Career

Awards and Grants

2020                

IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management Young Professionals Award

2016 – 2019       

During my PhD candidature, I was awarded approximately AUD$55,420 in grants and top-up scholarships, in addition to my Research Training Program, including:

During my PhD candidature, I have been awarded:

2011 – 2013

During my undergraduate degree, I was awarded:

  • Dean’s Honour List in Bachelor of Science (3rd Year), University of Melbourne
  • Dean’s Honour List in Bachelor of Science (2nd Year), University of Melbourne
  • Georgina Sweet Exhibition in Zoology, University of Melbourne
  • Dean’s Honour List in Bachelor of Science (1st Year), University of Melbourne
  • Argus Exhibition in Geology, University of Melbourne

Relevant Experience

2021 – now      Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (0.5 FTE), Deakin University

Project: IUCN Red List of Ecosystems (RLE) assessment for Australian alpine ecosystems

2021 – now      Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (0.5 FTE), Monash University

Project: Identifying research priorities and synthesising the evidence for management effectiveness of threatened ecosystems

Project: Developing a Green Status of ecosystems to measure the effectiveness of conservation (complementing the IUCN Green Status of Species)

2020      Research assistant (0.6 FTE), Monash University

Project: Synthesising the evidence for management effectiveness of threatened ecosystems

2019-2020      Research Assistant (casual), Deakin University, IUCN, Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research

Project: IUCN Red List of Ecosystems (RLE) assessment for Australian alpine ecosystems

Project: Red List of Ecosystems & science-based targets for post-2020 global biodiversity framework 

2018 – 2019    Workshop trainer

IUCN Red List of Ecosystems training workshops (1-4 days)

Locations: Gland, Switzerland; Mombasa, Kenya; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Tonga

  • Running sessions and teaching participants
  • Developing content and presentations for workshop

2019      Guest lecturer Deakin University

Undergraduate subject SLE121 Environmental Sustainability

  • Developing content and presenting lecture

2017 – 2019     Baseline resume reviewer

DeakinTALENT, Deakin University

  • Reviewing resumes to ensure baseline standards are met
  • Providing valuable feedback to students

2017 – 2019      Casual Academic  Deakin University

Undergraduate subject SLE322 Landscape Ecology

  • Running and teaching students in practical classes 
  • Marking assignments and providing valuable feedback to students
  • Assisting developing content for practical classes

2014 – 2017      Demonstrator     University of Melbourne                     

Undergraduate subject ZOOL20004 Australian Wildlife Biology

  • Supervising and teaching students in practical classes.
  • Leading groups of 10-15 students during excursions

2015                   Demonstrator     University of Melbourne

Undergraduate subject BIOL10005 Genetics and the Evolution of Life

Education

2016 – 2020         Doctor of Philosophy (Conservation Biology), Deakin University

Thesis: Selecting, developing and evaluating indicators for biodiversity conservation

Supervisors: Prof. Emily Nicholson, Dr. Lucie Bland 

2014 – 2015            Master of Science (Zoology) with Distinction, University of Melbourne

Thesis: Thermal suitability of nest-boxes and tree-hollows for conservation-management of arboreal marsupials 

Supervisors: A/Prof. Kath Handasyde, Dr. Natalie Briscoe 

2011 – 2013            Bachelor of Science (Zoology), First class honours (H1), University of Melbourne

Key Skills

  • Supervising and teaching students in practical classes
  • Time management
  • Highly self-motivated
  • Team leadership
  • Strong communication skills
  • Quantitative skills
  • Managing large data sets
  • R – statistical analysis & modelling

Leadership

2019 University of Melbourne STEM mentorship program: mentor role

2019 IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Database Management Committee member

 July 2019          International Congress on Conservation Biology symposium “Hotspots of diversity and natural capital: assessing risks to Asian ecosystems” – co-lead/organiser with Dr. Nick Murray

July 2018           Interdisciplinary Conservation Network workshop: Organising committee, University of Oxford

2017 – 2018        Conservation Science lab group: Meeting coordinator

2016 – 2018        Victorian Biodiversity Conference: Founding committee member, Finance coordinator

2016 – 2018        Deakin University Postgraduate Association: Founding committee member

2016 – 2018        Deakin Postgraduate Pomodoro writing group: Contributing member

Nov 2017             EcoTas conference: Invited to act as reporter during Postgrad course

Conference, workshops and meetings

Nov 2020 Ecological Society of Australia (virtual)

Nov 2019 Ecological Society of Australia (Tasmania)

Jul 2019           International Congress of Conservation Biology (ICCB) (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Feb 2019         Victorian Biodiversity Conference (Melbourne)

Nov 2018 Ecological Society of Australia (Brisbane) – invited symposium presentation

Jun 2018         IUCN Red List of Ecosystems strategic planning meeting (IUCN HQ, Gland, Switzerland)

Feb 2018        Victorian Biodiversity Conference (Melbourne)

Nov 2017        EcoTas2017 (Hunter Valley)

Nov 2017        Society of Risk Analysis Australian and New Zealand (Melbourne)

Oct 2017          Centre for Integrative Ecology conference (Melbourne) – plenary

Jul 2017           International Congress of Conservation Biology (ICCB) (Cartagena, Colombia)

Feb 2017         Victorian Biodiversity Conference (Melbourne)

Oct 2016         Centre for Integrative Ecology conference (Melbourne)

Aug 2016       IUCN Red List of Ecosystem strategic planning meeting (Melbourne)

Jun 2016        Deakin University Ecology and Conservation research group meeting (Melbourne)

Short Courses

2019 STEM Transferable Skills Toolkit workshop series:  Prioritising tasks, demonstrating achievement (two, 1-day workshops); Australian Academy of Sciences, Deakin University, Macquarie University

May 2019 Graduate and Early Career Workshop: Sustainable Development Goals Research – Troubles and Opportunities (1-day workshop); EU Centre and Social and Global Studies Centre, RMIT University 

May 2019 Striking the balance between science and proactive in biodiversity offset design; Diego Juffe Bignoli, Edward Pollard, Emma Hume, The Biodiversity Consultancy; Student Conference on Conservation Science

Mar 2018 Bringing natural capital and ecosystem services into economic decision making; Ian Bateman, UK Natural Capital Committee, Student Conference on Conservation Science

Nov 2017 Structured decision-making workshop, run by Prof. Mark Burgman

Nov 2017 Bayesian networks workshop, run by Bayesian Intelligence Pty Ltd

Dec 2016           Building data-visualisation tools (ggplots), Coursera, John Hopkins University

Dec 2016           Introduction to Unix/Python/Databases & SQL, Software Carpentry

Nov 2016           Advanced R programming, John Hopkins University

Jul 2016             Introduction to LMM & GLMM with R: frequentist and Bayesian approaches, John Hopkins University