Assistant Professor Ben Wainwright has worked on numerous marine conservation programmes throughout the tropics – from Africa to Asia to the Americas and everywhere in between. He was awarded a PhD in Zoology with a specialisation in marine biology and evolution. Asst Prof Wainwright’s research uses molecular techniques to addresses questions related to the creation, maintenance, and ultimately the conservation of biodiversity throughout Southeast Asia, and especially the Coral Triangle.
Wainwright BJ et al., (2020) Population genetics of the banded coral shrimp, Stenopus hispidus (Olivier, 1811), in the Indonesian archipelago. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2020.151325
Archer SDJ, Lee KC, Caruso T, King-Miaow K, Harvey M, Hunag D, Wainwright BJ, Pointing SB (2019) Air mass source determines airborne microbial diversity at the ocean-atmosphere interface of the Great Barrier Reef marine ecosystem. ISMEJ. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-019-0555-0
Lee NLY, Huang D, Zheng BRQ, Lee J, Wainwright BJ (2019) Mangrove-associated fungal communities are differentiated by geographic location and host structure. Frontiers in Microbiology. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.02456
Wainwright BJ et al., (2019) Seagrass-associated fungal communities show distance decay of similarity that has implications for seagrass management and restoration. Ecology and Evolution. Doi: 10.1002/ece3.5631
Wainwright BJ et al., (2019) Characterisation of fungal biodiversity and communities associated with the reef macroalga Sargassum ilicifolium reveals fungal community differentiation according to geographic locality and algal structure. Marine Biodiversity. doi: 10.1007/s12526-019-00992-6
Wainwright BJ et al., (2019) Characterisation of coral-associated bacterial communities in an urbanised marine environment shows strong divergence over small geographic scales. Coral Reefs. 38:1097-1106. doi: 10.1007/s00338-019-01837-1
Wainwright BJ, Shita I, Karl SA (2019) Population genetics of the collector urchin, Tripneustes gratilla, in the Indonesian archipelago. Mar. Ecol. doi: 10.1111/maec.12530
Wainwright BJ et al., (2018) DNA barcoding of traded shark fins, meat and mobulid gill plates in Singapore uncovers numerous threatened species. Conserv. Gen. 19:1393–1399 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-018-1108-1
Wainwright BJ, Shita I, Karl SA (2018) Population genetic subdivision of seagrasses, Syringodium isoetifolium and Thalassia hemprichii, in the Indonesian Archipelago. Bot Mar. https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2017-0058
Wainwright BJ, Zahn GL, Arlyza IS, Amend AS (2018) Seagrass-associated fungal communities follow Wallace’s line, but host genotype does not structure fungal community. J Biogeogr.1–9. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13168
