Associate Professor Thomas Newsome
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Associate Professor Thomas Newsome

Associate Professor
School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Phone
+61 2 9351 4473
Address
A08 - Heydon-Laurence Building
The University of Sydney
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Associate Professor Thomas Newsome
  • 2018 Lecturer (Early Career Development Fellow), SOLES
  • 2017 Affiliate Assistant Professor, University of Washington
  • 2016 Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Deakin University
  • 2015 Courtesy Faculty, Oregon State University
  • 2013 Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar, Oregon State University
  • 2011 PhD, USyd
  • 2005 Masters, USyd
  • 2004 BSc, USyd

Dr Newsome’s research addresses how species respond to human-induced changes to the landscape. He is particularly interested in how humans and top predators shape and drive ecosystem processes.

His doctoral research focused on the ecology and behaviour of the dingo in theTanami Desert of central Australia. As a Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar he investigated the ecological role of grey wolves and other large carnivores.

Dr Newsome currently co-leads studies assessing (i) how mountain lions and other species are responding to the return of grey wolves in Washington State USA, (ii) the ecological role of carrion in Australia, (iii) human-carnivore conflicts globally, and (iv) how to resolve the global extinction crisis.

In 2018 Dr Newsome established the Global Ecology Labat The University of Sydney.

  • Australian Mammal Society
  • Ecological Society of Australia
  • Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
  • Australasian Wildlife Management Society
  • Vice Chancellors Early Career Award (2017) Deakin University
  • Whitley Award Commendation (2017) Royal Zoological Society NSW
  • President’s Early Career Award (2017) Australian Mammal Society
  • NSW Young Tall Poppy Science Award Winner (2016) AIPS
  • NSW Fulbright Scholarship (2013-2014) Fulbright Commission
  • Runner up Adolph Bolliger Award (2011) Australian Mammal Society
  • NT Student Award (2010) Ecological Society of Australia
  • NT Young Achiever of the Year, finalist (2009) Awards Australia
Project titleResearch student
Do dingoes influence riparian vegetation dynamics in the semi-arid rangelands of Western Australia?Zali JESTRIMSKI
Using movement and genetic studies to understand how invasive deer in Kosciuszko National Park respond to management actionsEliane MCCARTHY

Publications

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Selected Grants

2024

  • Carrion and Scavenging as an Ecological Indicator, Newsome T, Cairncross R, Ecological Society of Australia/Student Research Grant

2023

  • Urban Rewilding: Ecologically and Community-informed Futures, Newsome T, McManus P, Grueber C, Banks P, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage Projects (LP)
  • Carcass provisioning in alpine Australia: what will this mean for native and introduced species?, McCarthy E, Newsome T, Grueber C, Conservation and Wildlife Research Trust/Grants Program

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In the media

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