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Email

mcnamara@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary
School of BioSciences
Education
Bachelors Degree
University of Melbourne
PhD
The University of Melbourne
PhD
The University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0001-6072-3807

Dr Kathryn McNamara

Honorary
School of BioSciences

45 Scholarly works
3 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Conserved but mechanistically diverse piRNA defence against endogenous retroviruses in insects
    DOI: 10.1038/s44319-026-00741-4
  • 2026

    Book Chapter

    The Gumleaf Skeletonizer Moth: Uraba lugens
    DOI: 10.1079/9781800627680.0031
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Dietary melatonin supplementation mitigates the negative effects of artificial light at night in the Pacific field cricket, Teleogryllus oceanicus
    DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2025.2072
  • 2025

    Journal article

    How resource acquisition influences the detection of trade-offs
    DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpaf139
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Population variation in physiological and behavioural responses to artificial light at night
    DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123245
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Exploring the Factors Driving the Success of Urban-Exploiting Spiders
    DOI: 10.1086/734502
  • 2024

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Light Pollution, Circadian Behaviour, Foraging Ecology and Gut Health
Kathryn McNamara

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Artificial light at night and temperature as combined stressors on the development, life-history, and mating behaviour of the Pacific field cricket, Teleogryllus oceanicus
    DOI: 10.1007/s00265-025-03584-6
  • 2025

    Book Chapter

    Artificial light at night
    DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780192858979.003.0004
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Harmonic radar suggests greater impact of light pollution for nocturnal insects
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2417219121
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Microbial biomarkers as indicators of sperm viability in an insect
    DOI: 10.1098/rsos.240734

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2016

    Internal Research Grant

    The Costs of Pheremone Production
  • 2016

    Research Grant

    The Costs of Pheremone Production

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