I am a wildlife forensic scientist and conservation geneticist and a senior science leader. I currently hold the role of Chief Scientist and Associate Director of Science at the Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History. My research career has focussed on using genetics and genomics for conservation of wildlife
Hogg, Carolyn J., Morrison, Caitlin, Dudley, Jessica S., Alquezar-Planas, David E., Beasley-Hall, Perry G., Magrath, Michael J. L., Ho, Simon Y. W., Lo, Nathan, Johnson, Rebecca N., and Grueber, Catherine E. 2021. "Using phylogenetics to explore interspecies genetic rescue options for a critically endangered parrot." Conservation Science and Practicehttps://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.4832021
Jackson, Stephen M., Fleming, Peter Js, Eldridge, Mark Db, Ingleby, Sandy, Flannery, Tim, Johnson, Rebecca N., Cooper, Steven Jb, Mitchell, Kieren J., Souilmi, Yassine, Cooper, Alan, Wilson, Don E., and Helgen, Kristofer M. 2019. "The Dogma of Dingoes-Taxonomic status of the dingo: A reply to Smith et al." Zootaxa 4564 (1):198-212. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4564.1.72019
Johnson, Rebecca N., O'Meally, Denis, Chen, Zhiliang, Etherington, Graham J., Ho, Simon Y. W., Nash, Will J., Grueber, Catherine E., Cheng, Yuanyuan, Whittington, Camilla M., Dennison, Siobhan, Peel, Emma, Haerty, Wilfried, O'Neill, Rachel J., Colgan, Don, Russell, Tonia L., Alquezar-Planas, David, Attenbrow, Val, Bragg, Jason G., Brandies, Parice A., Chong, Amanda Yoon-Yee, Deakin, Janine E., Di Palma, Federica, Duda, Zachary, Eldridge, Mark D. B., Ewart, Kyle M. et al. 2018. "Adaptation and conservation insights from the koala genome." Nature genetics 50 (8):1102-1111. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-018-0153-52018
Eldridge, Mark D. B., Divljan, Anja, Ingleby, Sandy, Johnson, Rebecca N., King, Andrew G., Major, Richard E., Parnaby, Harry E., and Tsang, Leah. 2017. "The Australian Museum Lord Howe Island Expedition 2017-birds and mammals." Technical Reports of the Australian Museum (online) 26:25-43. https://doi.org/10.3853/j.1835-4211.26.2017.17042017
Neaves, Linda E., Frankham, Greta J., Dennison, Siobhan, FitzGibbon, Sean, Flannagan, Cheyne, Gillett, Amber, Hynes, Emily, Handasyde, Kathrine, Helgen, Kristofer M., Tsangaras, Kyriakos, Greenwood, Alex D., Eldridge, Mark D. B., and Johnson, Rebecca N. 2016. "Phylogeography of the Koala, (Phascolarctos cinereus), and Harmonising Data to Inform Conservation." PLOS ONE 11 (9):1-22. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.01622072016
Lawniczak, Mara K. N., Durbin, Richard, Flicek, Paul, Lindblad-Toh, Kerstin, Wei, Xiaofeng, Archibald, John M., Baker, William J., Belov, Katherine, Blaxter, Mark L., Bonet, Tomas Marques, Childers, Anna K., Coddington, Jonathan A., Crandall, Keith A., Crawford, Andrew J., Davey, Robert P., Di Palma, Federica, Fang, Qi, Haerty, Wilfried, Hall, Neil, Hoff, Katharina J., Howe, Kerstin, Jarvis, Erich D., Johnson, Warren E., Johnson, Rebecca N., Kersey, Paul J. et al. 2022. "Standards recommendations for the Earth BioGenome Project." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119, (4). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2115639118.
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