Stephanie is a Research Assistant working with Dr Bronwyn Hradsky on integrating fire and predator management to conserve threatened species. She completed a Bachelor of Science (Zoology) and a Master of Science (BioSciences) at the University of Melbourne. Her masters research, conducted in conjunction with the Conservation Ecology Centre and under the supervision of Dr Julian Di Stefano, Dr Bronwyn Hradsky and Dr Jack Pascoe, explored the impact of prescribed fire on long-nosed potoroo population density in the western Otway Ranges.