Meet the Team
Research Staff
Anja Skroblin (she/her)
Research Fellow
Threatened Species Conservation, Designing Monitoring, Combining Knowledges, Evidence Based Land Management
Billy Geary (he/him)
Lecturer in Quantitative Ecology & Biodiversity Conservation
Ecological modelling & forecasting, Conservation prioritisation, Ecosystem management, Fire ecology
Bonnie Wintle (she/her)
Research Fellow
Meta-research, Expert Judgement, Environmental Decision Making, Horizon Scanning
Brendan Wintle (he/him)
Professor of Conservation Ecology
Threatened Species, Species Distribution Modelling, Making Decisions Under Uncertainty, Cost-Effectiveness of Conservation Programs
Bronwyn Hradsky (she/her)
Research Fellow
Threatened Species Conservation, Invasive Predator Ecology, Fire Ecology, Agent-based Modelling
David Wilkinson (he/him)
Research Fellow
Joint Species Distribution Modelling, Reproducible Research, Imperfect Detection, Ecological Modelling
Emily Nicholson (she/her)
Professor of Conservation Science
Conservation Science, Ecosystem Science, Biodiversity indicators, Conservation policy
Emma J. Hudgins (she/her)
Lecturer in Quantitative Ecology
Invasive Species, Spread modelling, Spatial prioritisation, Urban wellbeing, Forest management
Fiona Fidler (she/her)
Professor
Reproducibility, Social and Behavioural Science, Metascience, Philosophy of Science
Jack Pascoe (he/him)
Senior Research Fellow
Biocultural Landscapes, Fire Ecology, Wildlife Ecology, Vertebrate Pest Management
Julianna Santos (she/her)
Research Fellow
Threatened Species and Communities, Ecosystem Management, Fire Ecology, Ecological Modelling
Kylie Soanes (she/her)
Research Fellow
Urban Ecology, Threatened Species Conservation, Road Ecology, Artificial Habitats
Maddi Miller (she/they)
Research Fellow
Indigenous Knowledge, Caring for Country, Cultural Landscapes, Human Nature Interaction
Megan Good (she/her)
Research Fellow
Eucalypt Dynamics, Woodland Restoration, State and Transition models, Plant Ecology
Michael McCarthy (he/him)
Professor
Statistical Ecology, Imperfect Detection, Population Ecology, Ecological Modelling
Natalie Briscoe (she/her)
Research Fellow
Species Distribution Modelling, Ecophysiology, Threatened Species Conservation
Peter Vesk (he/him)
Professor
Plants and Vegetation, Functional Traits, Ecological Modelling, mainly statistical, Eucalypt Tree Ecology, Vegetation Management and Conservation
Tina Parkhurst (she/her)
Research Fellow
Ecosystem Restoration, Conservation Science, Natural Capital Accounting
Research Students and Research Assistants
Ainslie Macdonald (she/her)
PhD student
Biodiversity in Agriculture, Social Research Methods, Acoustic Monitoring, Natural Capital Accounting
Alys Young (she/her)
PhD Candidate
Species Distribution Modelling, Remote-sensing, Indigenous Ecological Knowledge
Clare Vernon (she/her)
PhD Candidate
Ecosystem science, Ecological indicators, Alpine ecology, Red List of Ecosystems, Expert judgement and expert elicitation
Eleanor R. Stern (she/her)
PhD Candidate
Species Distribution Modelling, Experimental Ecology, Microcosm Experiments
Elliot Gould (they/them)
PhD Candidate and Research Assistant
Meta-research, Reproducibility and Transparency, Ecological Modelling, Structured Decision Making, Decision Analysis, Data Science & R
Iris Hickman (she/her)
PhD Candidate
Alpine Ecosystems, Long-term Vegetation Dynamics, Vegetation Management and Conservation, Ecological Modelling
Kevin Newman (he/him)
PhD Candidate
Imperfect Detection, Quantitative Ecology, Australian Native Species
Luca Reading (he/him)
Masters Student
Invasive Species, Threatened Species Conservation, Ecological Modelling
Lucia Valdes Saucedo (she/her)
PhD Student
Statistics, Mathematical modelling, Deep learning, Detectability
Luping Zhang (she/her)
PhD Candidate
Spread Modelling, Species Distribution Modelling, Forest Management, Conservation Decision-Making
Michael Traurig (he/him)
PhD Candidate
Spatial mapping and analysis, Statistical analysis and modelling, Marine connectivity and biophyiscal modelling, Ecosystem services and economic accounting
Mishal Gudka (he/him)
PhD Candidate
Ecology, Applied Ecology, Conservation, Quantitative ecosystem assessment frameworks, Analysis/coding in R, Decision support
Natasha Cadenhead (she/her)
Research Assistant, PhD Candidate
Sustainable Finance, Species Distribution Modelling, Population Viability & Scenario Analysis, Threatened Species
Rebecca Groenewegen (she/her)
PhD Candidate
Integrated Population Models, Conservation Planning, Optimising Monitoring, JAGS/NIMBLE
Samuel Hickman (he/him)
Research Associate and Biodiversity Footprint Project Manager
Biodiversity Conservation, Corporate Sustainability, Sustainable Finance, Value Chain Analysis
Saoirse Kelleher (she/her)
PhD Candidate
Species Distribution Modelling, Conservation Technology, Remote Sensing, Bioacoustics
Stephanie Stylli (she/her)
Research Assistant
Threatened Species Conservation, Wildlife Management, Fire Ecology, Science Communication
Teagan Goolmeer (she/her)
PhD Candidate
Indigenous Knowledge, Environmental Management, Structured Decision Making
Affiliates and Alumni
Alyson Stobo-Wilson (she/her)
Research Fellow
Biodiversity Indicators, Landscape Ecology, Conservation Ecology, Trophic Interactions
August (Tianxiao) Hao (he/him)
PhD Candidate alumni
Species Distribution Modelling, Biogeographic Regionalisation, Fungi Biogeography, Citizen Science Data
Casey Visintin (he/him)
Research Fellow
Wildlife Conservation, Quantitative Modelling, Biodiversity Sensitive Design, Urban Ecology
Cindy Hauser (she/her)
Research Fellow
Structured decision-making, management, prioritisation and optimisation, Expert-elicitation, Bayesian statistics and modelling, Optimal survey design
David Duncan (he/him)
Research Fellow alumni
Ecology of Plants, Ecological Restoration, Design of Monitoring and Evaluation in Conservation, Open Science
David E. Uribe-Rivera (he/him)
PhD candidate alumni
Ecological Forecasting, Global Change Ecology, Process-explicit Models, Conservation Planning
Ella Plumanns Pouton (she/her)
Research Fellow
Plant and vegetation ecology, Conservation biology, Fire ecology, Functional traits, Environmental governance
Emily McColl-Gausden (she/her)
Research Fellow alumni
Wildlife Monitoring, Imperfect Detection, Ecological Modelling, Environmental DNA
Esti Palma (she/her)
Former PhD candidate
Biological Invasions, Plant Ecology, Functional Traits, Statistical Modelling
Gerry Ryan (he/him)
Senior Research Officer
Species distribution and population dynamics, Conservation science, Risk and decision making, Bayesian modelling, Vultures and river dolphins
Gurutzeta Guillera Arroita (she/her)
Senior Researcher / Former QAEco PI
Statistical Ecology, Wildlife Monitoring Methods, Optimal Survey Design, Species Distribution Modelling
Hugh Davies (he/him)
Research Associate
Biodiversity Conservation, Feral Animals, Fire Management, Indigenous Engagement
Islay McDougall (she/her)
Master’s Student alumni
Species Distribution Modelling, Threatened Species Conservation, GIS
James Camac (he/him)
Research Fellow
Population Demographics, Fire Ecology, Biosecurity, Climate Change Impacts
Jane Elith (she/her)
Honorary Professor
Species Distribution Modelling, Conservation and Management, Dealing with Uncertainty, Advancing Data-Intensive Research
Jutta Beher (she/her)
Former PhD Candidate
decision-making, prioritisation, spatial analysis, marine connectivity
Katharine Senior (she/her)
Research Fellow
Fire Ecology, Mammology, Spatial Ecology and Modelling, Field Ecology
Kathryn Knights (she/her)
PhD Candidate Alumni
Wildlife Monitoring, Survey Design, Mathematical Methods in Ecology
Kinjia Munkara-Murray (she/her)
Former Masters Student
Indigenous Knowledges, Threatened Species and Communities, SDMs and Biogeography
Kylle Quinn (he/him)
Master’s Student alumni
Conservation Ecology, Species Distribution Modelling, Environmental Ethics
Laura Pollock (she/her)
Assistant Professor
Species Distribution Modelling, Functional Traits, Conservation Prioritisation
Libby Rumpff (she/her)
Research Fellow alumni
Decision Analysis for Conservation and Research Management, Threatened Species and Communities, Fire Management
Linda Riquelme (she/her)
Former PhD Candidate
Plant Ecology, Land Management & Conservation, Remote Sensing
Luba Volkova (she/her)
Senior Research Fellow
Forest Ecology, Forest Carbon Cycling, Bushfire fuel management, Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Matthew Cantele (he/him)
Research Fellow
Computable General Equilibrium Models, Global Scenario Analysis, Integrated Assessment Modeling
Matthew Rees (he/him)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Invasive Species, Predator Ecology, Data Integration, Conservation and Agricultural Decision-Making
Md Anwar Hossain (he/him)
PhD Candidate alumni
Quantitative Modelling, Ecophysiology, Climate Change, Conservation
Naomi Indigo (she/her)
Research Assistant
Australian Wildlife Ecology, Conservation Biology, Two-way-science, Population Monitoring for Threat Mitigation and Management
Olivia Tunney (she/her)
Masters student alumni
Species Distribution Modelling, Ecological Monitoring, Science Communication
Pia Lentini (she/her)
Senior scientist. Former research fellow
Wildlife Management and Conservation, Urban Ecology, Behaviour Change, Conservation Planning
Reid Tingley (he/him)
Lecturer
Species Distribution Modelling and Population Dynamics, Statistical Methods and Monitoring Design, Macroecology, Environmental DNA
Saras Windecker (she/her)
Research Fellow alumni
Species Distribution Modelling, Functional Traits, Forecasting, Reproducible Research
Vishnu Ramachandran Menon (he/him)
PhD Candidate Alumni
Field Ecology, Predator-Human Conflicts, Occupancy Modelling