Experienced ecologist and researcher with extensive experience in biodiversity conservation, ecological fire
and cross-cultural land management across Australia. Experienced in working in the government and non-government sectors.
Specialising in the use of scent detection dogs for threatened species research, conservation and monitoring
programs. Experienced in designing survey programs, training and handling conservation scent detection
dogs for threatened species programs including eastern bristlebird, endangered coastal emu population,
koala, black-tailed and silver-headed antechinus, Bell’s turtle and feral cat. Presented at conferences on the use of conservation detection dogs for threatened species programs.
Extensive experience in working with regional partnerships to design and implement threatened species
and regional biodiversity conservation programs. Worked with Aboriginal communities to combine
traditional ecological and scientific knowledge to conserve threatened species and implement culturally
appropriate land management throughout Australia including Central Australia, Cape York (Qld) and NSW.
BApSc – Environmental Biology, Master of Resource Science (Research) – threatened species ecology,
Conservation Canines certified scent detection dog handler.