# Cynthia Riginos

**Source**: https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1650
**Parent**: https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1246

Professor

# Cynthia Riginos

Email:
:   [c.riginos@uq.edu.au](mailto:c.riginos@uq.edu.au)

Phone:
:   [+61 7 336 52152](tel:+61 7 336 52152)

## Positions

Affiliate of Centre for Marine Science
:   Centre for Marine Science
:   Faculty of Science

Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
:   Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
:   Faculty of Science

Professor
:   School of the Environment
:   Faculty of Science

## Overview

### Background

**Ecological and evolutionary genomics**

My research group uses genetic markers as tools for understanding dispersal and gene flow, often with conservation implications and most frequently focusing on highly dispersive marine animals such as fishes, mussels, and corals. We also study how gene flow and natural selection affect genomic variation and limit gene exchange across genomes, populations, and species.

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### Availability

Professor Cynthia Riginos is:
:   Not available for supervision
:   Media expert

### Fields of research

[Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4767)
[Biological Sciences](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4771)
[Biosecurity science and invasive species ecology](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=5477)
[Ecology](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4872)
[Environmental Sciences](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4773)
[Fisheries sciences](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4903)
[Genetics](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4839)

### Qualifications

- Masters (Coursework) of Science, University of Arizona
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Arizona

### Research interests

- #### Connectivity across land and seascapes

  How do habitat landscapes, ocean depth, and oceanography affect movements of individuals and genes? Can we identify source and linking populations in order to prioritize areas for conservation? How does environmentally mediated selection shape spatial patterns of population genetic variation?

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- #### Stochasticity in planktonic dispersal

  How does high temporal variability in sources of juvenile settlers affect evolutionary dynamics especially local adaptation? Does phenotypic plasticity allow niche specialization in the face of high gene flow?

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- #### Biological invasions, historical and modern

  What factors facilitate species expanding their ranges and colonizing new habitat? How do colonizing populations adapt to novel environments? Does hybridization with local species enhance invasiveness and rapid evolution?

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## Works

[Search Professor Cynthia Riginos’s works on UQ eSpace](http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/list/author_id/7927)

[All
(130)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/1650/all)
[Journal Article
(118)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/1650/4748)
[Other Outputs
(6)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/1650/4749)
[Conference Publication
(4)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/1650/4751)
[Book Chapter
(2)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/1650/4752)

2026

Journal Article

##### Shaping research in marine functional connectivity for integrated and effective marine science and management

Darnaude, Audrey M., Tanner, Susanne E., Blanco, Andreu, Sturrock, Anna M., Seker, Yael Teff, Pérez‐Ruzafa, Angel, Kotta, Jonne, Guy‐Haim, Tamar, Barboza, Francisco R., Hidalgo, Manuel, Guizien, Katell, Penca, Jerneja, López‐López, Lucía, Beger, Maria, Costantini, Federica, Arnaud‐Haond, Sophie, Riginos, Cynthia, Hostens, Kris, Rilov, Gil, Katsanevakis, Stelios and Hunter, Ewan (2026). Shaping research in marine functional connectivity for integrated and effective marine science and management. Biological Reviews brv.70120. doi: 10.1002/brv.70120

[Shaping research in marine functional connectivity for integrated and effective marine science and management](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:308eedd)

2025

Journal Article

##### A rapidly closing window for coral persistence under global warming

Bozec, Yves-Marie, Adam, Arne A. S., Arellano-Nava, Beatriz, Cresswell, Anna K., Haller-Bull, Vanessa, Iwanaga, Takuya, Lachs, Liam, Matthews, Samuel A., McWhorter, Jennifer K., Anthony, Kenneth R. N., Condie, Scott A., Halloran, Paul R., Ortiz, Juan-Carlos, Riginos, Cynthia and Mumby, Peter J. (2025). A rapidly closing window for coral persistence under global warming. Nature Communications, 16 (1) 9704, 9704-1. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-65015-4

[A rapidly closing window for coral persistence under global warming](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:fbddaf8)

2025

Journal Article

##### Using a null hypothesis framework to test expectations of disparity in an adaptive radiation

Garcia, Vhon Oliver, Riginos, Cynthia, Blomberg, Simone and Cook, Lyn G. (2025). Using a null hypothesis framework to test expectations of disparity in an adaptive radiation. Royal Society Open Science, 12 (10) 250353, 250353. doi: 10.1098/rsos.250353

[Using a null hypothesis framework to test expectations of disparity in an adaptive radiation](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:3fad50e)

2025

Journal Article

##### Connectivity differs by orders of magnitude among co-distributed corals, affecting spatial scales of eco-evolutionary processes

Meziere, Zoe, Prata, Katharine, Lechene, Marine, Ferrari, Renata, Popovic, Iva and Riginos, Cynthia (2025). Connectivity differs by orders of magnitude among co-distributed corals, affecting spatial scales of eco-evolutionary processes. Science Advances, 11 (27) eadt2066, 1-15. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adt2066

[Connectivity differs by orders of magnitude among co-distributed corals, affecting spatial scales of eco-evolutionary processes](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:b5b3921)

2025

Journal Article

##### Conserving Nemo: Genomic insights into the history and status of the endangered anemonefish Amphiprion mccullochi and its sister species Amphiprion akindynos

Lei, Chuan, Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., Riginos, Cynthia, Prata, Katharine E., Heatwole, Siobhan J. and Popovic, Iva (2025). Conserving Nemo: Genomic insights into the history and status of the endangered anemonefish Amphiprion mccullochi and its sister species Amphiprion akindynos. Conservation Genetics, 26 (3), 419-428. doi: 10.1007/s10592-025-01678-2

[Conserving Nemo: Genomic insights into the history and status of the endangered anemonefish Amphiprion mccullochi and its sister species Amphiprion akindynos](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:a4fddab)

2024

Journal Article

##### Natural selection could determine whether Acropora corals persist under expected climate change

Lachs, Liam, Bozec, Yves-Marie, Bythell, John C., Donner, Simon D., East, Holly K., Edwards, Alasdair J., Golbuu, Yimnang, Gouezo, Marine, Guest, James R., Humanes, Adriana, Riginos, Cynthia and Mumby, Peter J. (2024). Natural selection could determine whether Acropora corals persist under expected climate change. Science, 386 (6727), 1289-1294. doi: 10.1126/science.adl6480

[Natural selection could determine whether Acropora corals persist under expected climate change](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:e1a32ef)

2024

Journal Article

##### Cryptic species and hybridisation in corals: challenges and opportunities for conservation and restoration

Riginos, Cynthia, Popovic, Iva, Meziere, Zoe, Garcia, Vhon, Byrne, Ilha, Howitt, Samantha M., Ishida, Hisatake, Bairos-Novak, Kevin, Humanes, Adriana, Scharfenstein, Hugo, Richards, Thomas, Briggs, Ethan, Clark, Vanessa, Lei, Chuan, Khan, Mariam and Prata, Katharine E. (2024). Cryptic species and hybridisation in corals: challenges and opportunities for conservation and restoration. Peer Community Journal, 4 e106, 1-34. doi: 10.24072/pcjournal.492

[Cryptic species and hybridisation in corals: challenges and opportunities for conservation and restoration](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:967acaa)

2024

Journal Article

##### A framework for optimising opportunistic collaborative syntheses to propel ecological conservation

Sequeira, Ana M.M., Bates, Amanda E., Hays, Graeme, Sims, David W., Andrzejaczek, Samantha, Audzijonyte, Asta, Baum, Julia K., Beal, Martin, Block, Barbara, Cinner, Joshua, Cowley, Kaitlyn, Gilman, Eric, Gleason, Arthur, Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Hudson, Charlotte, Ishimura, Gakushi, Jabado, Rima W., Landrum, Jason P., Mangubhai, Sangeeta, McClenachan, Loren, Meagher, Laura, Riginos, Cynthia, Serrão, Ester A., Sherley, Richard B., Stuart-Smith, Rick D., Wambiji, Nina and Marley, Sarah A. (2024). A framework for optimising opportunistic collaborative syntheses to propel ecological conservation. Biological Conservation, 298 110717, 110717. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110717

[A framework for optimising opportunistic collaborative syntheses to propel ecological conservation](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:ca8d368)

2024

Other Outputs

##### Data and scripts from - Cryptic species and hybridisation in corals: challenges and opportunities for conservation and restoration

Riginos, Cynthia, Prata, Katharine, Popovic, Iva, Byrne, Ilha, Howitt, Samantha, Ishida, Hisatake and Meziere, Zoe (2024). Data and scripts from - Cryptic species and hybridisation in corals: challenges and opportunities for conservation and restoration. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/76456b1

[Data and scripts from - Cryptic species and hybridisation in corals: challenges and opportunities for conservation and restoration](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:76456b1)

2024

Journal Article

##### Chromosomal inversions harbour excess mutational load in the coral, Acropora kenti, on the Great Barrier Reef

Zhang, Jia, Schneller, Nadja M., Field, Matt A., Chan, Cheong Xin, Miller, David J., Strugnell, Jan M., Riginos, Cynthia, Bay, Line and Cooke, Ira (2024). Chromosomal inversions harbour excess mutational load in the coral, Acropora kenti, on the Great Barrier Reef. Molecular Ecology, 33 (16) e17468, e17468. doi: 10.1111/mec.17468

[Chromosomal inversions harbour excess mutational load in the coral, Acropora kenti, on the Great Barrier Reef](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:1886757)

2024

Journal Article

##### Some reef-building corals only disperse metres per generation

Prata, Katharine E., Bongaerts, Pim, Dwyer, John M., Ishida, Hisatake, Howitt, Samantha M., Hereward, James P., Crandall, Eric D. and Riginos, Cynthia (2024). Some reef-building corals only disperse metres per generation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 291 (2027) 20231988, 20231988. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1988

[Some reef-building corals only disperse metres per generation](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:16d6b3e)

2024

Journal Article

##### Research priorities to support coral reefs during rapid climate change

Fabricius, Katharina E., Cooley, Sarah R., Golbuu, Yimnang, Riginos, Cynthia, Gonzalez-Rivero, Manuel, Heron, Scott F., Mead, David, Cinner, Joshua and Schaffelke, Britta (2024). Research priorities to support coral reefs during rapid climate change. PLOS Climate, 3 (7) e0000435, e0000435. doi: 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000435

[Research priorities to support coral reefs during rapid climate change](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:e3bcbf0)

2024

Journal Article

##### Gene flow throughout the evolutionary history of a colour polymorphic and generalist clownfish

Schmid, Sarah, Bachmann Salvy, Marianne, Garcia Jimenez, Alberto, Bertrand, Joris A. M., Cortesi, Fabio, Heim, Sara, Huyghe, Filip, Litsios, Glenn, Marcionetti, Anna, O'Donnell, James L., Riginos, Cynthia, Tettamanti, Valerio and Salamin, Nicolas (2024). Gene flow throughout the evolutionary history of a colour polymorphic and generalist clownfish. Molecular Ecology, 33 (14) e17436, e17436. doi: 10.1111/mec.17436

[Gene flow throughout the evolutionary history of a colour polymorphic and generalist clownfish](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:e4d8af1)

2024

Journal Article

##### DNA metabarcoding as a tool for characterising the spatio-temporal distribution of planktonic larvae in the phylum Echinodermata

Byrne, Ilha, Riginos, Cynthia, Uthicke, Sven, Brookes, Dean and Popovic, Iva (2024). DNA metabarcoding as a tool for characterising the spatio-temporal distribution of planktonic larvae in the phylum Echinodermata. Coral Reefs, 43 (3), 717-731. doi: 10.1007/s00338-024-02496-7

[DNA metabarcoding as a tool for characterising the spatio-temporal distribution of planktonic larvae in the phylum Echinodermata](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:072a1ba)

2024

Journal Article

##### Contaminant or goldmine? In silico assessment of Symbiodiniaceae community using coral hologenomes

Ishida, Hisatake, Riginos, Cynthia and Chan, Cheong Xin (2024). Contaminant or goldmine? In silico assessment of Symbiodiniaceae community using coral hologenomes. Frontiers in Protistology, 2. doi: 10.3389/frpro.2024.1376877

[Contaminant or goldmine? In silico assessment of Symbiodiniaceae community using coral hologenomes](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:e63389c)

2024

Journal Article

##### High germline mutation rates, but not extreme population outbreaks, influence genetic diversity in a keystone coral predator

Popovic, Iva, Bergeron, Lucie A., Bozec, Yves-Marie, Waldvogel, Ann-Marie, Howitt, Samantha M., Damjanovic, Katarina, Patel, Frances, Cabrera, Maria G., Wörheide, Gert, Uthicke, Sven and Riginos, Cynthia (2024). High germline mutation rates, but not extreme population outbreaks, influence genetic diversity in a keystone coral predator. PLoS Genetics, 20 (2) e1011129, e1011129. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011129

[High germline mutation rates, but not extreme population outbreaks, influence genetic diversity in a keystone coral predator](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:3b2d7ed)

2024

Journal Article

##### Exploring coral speciation: multiple sympatric Stylophora pistillata taxa along a divergence continuum on the Great Barrier Reef

Meziere, Zoe, Popovic, Iva, Prata, Katharine, Ryan, Isobel, Pandolfi, John and Riginos, Cynthia (2024). Exploring coral speciation: multiple sympatric Stylophora pistillata taxa along a divergence continuum on the Great Barrier Reef. Evolutionary Applications, 17 (1) e13644, 1-17. doi: 10.1111/eva.13644

[Exploring coral speciation: multiple sympatric Stylophora pistillata taxa along a divergence continuum on the Great Barrier Reef](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:9e6b5d2)

2024

Other Outputs

##### Scripts and data from: High germline mutation rates, but not extreme population outbreaks, influence genetic diversity in a keystone coral predator

Riginos, Cynthia and Popovic, Iva (2024). Scripts and data from: High germline mutation rates, but not extreme population outbreaks, influence genetic diversity in a keystone coral predator. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/ad122d0

[Scripts and data from: High germline mutation rates, but not extreme population outbreaks, influence genetic diversity in a keystone coral predator](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:ad122d0)

2024

Other Outputs

##### Shallow Agaricia genomic data

Riginos, Cynthia, Prata, Katharine and Bongaerts, Pim (2024). Shallow Agaricia genomic data. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/62bc9a5

[Shallow Agaricia genomic data](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:62bc9a5)

2023

Journal Article

##### Comparative landscape genomics has arrived with a splash

Riginos, Cynthia and Jahnke, Marlene (2023). Comparative landscape genomics has arrived with a splash. Molecular Ecology, 32 (24), 6725-6728. doi: 10.1111/mec.17204

[Comparative landscape genomics has arrived with a splash](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:93d9f9e)

## Funding

### Current funding

- 2024 - 2027

  Empowering community-led coral reef restoration and prioritization in the Maldives (Coral Accelerator Program grant administered by SCU)

  Southern Cross University

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/66366)
- 2022 - 2026

  Some like it hot: invasive species, hybridisation, and a warming world

  ARC Discovery Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/52267)
- 2020 - 2026

  RRAP-ECO-01-V1 Integrated field-testing and sub-program management

  Australian Institute of Marine Science

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/49153)
- 2020 - 2026

  RRAP-ECO-03-V1 Ecological and genetic adaptation: EcoRRAP (GBRF Funding Administered by AIMS)

  Australian Institute of Marine Science

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/49059)
- 2020 - 2026

  RRAP-M&DS-04-V1: Modelling and Decision Support (M&DS)-ReefMod R&D

  Australian Institute of Marine Science

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/50587)

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### Past funding

- 2021 - 2022

  Plankton specimen DNA extraction, purifications and sequencing.

  CSIRO

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/51038)
- 2020 - 2025

  Crown-of-Thorns Starfish Control Innovation Program

  Great Barrier Reef Foundation

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/49226)
- 2020 - 2024

  Systematic and taxonomic analyses of eastern Australian Symbiodiniaceae: the unification of research on coral-algal mutualisms

  Australian Biological Resources Study

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/41005)
- 2019 - 2022

  Tracking origins and spread of Crown-of-Thorns Seastars on the GBR

  ARC Discovery Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/37066)
- 2017 - 2019

  Using genetic connectivity to improve source reef model outputs and predictions of recovery

  Great Barrier Reef Foundation

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/31218)
- 2016 - 2019

  Resolving the cryptic species identity of native Mytilus mussels and a marine global invader along Australia's temperate coastlines

  National Taxonomy Research Grant Program

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/28433)
- 2013 - 2017

  Survival after arrival: how post-settlement mortality shapes population connectivity and climate change resilience in a coastal marine fish

  The Hermon Slade Foundation

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/15926)
- 2013 - 2018

  Reconciling competing objectives for the design of marine reserve networks: biodiversity, food security, and local equity in benefits

  ARC Linkage Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/14214)
- 2012 - 2015

  Shark Futures: Sustainable management of the NSW whaler shark fishery

  New South Wales Department of Primary Industries

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/15639)
- 2012 - 2014

  Getting there and staying there: How important is larval dispersal versus local selection in determining the genetic composition of a coral reef fish population?

  Sea World Research and Rescue Foundation Inc

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/14364)
- 2012

  High Throughput Genotyping using Paralleled and Miniaturized DNA amplification.

  UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/14244)
- 2009

  Building Capacity in Quantitative Genomics

  UQ School/Centre Co-Funding

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/45497)
- 2008 - 2010

  Coral reef connectivity: an empirical and theoretical synthesis

  ARC Discovery Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/9443)
- 2007 - 2011

  Focusing regional marine conservation: merging seascape genetics and biophysical modeling within a graph-theoretic framework

  World Wildlife Fund, Inc

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/8975)
- 2007 - 2008

  Evaluating sources of selection on gamete recognition genes

  UQ Early Career Researcher

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/8783)
- 2006 - 2007

  Sea-scape genetics - small scale larval dispersal of cunjevoi (Pyura stolonifera)

  UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/43867)
- 2006 - 2007

  Collaborative Research: Extreme discordance between allozyme and non-allozyme introgression in Baltic mussels. Selection on allozymes?

  Duke University

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/8616)

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## Supervision

### Availability

Professor Cynthia Riginos is:
:   Not available for supervision

### Supervision history

#### Current supervision

- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Some like it hot: invasive species, hybridisation, and a warming world

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Katrina McGuigan](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/806)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Genomic signatures of adaptation across coral reef seascapes: linking geography, environment, and evolutionary processes

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Chris Roelfsema](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/765)
- Master Philosophy

  ##### Evaluating label accuracy in Australian seafood

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Carissa Klein](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1735)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Hologenomic variation in the reef-building coral Acropora hyacinthus across the Great Barrier Reef

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Cheong Xin Chan](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1283)

#### Completed supervision

- 2025

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Genomic insights into coral diversity, connectivity and adaptation across the Great Barrier Reef](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:ff938f7)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Cheong Xin Chan](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1283)
- 2025

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [The Genomics of Hybridisation and Introgression in Anemonefishes: Implications for Conservation and Evolutionary Dynamics](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:8213955)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Karen Cheney](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1578)
- 2023

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [On the macroevolution, biogeography, and evolutionary history of an adaptive radiation in sea snakes](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:0d6acae)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Lyn Cook](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1764)
- 2023

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Understanding cryptic coral diversity: A 3D-reefscape genomics approach to assess dispersal dynamics and niche differentiation](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:4b81fc8)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr John Dwyer](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1246)
- 2022

  Master Philosophy

  ##### [One mussel, two mussel, blue mussel, blue mussel: Utilizing putative diagnostic genetic markers to identify invasive cryptic Mytilus species in Australia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:51294ad)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1819)
- 2020

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Estimating contemporary abundance, demography, and vulnerability to change for long-lived species with effective population size and population simulation](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:5039807)

  Principal Advisor
- 2019

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Evolutionary pathways to invasive success: Thermal adaptation, hybridisation and parallel evolution in a marine global invader](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:366e316)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1819)
- 2019

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Explaining genetic patterns in the Philippines: broad and fine scale perspectives](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:88408e8)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Lyn Cook](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1764)
- 2019

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Dimensions of genotypic and phenotypic divergence in marine metapopulations: space, time, and ontogeny](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:977b0d7)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Katrina McGuigan](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/806)
- 2016

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Phylogeography and population genetics of Australian freshwater rainbowfishes](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:378334)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Robbie Wilson](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/470), [Associate Professor Lyn Cook](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1764)
- 2015

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Mapping within-species biodiversity: Patterns and predictors of genetic diversity on Indo-Pacific reefs](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:368802)

  Principal Advisor
- 2014

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Seascape genetics of Indo-Pacific reef organisms: methodologies and case studies for an emerging discipline](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:344709)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Hugh Possingham](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/920)
- 2014

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Phylogeographic variation in selected Indo-West Pacific shark and ray species, and application to monitoring and enforcement of the international shark fin trade

  Principal Advisor
- 2025

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Growth and survival dynamics of coral:The effects of various environmental influences on population level physiology in Acropora muricata and Galaxea fascicularis](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:dca4264)

  Associate Advisor
- 2023

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Biogeography and diversity of Australian tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae)](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:9c33a3a)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Lyn Cook](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1764)
- 2022

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Reconstructing ecological baselines of the Great Barrier Reef before and during European colonization using ancient environmental DNA](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:34b85a5)

  Associate Advisor
- 2021

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [The ecology of grouper spawning aggregations in Palau](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:ddf7570)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Peter Mumby](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/2387)
- 2019

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Evolution and ecology of coral range dynamics under climate change](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:20fcd38)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Eugenia Nijgh de Sampayo Garrido](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1242)
- 2019

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Evolution and Biogeography of the Australian Cycad Genus Macrozamia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:a5e422c)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Lyn Cook](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1764)
- 2019

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Thermal adaptation and acclimation in an intertidal goby (Bathygobius cocosensis)](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:8b04ff8)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Robbie Wilson](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/470)
- 2019

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Global population structure and life history traits in the Galapagos Marine Reserve of wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri): Implications for fisheries management](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:3651d76)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Ian Tibbetts](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/196)
- 2019

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Systematics, evolution and cryptic species of the Australian gall-inducing scale insect Apiomorpha (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae), with a focus on the Apiomorpha nookara and Apiomorpha hilli species groups](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:94fcffe)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Lyn Cook](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1764)
- 2018

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Evolutionary dynamics of the mutualistic interactions between fungus-gardening termites in Oman (Macrotermes subhyalinus) and their fungal associates (Termitomyces)](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:a71bd21)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Lyn Cook](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1764)
- 2016

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Parasites and cleaning behaviour in damselfishes](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:378828)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Karen Cheney](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1578)
- 2013

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Molecular ecology of the green mirid Creontiades dilutus Stal (Hemiptera: Miridae) - movement and host plant interactions across agricultural and arid environments.

  Associate Advisor
- 2012

  Master Philosophy

  ##### [The Population Genetic Structure of the Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, at Different Spatial Scales](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:273733)

  Associate Advisor
- 2011

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Bathymetric patterns of genetic variation in the coral-algal symbiosis](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:240474)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Emeritus Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/839)
- 2010

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Predictive models in landscape ecology: Understanding the effects of landscape pattern on the avifauna of South East Queensland](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:205688)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Hugh Possingham](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/920)

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## Media

### Enquiries

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- coral
- fish
- genetics
- genomics
- hybridization
- invasive
- landscape
- marine
- open data
- reproducibility
- seascape
- spatial

#### Need help?

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## External profiles

- [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5485-4197)
- [ResearcherID](https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/G-3320-2010)
- [Scopus](https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6603230581)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=3PEknw0AAAAJ)

## Personal links

- [Research group home page](http://www.cynthiariginos.org)
- [Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science](https://cbcs.centre.uq.edu.au/)

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