Jane Melville
Alma materUniversity of Tasmania
Scientific career
InstitutionsMuseums Victoria
ThesisThe evolution of locomotory mode in the lizard genus Niveoscincus : an ecomorphological analysis of ecology, behaviour, morphology and performance ability (1999)

Jane Melville AM is an Australian herpetologist at Museums Victoria. Her research focuses on the taxonomy and genetics of reptiles and amphibians.[1]

Career

Melville completed a BsC (hons) at the University of Tasmania (UTAS), winning the Ralston Trust Prize for Best Honours Thesis.[2] She remained at UTAS to undertake a PhD in zoology, awarded for her thesis "The evolution of locomotory mode in the lizard genus Niveoscincus : an ecomorphological analysis of ecology, behaviour, morphology and performance ability".[3]

Melville joined Museums Victoria in 2002 and served as curator of herpetology from 2004 to 2008.[4] She was promoted to senior curator, terrestrial vertebrates in 2008.[4] She was appointed an honorary herpetologist at the University of Melbourne in 2002[4] and is an associate professor in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University.[5]

Awards and recognition

Melville was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 2016 and a Fulbright Fellowship in 2019. She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours for "significant service to herpetological research, and to the museums sector".[4]

Selected publications

Melville has written of over 75 peer-reviewed journal articles,[4] including:

See also

  • Category:Taxa named by Jane Melville

References

  1. "Jane Melville". Winston Churchill Trust. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  2. "Dr Jane Melville". University of Melbourne. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  3. Melville, Jane, The evolution of locomotory mode in the lizard genus Niveoscincus : an ecomorphological analysis of ecology, behaviour, morphology and performance ability, retrieved 30 October 2023
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Dr Jane MELVILLE". Australian Honours Search Facility. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  5. "Dr Jane Melville". Museums Victoria. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
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