Biography
Deakin University, ARC DECRA (2015-Present)
Deakin University, Research Fellow (2012-2015)
Macquarie University, Research Fellow (2011-2012)
University of New South Wales, Research Associate (2010-2011)
Macquarie University, Research Fellow (2009-2010)
University of New South Wales, PhD (Conservation Genetics), Awarded 2009
University of New South Wales, Master (Marine Science), Awarded 2000
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I am broadly interested in the molecular ecology of invasive species, conservation genetics, avian behaviour, the genetics of social systems and how genes behave at a population level. Much of my work has focused on the role of dispersal in range expansions and the use of genetic analyses to understand contemporary population dynamics including rates of exchange between genetically separated populations. I am now investigating genes important to dispersal in order to examine the role of genetics in range expansion of invasive species.
Knowledge areas
Population genetics
Molecular ecology
Conservation genetics
Conferences
2016:
Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vienna, Austria, Avian Molecular Evolution Symposium (organiser)
Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour Conference, Katoomba, Australia, Public Lecture
2015:
Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vienna, Austria
Behaviour 2015, Cairns, Australia (oral presentation and symposium orgnaiser)
2014:
Invasion Genetics: The Baker and Stebbens Legacy, Asilomar, California, USA
Genetics Society of Australasia 2014, Sydney Australia
2013:
Genetics Society of Australasia 2013, Sydney, Australia
Australasian Evolution Society Conference, Geelong, Australia
2012:
Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour Conference, Geelong, Australia
Genetics Society of Australasia 59th Annual Conference, Melbourne, Australia
2008:
International Invasive Bird Conference, Fremantle, Australia
Australasian Wildlife Management Society 21st Annual Conference, Fremantle, Australia
2007:
The 6th International Zoo and Wildlife Research Conference on Behaviour, Physiology and Genetics, Berlin, Germany
ConGen3: The 3rd International Conservation Genetics Symposium, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
Australasian Evolution Society 5th Annual Conference, Sydney, Australia
Genetics Society of Australasia 54th Annual Conference, Sydney, Australia
Biodiversity Extinction Crisis Conference – A Pacific Response, (Society for Conservation Biology Australasian Section), Sydney, Australia.
2005:
13th Annual Australasian Pest Management Conference, Wellington, NZ. (Full paper).
Professional activities
Genetics Society of Australasia, Treasurer, 2013-present
Australasian Evolution Society, Treasurer, 2013-present
Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour, Membership Officer, 2012-2016
Projects
Honours and PhD projects are available to investigate genetic and epigenetic drivers of invasion using cane toads and starlings as model species. We also welcome students interested in studying bioinformatics.
Publications
Extreme competence: keystone hosts of infections
Lynn Martin, BriAnne Addison, Andrew Bean, Katherine Buchanan, Ondi Crino, Justin Eastwood, Andrew Flies, Rodrigo Hamede, Geoffrey Hill, Marcel Klaassen, Rebecca Koch, Johanne Martens, Constanza Napolitano, Edward Narayan, Lee Peacock, Alison Peel, Anne Peters, Nynke Raven, Alice Risely, Michael Roast, Lee Rollins, Manuel Ruiz-Aravena, Dan Selechnik, Helena Stokes, Beata Ujvari, Laura Grogan
(2019), Vol. 34, pp. 303-314, Trends in ecology & evolution, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
D Selechnik, M Richardson, R Shine, G Brown, L Rollins
(2019), Vol. 9, pp. 6708-6721, Ecology and evolution, Chichester, Eng., C1
Improving amphibian genomic resources: a multitissue reference transcriptome of an iconic invader
M Richardson, F Sequeira, D Selechnik, M Carneiro, M Vallinoto, J Reid, A West, M Crossland, R Shine, L Rollins
(2018), Vol. 7, pp. 1-7, GigaScience, Oxford, Eng., C1
S Andrew, M Awasthy, P Bolton, L Rollins, S Nakagawa, S Griffith
(2018), Vol. 20, pp. 1507-1522, Biological invasions, Cham, Switzerland, C1
The ecological and life history correlates of boldness in free-ranging lizards
G Ward-Fear, G Brown, D Pearson, A West, L Rollins, R Shine
(2018), Vol. 9, Ecosphere, Hoboken, N.J., C1
A Cardilini, C Sherman, W Sherwin, L Rollins
(2018), Vol. 6, pp. 1-18, PeerJ, Corte Madera, Calif., C1
P Bolton, L Rollins, J Brazill-Boast, K Maute, S Legge, J Austin, S Griffith
(2018), Vol. 19, pp. 737-754, Conservation genetics, New York, N.Y., C1
Alice Russo, John-Sebastian Eden, Daniel Enosi Tuipulotu, Mang Shi, Daniel Selechnik, Richard Shine, Lee Rollins, Edward Holmes, Peter White
(2018), Vol. 92, Journal of virology, Washington, D.C., C1
Draft genome assembly of the invasive cane toad, Rhinella marina
Richard Edwards, Daniel Tuipulotu, Timothy Amos, Denis O'Meally, Mark Richardson, Tonia Russell, Marcelo Vallinoto, Miguel Carneiro, Nuno Ferrand, Marc Wilkins, Fernando Sequeira, Lee Rollins, Edward Holmes, Richard Shine, Peter White
(2018), Vol. 7, pp. 1-13, Gigascience, Oxford, Eng., C1
P Bolton, L Rollins, J Brazill-Boast, K-W Kim, T Burke, S Griffith
(2017), Vol. 30, pp. 174-190, Journal of evolutionary biology, Chichester, Eng., C1
D Selechnik, L Rollins, G Brown, C Kelehear, R Shine
(2017), Vol. 6, pp. 375-385, International journal for parasitology: parasites and wildlife, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
De novo assembly of the liver transcriptome of the European starling, sturnus vulgaris
M Richardson, W Sherwin, L Rollins
(2017), Vol. 5, pp. 54-57, Journal of genomics, Sydney, N.S.W., C1
Host heterozygosity and genotype rarity affect viral dynamics in an avian subspecies complex
J Eastwood, R Ribot, L Rollins, K Buchanan, K Walder, A Bennett, M Berg
(2017), Vol. 7, pp. 1-11, Scientific reports, London, Eng., C1
D Selechnik, A West, G Brown, K Fanson, B Addison, L Rollins, R Shine
(2017), Vol. 5, pp. 1-19, PeerJ, London, Eng., C1
P McDonald, L Rollins, S Godfrey
(2016), Vol. 70, pp. 133-143, Behavioral ecology and sociobiology, Berlin, Gemany, C1
Selection on mitochondrial variants occurs between and within individuals in an expanding invasion
L Rollins, A Woolnough, B Fanson, M Cummins, T Crowley, A Wilton, R Sinclair, A Butler, W Sherwin
(2016), Vol. 33, pp. 995-1007, Molecular biology and evolution, Oxford, Eng., C1
Extra-pair paternity in the long-tailed finch Poephila acuticauda
E van Rooij, L Rollins, C Holleley, S Griffith
(2016), Vol. 4, pp. 1-10, PeerJ, London, Eng., C1
P Bolton, L Rollins, S Griffith
(2016), Vol. 25, pp. 2713-2718, Molecular ecology, Chichester, Eng., C1
What are we missing about marine invasions? Filling in the gaps with evolutionary genomics
C Sherman, K Lotterhos, M Richardson, C Tepolt, L Rollins, S Palumbi, A Miller
(2016), Vol. 163, pp. 1-24, Marine biology, Berlin, Germany, C1
P Bolton, A West, A Cardilini, J Clark, K Maute, S Legge, J Brazill-Boast, S Griffith, L Rollins
(2016), Vol. 11, pp. 1-19, PloS one, San Francisco, Calif., C1
A genetic perspective on rapid evolution in cane toads (Rhinella marina).
L Rollins, M Richardson, R Shine
(2015), Vol. 24, pp. 2264-2276, Molecular Ecology, London, Eng., C1
Assessing the economic benefits of starling detection and control to Western Australia
S Campbell, E Roberts, R Craemer, C Pacioni, L Rollins, A Woolnough
(2015), Vol. 23, pp. 81-99, Australasian journal of environmental management, London, Eng., C1
L Rollins, M Whitehead, A Woolnough, R Sinclair, W Sherwin
(2015), Vol. 61, pp. 505-519, Current zoology, Oxford, Eng., C1
A Chao, L Jost, T Hsieh, K Ma, W Sherwin, L Rollins
(2015), Vol. 10, pp. 1-24, PLoS One, San Francisco, Calif., C1
M Warrington, L Rollins, A Russell, S Griffith
(2015), Vol. 69, pp. 1311-1321, Behavioral ecology and sociobiology, Berlin, Germany, C1-1
P Bolton, L Rollins, S Griffith
(2015), Vol. 24, pp. 2907-2915, Molecular ecology, London, Eng., C1
Unrelated helpers neither signal contributions nor suffer retribution in chestnut-crowed babblers
F Nomano, L Browning, J Savage, L Rollins, S Griffith, A Russell
(2015), Vol. 26, pp. 986-995, Behavioral ecology, Oxford, Eng., C1
Causes of male sexual trait divergence in introduced populations of guppies
A Lindholm, M Head, R Brooks, L Rollins, F Ingleby, S Zajitschek
(2014), Vol. 27, pp. 437-448, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, C1
Personality in captivity: more exploratory males reproduce better in an aviary population
L McCowan, L Rollins, S Griffith
(2014), Vol. 107, pp. 150-157, Behavioural processes, Amsterdam, Netherlands, C1
M Warrington, P McDonald, L Rollins, S Griffith
(2014), Vol. 93, pp. 249-260, Animal behaviour, London, England, C1
A Kopps, P McDonald, L Rollins
(2013), Vol. 5, pp. 39-41, Conservation genetics resources, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, C1-1
High genetic diversity is not essential for successful introduction
L Rollins, A Moles, S Lam, R Buitenwerf, J Buswell, C Brandenburger, H Flores-Moreno, K Nielsen, E Couchman, G Brown, F Thomson, F Hemmings, R Frankham, W Sherwin
(2013), Vol. 3, pp. 4501-4517, Ecology and Evolution, C1
F Nomano, L Browning, L Rollins, S Nakagawa, S Griffith, A Russell
(2013), Vol. 86, pp. 277-289, Animal Behaviour, C1-1
M Warrington, L Rollins, N Raihani, A Russell, S Griffith
(2013), Vol. 3, pp. 4669-4682, Ecology and evolution, London, England, C1-1
L Rollins, L Browning, C Holleley, J Savage, A Russell, S Griffith
(2012), Vol. 21, pp. 1727-1740, Molecular Ecology, C1-1
Kin selection, not group augmentation, predicts helping in an obligate cooperatively breeding bird
L Browning, S Patrick, L Rollins, S Griffith, A Russell
(2012), Vol. 279, pp. 3861-3869, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, C1-1
Mothers adjust offspring sex to match the quality of the rearing environment
S Pryke, L Rollins
(2012), Vol. 279, pp. 4051-4057, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, C1-1
L Rollins, N Svedin, S Pryke, S Griffith
(2012), Vol. 2, pp. 1208-1219, Ecology and Evolution, C1-1
Maternal stress to partner quality is linked to adaptive offspring sex ratio adjustment
S Pryke, L Rollins, W Buttemer, S Griffith
(2011), Vol. 22, pp. 717-722, Behavioral Ecology, C1
A Gilby, M Mainwaring, L Rollins, S Griffith
(2011), Vol. 81, pp. 289-295, Animal behaviour, Oxford, England, C1-1
Mitochondrial DNA offers unique insights into invasion history of the common starling
L Rollins, A Woolnough, R Sinclair, N Mooney, W Sherwin
(2011), Vol. 20, pp. 2307-2317, Molecular Ecology, C1-1
Context-dependent sex allocation: Constraints on the expression and evolution of maternal effects
S Pryke, L Rollins, S Griffith
(2011), Vol. 65, pp. 2792-2799, Evolution, C1-1
Sex-dependent selection differentially shapes genetic variation on and off the guppy Y chromosome
E Postma, N Spyrou, L Rollins, R Brooks
(2011), Vol. 65, pp. 2145-2156, Evolution, Oxford, England, C1-1
Females use multiple mating and genetically loaded sperm competition to target compatible genes
S Pryke, L Rollins, S Griffith
(2010), Vol. 329, pp. 964-967, Science, Washington, D. C., C1-1
L Rollins, C Holleley, J Wright, A Russell, S Griffith
(2009), Vol. 2, pp. 229-231, Conservation genetics resources, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, C1-1
L Rollins, A Woolnough, A Wilton, R Sinclair, W Sherwin
(2009), Vol. 18, pp. 1560-1573, Molecular Ecology, C1-1
Population genetic tools for pest management: A review
L Rollins, A Woolnough, W Sherwin
(2006), Vol. 33, pp. 251-261, Wildlife Research, C1-1
Genetic architecture of sexually selected traits - lessons from guppies
R Brooks, L Rollins, N Spyrou
(2006), pp. 1-4, Proceedings of the 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production 2006, Minas Gerais, Brazil, E1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
The danger within: assessing the threats to an endangered finch from genetic incompatibility, limited dispersal and effective population size
Dr Simon Griffith, Dr Lee Rollins
ARC - Discovery Projects
- 2015: $20,000
- 2014: $22,444
- 2013: $30,000
The evolution of phenotypic plasticity during a biological invasion
Prof Richard Shine, Dr Lee Rollins
ARC - Discovery Projects
- 2017: $54,069
- 2016: $68,407
Other Public Sector Funding
Developing genetic tools for managing Sambar Deer
Dr Lee Rollins
- 2013: $5,000
Delimiting historical deer distributions and determining the origin of 'new' deer populations in Victoria
Dr Lee Rollins
- 2014: $7,272
Supervisions
Adam Cardilini
Thesis entitled: Phenotypic and genetic variation of non-native common starling, Sturnus vulgaris
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Adam Cardilini
Thesis entitled: Phenotypic and genetic variation of non-native common starling, Sturnus vulgaris
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), Faculty Office- Science, Engineering & Built Environment