Dr. Lisa Kirkendale
- Ph.D., University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A., 2005
- M.S., University of Guam Marine Laboratory, Mangilao, Guam, 2000
- B.S., University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 1995
Dr. Lisa Kirkendale is a Research Fellow at the University of Wollongong in Australia. She is currently using molecular data to address questions in marine systems. With this research she is able to molecularly identify an Australian green macroalgae in the genus Ulva. Prior to this research, she assessed the status of genetic knowledge concerning commercial oyster resources in Australia.
Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Kirkendale has published the following:
Kirkendale, L., T. Lee, P. Baker, and D. Ó Foighil. 2004. Oysters of the Conch Republic (Florida Keys): a molecular phylogenetic study of Parahyotissa mcgintyi, Teskeyostrea weberi and Ostreola equestris. Pp. 309–326 in R. Bieler and P. M. Mikkelsen, eds. Bivalve Studies in the Florida Keys. Proceedings of the International Marine Bivalve Workshop, Long Key, Florida, July 2002. Malacologia 46(2).