of Animal and Veterinary Science

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology


Wayne Boardman is a dedicated wildlife veterinarian and passionate conservationist. After qualifying from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Wayne worked for five years in mixed practice in England and New Zealand, before taking up a new position as Veterinary officer at Auckland Zoo where he developed training opportunities for veterinary students. During this time, he worked closely with the Department of Conservation as veterinary clinician for their endangered species programs. Following a period as veterinarian at Perth Zoo where he supported several endangered species breeding programs including chuditch and numbats and started training veterinary students, he then worked as Senior Lecturer in Wildlife Medicine at Massey University, NZ. This position was a joint posting between the university and the Department of Conservation developing wildlife health systems and standards for endangered species like Kakapo and Takahe. A period as Senior veterinarian at Taronga Zoo, Sydney was followed by consultancy work in Cambodia training wildlife veterinarians in wildlife medicine. He then spent nearly three years in Uganda capacity building in wildlife and specifically primate medicine for the Jane Goodall Institute and the World Bank working with species such as chimpanzees and mountain gorillas. After a short wildlife consultancy in China, he became Head of Veterinary Services for the Zoological Society of London. During this period he supported ZSL's conservation programs, managed a veterinary department and organised wildlife health training courses for veterinary personnel in several countries in Africa and Asia. In 2006, he took up a position as Head of Veterinary Conservation Programs at Zoos South Australia before joining the School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences in 2011 as Lecturer in Wildlife and Conservation Medicine and Veterinary biosecurity. In January 2015, he was promoted to Senior Lecturer and became a diplomate of the European College of Zoological Medicine in Wildlife Population Health and European Registered Veterinary Specialist in Zoological Medicine (Wildlife Population Health). In January 2022, he was promoted to Associate Professor.

Conservation of endangered species, emerging wildlife diseases, wildlife disease ecology, health and diseases of Australian native wildlife, wildlife anaesthesia

Specifically

  • One Health
  • Ecology and epidemiology in Australian flying foxes
  • Southern Hairy nosed wombat health and disease
  • Infectious and Noninfectious diseases of Koalas
  • African carnivore ecology and health
  • Wildlife Disease Surveillance
  • Free-ranging wildlife anaesthesia
  • Appointments

    Date Position Institution name
    2022 - ongoing Associate Professor, Wildlife & Conservation Medicine and Veterinary Biosecurity University of Adelaide
    2016 - ongoing Adjunct Senior Research Fellow University of South Australia
    2015 - ongoing Senior Lecturer, Wildlife & Conservation Medicine and Veterinary Biosecurity University of Adelaide
    2011 - 2014 Lecturer, Wildlife & Conservation Medicine and Veterinary Biosecurity University of Adelaide
    2011 - 2016 Adjunct Research Fellow University of South Australia
    2006 - 2010 Head of Veterinary Conservation Programs Zoos South Australia
    2003 - 2007 Honorary Lecturer Royal Veterinary College
    2002 - 2006 Head of Veterinary Services Zoological Society of London
    2002 - 2006 Part-time Consultant Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance
    2002 - 2003 Part-time Consultant IFAW
    1999 - 2002 Consultant Wildlife Veterinarian Jane Goodall Institute, Uganda
    1999 - 1999 Consultant Wildlife Veterinarian Perth Zoo in Phnom Penh
    1998 - 1999 Senior Veterinarian Taronga Zoo
    1997 - 1998 Senior Lecturer, Wildlife Medicine Massey University
    1996 - 1998 Adjunct Lecturer Zoo and Wildlife Medicine Murdoch University
    1996 - 1997 Veterinary Officer Perth Zoo
    1991 - 1995 Lecturer, Wildlife and Zoo Medicine & Animal Behaviour Unitec Institute of Technology
    1989 - 1996 Veterinary Officer Auckland Zoo
  • Awards and Achievements

    Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
    2022 Award Faculty level student-led Teaching award University of Adelaide Australia -
    2022 Award School level student-led Teaching award University of Adelaide Australia -
    2021 Award University of Adelaide Alumni Award University of Adelaide Australia -
    2020 Recognition Runner up South Australian STEMM Tertiary Educator of the Year South Australia Science Excellence and Innovations Award Australia -
    2020 Award Executive Dean of Sciences Award for Excellence in Teaching University of Adelaide Australia -
    2019 Award Vice Chancellor Award for Outstanding Achievement University of Adelaide Australia -
    2019 Award School level student-led Teaching award University of Adelaide Australia -
  • Education

    Date Institution name Country Title
    2014 - 2021 University of Adelaide Australia PhD (Ecology of Grey-headed Flying foxes)
    1979 - 1984 Royal Veterinary College United Kingdom Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine (BVetMed)
  • Certifications

    Date Title Institution name Country
    2014 Diplomate of European College of Zoological Medicine (Wildlife Population Health) European College of Zoological Medicine -
    1995 Member of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (Avian Medicine) Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists -
    1994 Member of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (Zoo Medicine) Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists -
    1984 Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Royal College of Veterinary Surgens UK
  • Research Interests

Date Project Investigators Funding Body Amount
2020 Treatment and rehabilitation of fire-affected wildlife: Unravelling antimicrobial use during 2019-2020 wildfires in preparation for future fire events Power, Taylor, Govendir, McDougall and Boardman Morris Animal Foundation Australian Bushfire Grants USD 124,000
2020 Clinical assessment of koalas during and following bushfire Speight, Chaber, Hemmatzadeh, Timms and Boardman Morris Animal Foundation Australian Bushfire Grants USD 57,000
2019 Viral microbiome and Viral shedding in Grey Headed Flying foxes in Adelaide Power, Barrs and Boardman University of Adelaide Collaboration Grant

AUD 3,000

2013 Health and disease of southern hairy nosed wombats Woolford and Boardman Nature Foundation of South Australia

AUD

18,000

2012 Wildlife Field Equipment  Boardman University of Adelaide Research Equipment Grant AUD 30,000
2011 Health and disease of southern hairy nosed wombats Woolford and Boardman Nature Foundation of South Australia AUD 10,000
2011 Standard operating procedures and a training package for the field immobilization of large herbivories in animal control programs      Lethbridge, Woolnough and Boardman Ninti One AUD 34,000
2011 Investigating the aetiology and transmission of an apicomplexan parasite of macropods Besnoitia Reichel, Caraguel and Boardman Meat and Livestock Australia AUD 33,000
2009 Ecological movements of Dromedary Camels in Northern Australia Lethbridge and Boardman Ninti One AUD 74,000

Course Title

Program

Course Code

 

Wildlife and Conservation Practice

DVM 2

VET SC 7213RW

Coordination and Teaching

Biosecurity and Conservation Medicine at the Livestock-Wildlife Interface - South Africa DVM 3   Coordination and Teaching

Conservation Medicine – South Australia/Tasmania Elective

DVM 3

VET SC 7306RW

Coordination and Teaching

Ecology and Management of Vertebrate Pests III

BSc (AS) 2

ANIML SC 3019RW

Coordination and Teaching

Botswana One Health Elective DVM 3   Teaching

Veterinary Public Health and Biosecurity

DVM 2

VET SC 7223RW

Teaching

Clinical Research Project

DVM 1

VET SC 7005RW

Teaching

Principles of Animal Behaviour, Welfare and Ethics

BSc (VB) 1

ANIML SC 1018RW 

Teaching

Animal Biotechnology

BSc (AS) 2

ANIML SC 3043RW

Teaching

Transition to the Veterinary Profession

DVM 3

VET SC 7308BRW 

Teaching

Principles of Veterinary Nursing

BSc (VT) 2

VET TECH 1035RW

Teaching

Animal Health II

BSc (AS) 2

ANIML SC 2545RW

Teaching

Professional Skills II

BSc (VB) 2

VET SC 2500RW

Teaching

Clinical Skills B

BSc (VT) 2

VET TECH 2020RW

Teaching

BSc (VT) 2

VET TECH 2040RW

Teaching

                                   

                                      

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

      Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
      2015 Co-Supervisor Spatial Ecology, Habitat Utilisation and status of Leopard in the Mpumalanga Province Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Declan Robert Morris
    • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

      Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
      2008 - 2013 External Supervisor Oxalate nephrosis in a population of South Australian koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Dr Natasha Speight
    • Other Supervision Activities

      Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name
      2022 - 2022 Principal Supervisor Are the Woodland Birds of the Barossa Region in Decline? University of Adelaide - Honours Part Time Sam Kretschmer
      2022 - 2022 Principal Supervisor Assessing the movement and foraging of hand raised grey-headed flying foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) University of Adelaide - Honours Part Time Justine On
      2021 - 2022 Principal Supervisor Impacts of Urban Living on the Grey-headed Flying Fox (Pteropus poliocephalus University of Adelaide - Honours Part Time Georgia Muller
      2021 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Comparison of counting methods for Grey-headed flying foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) in Adelaide’s Botanic Park University of adelaide - Honours - Steve Humphris
      2020 - 2022 Principal Supervisor Wildlife Population Health - ECZM RESIDENCY European College of Zoological Medicine - Postdoctorate Part Time Dr Anne-Lise Chaber
      2019 - 2019 Principal Supervisor Microbiome of Grey-headed Flying foxes - DVM 1 Clinical Research Project University of Adelaide - Other Part Time Bec Souter
      2019 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Spatial features of Chalmydial disease in Koalas - DVM 1 Clinical Research Project University of Adelaide - Other Part Time Ashlee Vandenbroek
      2019 - 2019 Principal Supervisor Blood preservatives in Macropods - DVM 1 Clinical Research Project University of Adelaide - Other Part Time Bronte Turner
      2019 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Adenoviruses in dogs, foxes and bats - DVM 1 Clinical Research Project University of Adelaide - Other Part Time Brianna House
      2019 - 2019 Principal Supervisor Anaesthesia of Common brush tailed possums - DVM 1 Clinical research project University of Adelaide - Other Part Time Sonia Treagus
      2019 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Haematology of Australian Sealions - DVM 1 Clinical Research Project University of Adelaide - Other Part Time Victoria Lindholm
      2019 - 2019 Principal Supervisor Microbiome of Southern Bent Wing Bats - DVM 1 Clinical Research Project University of Adelaide - Other Part Time Suzanna Ristic
      2018 - 2018 Co-Supervisor Endangered exotic pets on social media - DVM 1 Clinical Research Project University of Adelaide - Other Part Time Leonarda Spee
      2018 - 2018 Co-Supervisor Haematology reference values for Koalas - DVM 1 – Clinical Research Project University of Adelaide - Other Part Time George-Henry White
      2018 - 2018 Principal Supervisor Anaesthetic Evaluation in Koalas - DVM 1 – Clinical Research Project University of Adelaide - Other Part Time Taylor Hawkins
      2018 - 2018 Co-Supervisor Herpes virus infection in Koalas - DVM 1 – Clinical Research Project University of Adelaide - Other Part Time Ruby Easther
      2017 - 2018 Co-Supervisor Spatial and temporal interactions between Leopard and Brown hyaena in Loskop Dam Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga, South Africa - HONOURS University of Adelaide - Honours Full Time Parris Jeffries
      2017 - 2018 Principal Supervisor Spatial and Temporal Interactions of Leopards and mesopredators at Loskop Dam Nature Reserve, South Africa - HONOURS University of Adelaide - Honours Full Time Max Peters
      2017 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Next generation microbiome sequencing in macropods with differing stages of periodontal disease - DVM 1 – Clinical Research Project University of Adelaide - Other Part Time Sabine Yip
      2017 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Faecal Microbiome of chelonids - DVM 1 – Clinical Research Project University of Adelaide - Other Part Time Serena Hawes
      2017 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Microbiology of periodontal disease in Macropods - DVM 1 – Clinical Research Project University of Adelaide - Other Part Time Jia Lam
      2017 - 2018 Co-Supervisor Genetic diversity and health of translocated mammals on Wedge Island, South Australia - HONOURS University of Adelaide - Honours Full Time Tara Smale
      2013 - 2014 Co-Supervisor Comparison of Habitat Quality and Health Status of the Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons) in the Murraylands, South Australia - HONOURS University of Adelaide - Honours Full Time Jenna Hoffman
      2013 - 2015 External Supervisor Chytridiomycosis in Frogs in the Adelaide Region - MASTERS Murdoch University - Master Part Time Jerome Kalvas
      2012 - 2013 Co-Supervisor Gastrointestinal flora of Koalas - HONOURS University of Adelaide - Honours Full Time Dena Piro
      2010 - 2015 External Supervisor Antimicrobial resistance in Macropods - PhD Flinders University - Doctorate Full Time Michelle Chen
      2010 - 2014 External Supervisor Periodontal diseases and oral Fusobacterium necrophorum infections in macropods: a molecular ecological perspective -PhD Flinders University - Doctorate Full Time John Antiabong
      2006 - 2006 Principal Supervisor Anaesthesia of White Rhinoceroses - MASTERS Royal Veterinary College/Zoological Society of London - Master Full Time Sandra Wenger
      2004 - 2007 Principal Supervisor Zoo and Wildlife Medicine Residency - CLINICAL Royal Veterinary College/Zoological Society of London - Other Full Time Jonathan Cracknell
    • Committee Memberships

      Date Role Committee Institution Country
      2021 - ongoing Member School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences Executive Committee University of Adelaide Australia
      2020 - ongoing Member School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences Staff-Student Liaison Committee University of Adelaide Australia
      2019 - ongoing Member School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences Awards Committee University of Adelaide Australia
      2013 - ongoing Chair School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences Biosecurity Committee University of Adelaide Australia
    • Memberships

      Date Role Membership Country
      2020 - ongoing Member Wildlife Health Australia - Bat Health Focus Group Australia
      2012 - 2014 Member Advisory board of the Wildlife Veterinary Section of the Wildlife Disease Association United States
      2011 - ongoing Member Wildlife Health Australia - University Focus Group Australia
      2010 - 2014 Representative Wildlife Disease Association - Australia Australia
      2002 - ongoing Member European Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians Switzerland
      1991 - ongoing Member Wildlife Disease Association Australia
    • Position: Associate Professor
    • Phone: 83131246
    • Email: wayne.boardman@adelaide.edu.au
    • Fax: 83137956
    • Campus: Roseworthy
    • Building: Leske Building, floor Ground Floor
    • Room: G7
    • Org Unit: School of Animal and Veterinary Science

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