Peakall, Rod   (fl. 1980s - )

His parents passed on love of nature. They chose to bring up their five children on the outskirts of Perth, Western Australia, with nearby forest as our playground. They spent thair holidays camping at remote and wonderful locations, with hiking, canoeing, birdwatching and orchid hunting all part of the adventure.

He completed his BSc (Hons) in 1984 and PhD in 1987, both at the University of Western Australia (UWA)

He then took up an ARC funded 5-year postdoctoral position at Macquarie University in Sydney in 1988.

He joined The Australian National University (ANU) in 1993. He has also held visiting fellowships at Rutgers University, USA (1992) and at ETH (2003), Zurich, Switzerland.

Orchids have featured strongly in his research as ideal subjects for exploring a range of interesting ecological, chemical, molecular and evolutionary questions. His research on sexually deceptive orchids, in particular, has captured the imagination of the public, educators and scientists around the world.

He has supervised many Honours students, more than 25 PhD students, and hosted 15 postdocs.

He is the first author of the widely used population genetics software package, GenAlEx: Genetic Analysis in Excel (Peakall and Smouse 2006; Peakall and Smouse 2012).

Source: Extracted from:
https://biology.anu.edu.au/people/academics/rod-peakall
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)01129-0
Portrait Photo: 2022, https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)01129-0

Collecting localities for 'Peakall, R.' from AVH (2024)

Data from 321 specimens