About

I'm an ecologist from Australia. I am currently a Research Fellow in Applied Ecology at the Queensland University of Technology and a Senior Ecologist at Bush Heritage Australia (joint position). My primary research interests are acoustic ecology (bioacoustics and ecoacoustics) and threatened bird conservation. In 2016, after many years working for the state government and having recently completed the wonderful Master of Conservation Biology program at the University of Queensland, I returned to academia full-time to undertake a PhD. My PhD research focussed on the conservation, behaviour and bioacoustics of endangered black-cockatoos (for ongoing research see Black-Cockatoo Project on Facebook and on Instagram). During my PhD, I was based at the University of Queensland’s Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science and was part of the NESP Threatened Species Recovery Hub. My field sites were on Kangaroo Island in South Australia and in south-west Victoria. Until 2021, I was the National Coordinator for the National Malleefowl Recovery Team and its work in the Threatened Species Recovery Hub. I have also led or contributed to a range of conservation projects for various state government departments and non-profit organisations, including Birdlife Australia. I am a member of the recovery team for the endangered south-eastern red-tailed black-cockatoo, the national glossy black cockatoo working group, and the Glossy Black Conservancy.

In the field in south-west Victoria, collecting data on black-cockatoos.