Vimoksalehi Lukoschek

Postdoctoral Scholar

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA, 92697-2525, USA
Office +1-949-824-8145
Lab +1-949-824-4747
v.lukoschek@uci.edu

Education

Doctor of Philosophy School of Marine & Tropical Biology / Earth & Environmental Sciences, James Cook University

Molecular ecology, evolution and conservation of hydrophiine sea snakes

Supervisors
Assoc. Prof. Michelle Waycott, School of Tropical Biology, James Cook University
Prof. Helene Marsh, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University
Assoc. Prof. Scott Keogh, School of Botany and Zoology, Australian National University

First Class Honours School of Marine Biology & Tropical, James Cook University (1998-1999)

Foraging dynamics of benthic carnivorous fishes on soft sediments of a tropical coral reef

Supervisor
Assoc. Prof. Mark McCormick, School of Marine & Tropical Biology, James Cook University

Bachelor of Science - Marine Biology, Zoology & Conservation Biology James Cook University (1994-1994)

Grade point average - 6.975 (maximum score 7)
First Year Science Student Prize (1994)

Certificate of Tertiary Teaching School of Education, James Cook University (2003 - 2005)

Registered General Nurse Alfred Hospital, Melbourne (1978-1981)

Higher School Certificate Glen Waverley High School, Melbourne (1977)

Scientific Publications

Lukoschek, V. & Chilvers, B.L. (Accepted) A robust baseline for bottlenose dolphin abundance in coastal Moreton Bay: a large carnivore living in a region of escalating anthropogenic impacts Wildlife Research
Lukoschek, V., Waycott, M. & Keogh, J.S. (In Press) Relative information content of polymorphic microsatellite markers and mitochondrial DNA for inferring dispersal and population genetic structure for the olive sea snake, Aipysurus laevis. Molecular Ecology
Lukoschek, V., Waycott, M. & Marsh, H. (2007) Phylogeography of the olive sea snake, Aipysurus laevis (Hydrophiinae) indicates recent Pleistocene range expansion but low contemporary gene flow. Molecular Ecology 16: 3406-3422
Lukoschek, V., Heatwole, H., Grech, A. Burns, G. & Marsh, H. (2007) Distribution of two species of marine snakes, Aipysurus laevis and Emydocephalus annulatus, in the southern Great Barrier Reef: metapopulation dynamics, marine protected areas and conservation Coral Reefs 26: 291-307
Heatwole, H. & Lukoschek, V. (2007) Reptiles of the Great Barrier Reef. Pp. 342-348 In: The Great Barrier Reef Biology, Environment and Management PA Hutchings, MJ Kingsford & O. Hoegh-Guldberg (Eds). CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne
Endo, T., Yong-Un, M., Baker, C.S., Funahashi, N., Lavery, S., Dalebout, M.L., Lukoschek, V., Haraguchi, K. (2007). Contamination level of mercury in read meat products from cetaceans available from South Korea markets Marine Pollution Bulletin 54: 669-677
Lukoschek, V. & Keogh, S. (2006) Molecular phylogeny of sea snakes reveals a rapidly diverged adaptive radiation Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 89: 523-539
Baker, C.S., Lukoschek, V., Lavery, S., Dalebout, M.L., Ma Yong-un, Endo, T. & Funahashi, N. (2006) Incomplete reporting of whale, dolphin and porpoise ‘bycatch’ revealed by molecular monitoring of Korean markets. Animal Conservation 9: 474-482
Lukoschek, V., Waycott, M. & Dunshea, G. (2005) Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from the Australasian sea snake,Aipysurus laevis Molecular Ecology Notes 5: 879-881
Lukoschek, V., Funahashi, N., Lavery, S., Dalebout, M.L., Brook C., Cipriano, F., & Baker, C.S. (2005) Temporal and geographic distributions of North Pacific minke whale ‘J’- and ‘O’-type products from Japanese markets, 1998 to 2004 Report to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission (SC/57/NPM6)
Arnold, P., Birtles, A., Dunston, A. Lukoschek, V. & Mathews, M. (2005) Colour patterns of the dwarf minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata sensu lato: description, cladistic analysis and taxonomic implications Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 51: 277-307.Brisbane ISSN 0079-8835
Lukoschek, V. & McCormick, M.I. (2002). A review of multi-species foraging asociations in fishes and their ecological significance Pp 467-474 in M.K. Kasim Moosa, S. Soemodihardjo, A. Nontji, A Soegiarto, K. Romimohtarto, Sukarno and Suharsono (Editors). Proceedings of the Ninth International Coral Reef Symposium. Bali, Indonesia, October 23-27, 2000. ISBN 979-8105-97-4
Lukoschek, V. & McCormick, M.I. (2001) Ontogeny of diet shifts in a tropical benthic carnivorous fish, Parupeneus barberinus (Mullidae): relationship between foraging behaviour, habitat use, jaw size and prey selection Marine Biology 138: 1099-1113

Employment

2006 Research Assistant: Dr Ray Berkelmans, Australian Institute of Marine Science
Research into to the molecular dynamics underlying the thermal tolerance of reef-building corals and their zooxanthellae

2006 Graduate Project Officer: Species Conservation, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

2004 -2006 Assistant Research Fellow: Prof. C.S. Baker Research Group, University of Auckland
Research into market dynamics of whale meat products in Japan and South Korea using molecular forensic genetic techniques

2001 - 2005 Task Leader, CRC Reef Research Centre
Project managed CRC Research Task C1.4.1.S: Conservation genetics of hydrophiine sea snakes in Australian waters, with emphasis on the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area

2003 Lecturer (part time): School of Indigenous Australian Studies, James Cook University
Taught mathematics to Indigenous Australian students undertaking Humanities Tertiary Access Course

2001 - 2003 Guest Lecturer & Tutor: Marine Wildlife Management Course, James Cook University

2000 - 2001 Research assistant: Dugong Aerial Surveys, James Cook University

1999 - 2000 Research assistant: Minke Whale Research Project, Museum of Tropical Queensland & JCU

1998 - 2006 Tutor/Demonstrator: Biological Sciences, James Cook University for the following courses
Genetics & Biodiversity Conservation, Field Biology & Adaptation, Marine Biology/Ecology/Biogeography, Design & Analysis of Marine Ecological Studies, Biometrics, Introductory Zoology

Award and Grant History

2007 Sea World Research and Rescue Foundation $13,524 Multiple paternity in four sea snake species: Genetic perspectives from hypervariable microsatellite markers
2007 American Museum of Natural History, Lerner-Gray Fund for Marine Research $1,500 Sea snakes as model organisms for comparative phylogeography and investigating multiple paternity
2007 Field Museum of Natural History, Visiting Scholarhip $1,700 Biogeography of the Indo-West Pacific: Sea snakes as model organisms for comparative phylogeography
2001-2005 CRC Reef Research $78,571 Conservation genetics of hydrophiine sea snakes in Australian waters, with emphasis on the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
2005 University of Auckland Contestable Fund $1000 & SMM Student Travel Award $550 to attend Biennial Conference of Marine Mammalogy, San Diego
2000-2003 Australian Postgraduate Award
2000-2004 CRC Reef Postgraduate Award
2004-2005 JCU Internal Research Award $1900 to attend two international conferences
2003- 2005 CRC Reef Student Travel Award $1500 to attend three international conferences
2004 ABRS Student Travel Bursary $1000 XIX International Zoology Congress, Beijing
2002 DMRS $2,375 Conservation status of the olive sea snake, Aipysurus laevis, in the GBR
2002 ACRS Student Travel Award $545 Annual ACRS conference
2000 GBRMP Augmentative Grant $1,300 Distribution & abundance of inshore dolphins in the GBRWHA
1998 CRC Augmentative Grant $1450 Benthic fish foraging associations and dynamics

Media & Other Publications

Lukoschek, V. 2006 Sea Snakes: Survival of the Slipperiest. Australasian Science June 2006:32-34
Science on Radio 2006 Sea snake radio interview for Australian Broadcasting Commission
Eye-of-the-Reef Program, GBRMPA 2006 Talk to dive operators: Sea snake ecology, conservation, tourism and fun facts
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority 2005 Talk to managers: Sea snakes: ecology, evolution, conservation and management
Sea snakes of the Yongala Reef 2003 Tierzeit Documentary June 2003 (22 minutes), Wildlife and Nature Series, VOX Television, Europe
Sea snake sex tours 2003 Australian Geographic Oct–Dec 2003
Sinuous reef charmer 2003 Townsville Bulletin May 29th, 2003
The secret life of sea snakes 2003 JCU Outlook June 2003
Science on Radio 2003 Sea snake radio interview for Australian Broadcasting Commission

Conference Talks

Conference Symposium Organiser and Chair - Australian Marine Sciences Association Conference, Cairns - Symposium Title - Connectivity in the marine environment and implications for conservation: a genetic perspective
Prof J.C. Avise, UC Irvine, was one of my invited speakers and presented the plenary symposium talk, Conservation Genetics of Marine Turtles - Ten Years Later

Lukoschek, V. 2006 Connectivity among populations of the olive sea snake: assessing the differential contributions of male and female mediated gene flow at a range of spatial scales Connectivity Symposium, AMSA Conference, Cairns

Lukoschek, V. 2005 Phylogeographic structure of the olive seasnake, Aipysurus laevis, indicates recent expansion event from Pleistocene refugia Molecular Biology & Evolution Conference, Auckland

Lukoschek, V. 2004 Conservation implications of the population genetic structure of the olive sea snake, Aipysurus laevis. XIXth International Congress of Zoology, Beijing

Lukoschek, V. 2004 Molecular phylogeny of sea snakes reveals a rapid adaptive radiation XIXth International Congress of Zoology, Beijing

Lukoschek, V. & Chilvers, B.L. (2001) Comparison of the use of line transect surveys and mark-recapture methods to determine the abundance of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in Moreton Bay, southern Queensland Southern Hemisphere Marine Mammal Conference, Philip Island and AMSA Conference, Townsville

Lukoschek, V. & McCormick, M.I. (2000) A review of multispecies fish foraging associations with particular emphasis on the dash-dot goatfish, Parupeneus barberinus (Mullidae) Ninth International Coral Reef Symposium of the ICRS, Bali

Memberships

International Coral Reef Society
Australian Marine Science Association
Australian Coral Reef Society
Australasian Evolution Society
Genetics Society of Australia