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Kylie Cairns is an early career researcher specializing in molecular biology and conservation genetics. She completed her undergraduate (BSc) and postgraduate (PhD) training at the University of New South Wales. From 2012 to 2014, she managed a genetic testing service to estimate domestic dog introgression into dingoes, training under the late Associate Professor Alan Wilton. In 2019, she began her postdoctoral research at the Centre for Ecosystem Science, focusing on the biogeographical variation in dingoes. Collaborating with Professor Mike Letnic and Associate Professor Mathew Crowther, as well as partnering with the Australian Dingo Foundation, she investigates the application of next-generation SNP technology to assess genetic admixture in dingoes. Her research addresses significant scientific questions about the origin, biogeography, and conservation of dingoes, impacting public conservation management policies in Australia. Cairns is engaged in using environmental DNA (eDNA) for biodiversity monitoring and collaborates with Indigenous organizations and citizen scientists to integrate Traditional Ecological Knowledge with Western science. She is also involved in scientific communication to disseminate her findings to various stakeholders.
Centre for Ecosystem Science, University of New South Wales • Sydney, NSW, Australia
Conduct postdoctoral research focusing on conservation genetics and the genetic admixture of dingoes.
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