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Damian Michael

PhD, Associate Professor, Dr, Aspro

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3980-9723
20032025

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Associate Professor Damian Michael is a Landscape Ecologist and Herpetologist with expertise in designing and implementing long-term ecological monitoring programs, evaluating biotic responses to agri-environment schemes, and conducting conservation-related research projects on frogs, snakes, lizards, woodland birds, small mammals and arboreal marsupials in south-eastern Australia. Damian completed his PhD at The Australian National University in 2010, which focused on quantifying the ecological roles and conservation value of granite outcrops (inselbergs) in agricultural landscapes. Dr Michael is author of Reptiles in the NSW Murray Catchment: A Guide to their Identification, Ecology and Conservation and award-winning Rocky Outcrops in Australia: Ecology, Conservation and Management. He has served as project lead within the National Environmental Science Programme’s Threatened Species Hub, participated in IUCN and EPBC conservation assessments for Australian reptiles, is currently a member of the IUCN Skink Specialist Group and vice-chair and Board Director to the Albury Conservation Company. He currently leads the Squamate Conservation and Landscape Ecology (SCALE) group within the Gulbali Institute where his group is working on the ecology and conservation of various snake species.

Research Interests

  • Landscape Ecology
  • Wildlife conservation in human modified
  • Applied and theoretical herpetology
  • Rocky outcrop (inselberg) ecology and conservation
  • Restoration ecology and adaptive management
  • Ecological and biophysical monitoring

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Philosophy (Inselberg Ecology/Herpetology), Australian National University

2006 → 2010

Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours), Charles Sturt University

2000 → 2001

Bachelor of Applied Science (Ecosystem Management and Ecology), Charles Sturt University

1996 → 1999

Physical Sciences, University of Technology

1993

External positions

Vice-chair/Board Director, Albury Conservation Company

2016 → 30 Oct 2025

Senior Manager - Ecologist & Herpetologist, Australian National University

Mar 2010 → Nov 2018

Senior Research Officer, Australian National University

Aug 2005 → Mar 2010

Research Officer, Australian National University

2001 → 2005

Registered Supervisor

  • Yes

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
    SDG 2 Zero Hunger
  2. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land

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  • Field guide to the reptiles of Albury-Wodonga

    Michael, D., 28 May 2025, Albury, NSW: Charles Sturt University. 60 p.

    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report (public)

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  • Genomic repercussions of landscape modification on three lizard species

    Westaway, D. M., Nimmo, D. G., Jolly, C., Michael, D. R., Watson, D. M. & von Takach, B., Jun 2025, In: Conservation Genetics. 26, 3, p. 529-543 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Guiding principles for conserving reptiles in Australian temperate agricultural landscapes

    Michael, D. R., 21 Jul 2025, In: Pacific Conservation Biology. 31, 4, p. 1-13 13 p., PC25018.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

    Open Access
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  • Large-scale and long-term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: A continental synthesis

    Bruce, T., Amir, Z., Allen, B. L., Alting, B. F., Amos, M., Augusteyn, J., Ballard, G. A., Behrendorff, L. M., Bell, K., Bengsen, A. J., Bennett, A., Benshemesh, J. S., Bentley, J., Blackmore, C. J., Boscarino-Gaetano, R., Bourke, L. A., Brewster, R., Brook, B. W., Broughton, C. & Buettel, J. C. & 151 others, Carter, A., Chiu-Werner, A., Claridge, A. W., Comer, S., Comte, S., Connolly, R. M., Cowan, M. A., Cross, S. L., Cunningham, C. X., Dalziell, A. H., Davies, H. F., Davis, J., Dawson, S. J., Di Stefano, J., Dickman, C. R., Dillon, M. L., Doherty, T. S., Driessen, M. M., Driscoll, D. A., Dundas, S. J., Eichholtzer, A. C., Elliott, T. F., Elsworth, P., Fancourt, B. A., Fardell, L. L., Faris, J., Fawcett, A., Fisher, D. O., Fleming, P. J. S., Forsyth, D. M., Garza-Garcia, A. D., Geary, W. L., Gillespie, G., Giumelli, P. J., Gracanin, A., Grantham, H. S., Greenville, A. C., Griffiths, S. R., Groffen, H., Hamilton, D. G., Harriott, L., Hayward, M. W., Heard, G., Heiniger, J., Helgen, K. M., Henderson, T. J., Hernandez-Santin, L., Herrera, C., Hirsch, B. T., Hohnen, R., Hollings, T. A., Hoskin, C. J., Hradsky, B. A., Humphrey, J. E., Jennings, P. R., Jones, M. E., Jordan, N. R., Kelly, C. L., Kennedy, M. S., Knipler, M. L., Kreplins, T. L., L'Herpiniere, K. L., Laurance, W. F., Lavery, T. H., Le Pla, M., Leahy, L., Leedman, A., Legge, S., Leitão, A. V., Letnic, M., Liddell, M. J., Lieb, Z. E., Linley, G. D., Lisle, A. T., Lohr, C. A., Maitz, N., Marshall, K. D., Mason, R. T., Matheus-Holland, D. F., McComb, L. B., McDonald, P. J., McGregor, H., McKnight, D. T., Meek, P. D., Menon, V., Michael, D. R., Mills, C. H., Miritis, V., Moore, H. A., Morgan, H. R., Murphy, B. P., Murray, A. J., Natusch, D. J. D., Neilly, H., Nevill, P., Newman, P., Newsome, T. M., Nimmo, D. G., Nordberg, E. J., O'Dwyer, T. W., O'Neill, S., Old, J. M., Oxenham, K., Pauza, M. D., Pestell, A. J. L., Pitcher, B. J., Pocknee, C. A., Possingham, H. P., Raiter, K. G., Rand, J. S., Rees, M. W., Rendall, A. R., Renwick, J., Reside, A., Rew-Duffy, M., Ritchie, E. G., Roach, C. P., Robley, A., Rog, S. M., Rout, T. M., Schlacher, T. A., Scomparin, C. R., Sitters, H., Smith, D. A., Somaweera, R., Spencer, E. E., Spindler, R. E., Stobo-Wilson, A. M., Stokeld, D., Streeting, L. M., Sutherland, D. R., Taggart, P. L., Teixeira, D., Thompson, G. G., Thompson, S. A., Thorpe, M. O., Todd, S. J., Towerton, A. L., Vernes, K., Waller, G., Wardle, G. M., Watchorn, D. J., Watson, A. W. T., Welbergen, J. A., Weston, M. A., Wijas, B. J., Williams, S. E., Woodford, L. P., Wooster, E. I. F., Znidersic, E. & Luskin, M. S., Apr 2025, In: Biological Reviews. 100, 2, p. 530-555 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access
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  • Remnant habitat patches have lower reptile richness and diversity compared to areas of continuous habitat

    Wright, L. J., Nimmo, D. G., Green, M. C., Simpson, R. E. L., Wassens, S. & Michael, D. R., Mar 2025, In: Austral Ecology. 50, 3, 13 p., e70045.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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