Sam Banks

Charles Darwin University

Research Focussed Professorial Fellow, CDU College of Engineering, IT and Environment

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2415-0057

Registered to supervise postgraduate research

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Research interests

Sam Banks is a Professor in the College of Engineering, IT and the Environment specialising in Molecular Ecology and Conservation Biology. His research combines genomics and field ecology. His recent work examines how fire influences population dynamics and genetic diversity in natural populations, as well as using genetics to understand movement patterns in saltwater crocodiles. Sam holds degrees in Arts and Science and has a PhD in Genetics. His research has been published in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science and Molecular Ecology. When not at work, Sam can be found planning bushwalking adventures and unsuccessful fishing trips around the Northern Territory.

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Monash University

Award Date: 10 Oct 2005

Bachelor, Monash University

Award Date: 10 Dec 1999

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ARC LP200100222: Collaborative science for monitoring of Northern Territory marine megafauna
Banks, S., Harcourt, R., Day, J., Udyawer, V., Grech, A., Salgado-Kent, C., Smith, B., Moyle, F., McAdam, D., Buckworth, R. & Burton, D.
1/03/21 → 1/03/24
Project: Research
Conservation Ecology of the Greater Bilby
Geyle, H., Banks, S., Murphy, B. & Schlesinger, C.
26/02/21 → 24/02/23
Project: Research
Enhancing surveillance of the northern Australian feral pig population for African swine fever and other high impact pests and diseases
Campbell, H. & Banks, S.
27/07/20 → 30/07/21
Project: Research

80 Article
6 Review article
5 Letter
3 Comment/debate

Comparison of traditional and environmental DNA survey methods for detecting rare and abundant freshwater fish
Piggott, M. P., Banks, S. C., Broadhurst, B. T., Fulton, C. J. & Lintermans, M., Jan 2021, In: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 31, 1, p. 173-184 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Direct and indirect disturbance impacts in forests
Bowd, E. J., Banks, S. C., Bissett, A., May, T. W. & Lindenmayer, D. B., 8 Apr 2021, In: Ecology Letters.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
Population genomics and conservation management of a declining tropical rodent
Von Takach Dukai, B., Penton, C. E., Murphy, B., Radford, I., Davies, H., Hill, B. & Banks, S., May 2021, In: Heredity. 126, p. 763-775 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Prioritising source populations for supplementing genetic diversity of reintroduced southern brown bandicoots Isoodon obesulus obesulus
Robinson, N. M., Rhoades, C., Pierson, J., Lindenmayer, D. B. & Banks, S. C., 20 Feb 2021, In: Conservation Genetics. p. 1-13 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Scale-dependent signatures of local adaptation in a foundation tree species
von Takach, B., Ahrens, C. W., Lindenmayer, D. B. & Banks, S. C., 19 Mar 2021, In: Molecular Ecology.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review