Kevin received his PhD from University of Illinois where he used genetic tools to recover the patterns of post-ice age colonisation of the eastern United States by mammal species and to assess the impacts of urban development on species movements in the present.
As a post-doctoral fellow at the Florida State University, Kevin studied the diversification of the old endemic rodents of Australia and New Guinea. As an international fellow at Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Kevin investigated the rapid radiation of the native Rattus of Australia and New Guinea and the evolution of odorant receptors and chemical cues among closely related species. As a postdoctoral fellow at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, Kevin combined historical museum records from the early 20th century with modern resurveys to understand how the distributions of mammal species have changed over the last century.
Since joining Museum Victoria in April 2011, Kevin has combined field studies and genetic analyses to study population structure, systematics and evolution in the small mammals of Victoria, Northern Territory and Indonesia. These projects all contribute to understanding the diversification of rodents as they expanded from Asia to Australia.