Education
2017 – 2021: Doctor of Philosophy (Research School of Biology), Australian National University (ANU)
Supervisors: Dr Adam Ślipiński, Dr Andreas Zwick, Professor Dave Rowell, Professor Craig Moritz
2012 – 2015: Bachelor of Philosophy – Science (Hons 1st class), Australian National University
Supervisors: Professor Craig Moritz, Dr Paul Oliver
Employment
2020 – present: Curatorial and Laboratory Technician at the Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO
2021: Research Officer at the Australian National University (Peakall lab, RSB)
2017 – 2020: Demonstrator at the Australian National University
BIOL1003: Evolution, Ecology and Genetics
BIOL1004: Molecular and Cell Biology
2016: Research Assistant at the Australian National University (Moritz lab, RSB)
2014 – 2015: CSIRO Undergraduate Vacation Summer Scholarship
Supervisors: Dr Rolf Oberprieler, Dr Adam Ślipiński
Grants, Awards, Qualifications
2018: ANU Vice-Chancellor’s HDR Travel Grant
2018: Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) National Taxonomy Research Grant Programme (NTRGP) Student Travel Grant
2017: Centre for Biodiversity Analysis Ignition Grant (Rhytiphora phylogeny)
2017: ANU Science Communication PhD Short Course
2017 – 2020: Australian Government Research Training Program (AGRTP) scholarship
2017 – 2020: ANU Dean’s Merit HDR Supplementary Scholarship in Science
2016: ANU Principles of Tutoring and Demonstrating Course
2015: ANU Honours Scholarship
2014: ANU Biology Prize for Third Year
Publications
Ashman, L.G., Hartley, D., Jin, M., Rowell, D.M., Teasdale, L., Ślipiński, A. and Zwick, A. (2022) Rhytiphora: a phylogenetic and morphological study of Australia’s largest longhorn beetle genus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Invertebrate Systematics 36 (6): 493–505
Jin, M., Shin, S., Ashman, L.G., Leschen, R.A.B., Zwick, A., de Keyzer, R., McKenna, D.D. and Ślipiński, A. (2022) Phylogenomics resolves timing and patterns in the evolution of Australasian Cerambycinae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), and reveals new insights into the subfamily-level classification and historical biogeography of longhorn beetles. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 172: 107486
Ashman, L.G., Shin, S., Zwick, A., Ślipiński, A. and McKenna, D.D. (2022) The first phylogeny of Australasian Lamiinae longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) reveals poor tribal classification and a complex biogeographic history. Systematic Entomology 47: 213–230
Oliver, P.M., Ashman, L.G., Bank, S., Laver, R.J., Pratt, R.C., Tedeschi, L.G. and Moritz, C.C. (2019) On and off the rocks: persistence and ecological diversification in a tropical Australian lizard radiation. BMC Evolutionary Biology 19: 81
Ashman, L.G., Bragg, J.G., Doughty, P., Hutchinson, M.N., Bank, S., Matzke, N.J., Oliver, P. and Moritz, C. (2018) Diversification across biomes in a continental lizard radiation. Evolution 72 (8): 1553–1569
Oberprieler, R.G., Ashman, L.G., Frese, M. and Ślipiński, A. (2016) The first elateroid beetles (Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Elateroidea) from the Upper Jurassic of Australia. Zootaxa 4147 (2): 177–191
Ashman, L.G., Oberprieler, R.G. and Ślipiński, A. (2015) Rhopalomma stefaniae et sp. n., the first ommatid beetle from the Upper Jurassic in Australia (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae). Zootaxa 3980: 136–142
Presentations
Ashman, L.G., Shin, S., Zwick, A., Ślipiński, A. and McKenna, D.D. (2021) Phylogeny and biogeography of the Australasian Lamiinae longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). (Oral presentation) Australian Entomological Society 52nd AGM and Scientific Conference, Adelaide/online, Australia
Ashman, L.G., Ślipiński, A., Zwick, A. and Rowell, D. (2019) Phylogeny and systematics of the longhorn beetle genus Rhytiphora (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). (Oral presentation) Australian Entomological Society 50th AGM and Scientific Conference, Brisbane, Australia
Ashman, L.G. and Ślipiński, A. (2018) Imposter longhorn beetles in Cretaceous Burmese amber. (Oral presentation and symposium co-chair) Australian Entomological Society 49th AGM and Scientific Conference, Alice Springs, Australia
Ashman, L.G., Ślipiński, A. and Zwick, A. (2018) Phylogeny and systematics of the longhorn beetle genus Rhytiphora (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). (Poster presentation) Second Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology, Montpellier, France
Ashman, L.G., Ślipiński, A., Zwick, A. and Rowell, D. (2017) Phylogeny and systematics of the longhorn beetle genus Rhytiphora (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). (Oral presentation) Australian Entomological Society 48th AGM and Scientific Conference, Terrigal, Australia
Ashman, L.G., Oliver, P.M. and Moritz, C. (2017) Phylogenetic and phenotypic diversity of the Australian Gehyra geckos. (Oral and poster presentation) Centre for Biodiversity Analysis Conference, Canberra, Australia
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