I am an early career researcher interested in developing adaptive management strategies for species and ecosystems under climate change. My research to date has combined a variety of disciplines, including genetics, morphology, field ecology and environmental monitoring to develop improved conservation strategies in a changing climate, with a particular focus on translocation. I also have…
David is currently a postdoctoral researcher with the McGeoch Research Group at Monash University. He is working on employing a biodiversity informatics approach to provide an improved spatio-temporal characterization of the status and trends in Antarctic biodiversity.
I completed my PhD at the University of Melbourne where I studied population structure and ecophysiology of microbes living in symbiosis with tropical Scleractinian corals. Following my PhD, I developed an interest in understanding how life adapts to extreme environments such as the deep sea, hypersaline lakes and polar systems. I currently work on a…
I am currently a postdoctoral researcher and environmental microbiology team leader within Greening Lab at Monash University. With an environmental science background developed during my undergraduate years, I advanced as a microbial ecologist during PhD. My research passion is to study how diverse microorganisms can survive, interact, and in turn modulate their hosts and environments….
I am a microbiologist and ARC DECRA Fellow studying microbial life in the atmosphere. I began my academic career in human microbiology, and have since broadened my research interests into environmental microbiology, astrobiology and geobiology. Through my DECRA research, I am to characterise the nature and activities of microbes in the atmosphere across a range…
I am an ecologist with interests in trait-based ecology and genomics. For my PhD, I examined specific trait-environment interactions that have underpinned the radiation of an arthropod group in the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa. My recent work includes the conservation of insects in Victoria and the establishment and expansion of small populations in…
Xiaotian completed his Ph.D. at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he worked on developing statistical models for complex and dependent data. At SAEF, he focuses on (i) data fusion and statistical downscaling for regional climate variables with uncertainty quantification; (ii) propagating the downscaled climate variables and the downscaling uncertainties to biodiversity models; (iii)…
Oakes is an Antarctic marine ecologist with an interest in nearshore benthic communities. Her previous work includes the first comprehensive risk assessment for marine invasive species to these nearshore environments. Within SAEF she will continue her work on nearshore environments with the aim to increase protection for the conservation of these areas.
Georgia is a research officer at the University of Wollongong. She has a Bachelor of Science with a major in biology and a range of skills and experience related to invasive species biology, native flora monitoring, pitfall and radio tracking of mammals and reptiles, forest ecology and remote fieldwork.
Grant is an ecologist who seeks to integrate field, laboratory, and desktop-based methods and data. He has specific interests in ecological modelling and geospatial analyse, which he regularly uses to answer a range of ecological questions across the marine and terrestrial realms. This research has had broad applications, ranging from forecasting alien species invasions to…
Zach is a quantitative ecologist interested in safeguarding biodiversity from threatening processes. His research is focused on empowering conservation practitioners by giving them tools to make informed, effective management decisions. With SAEF, Zach is leading two projects. The first is an update to a 2012 horizon scan to assist decision-makers in identifying policies that address…
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