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Eve McDonald-Madden,
Professor and Future Fellow
Expertise: Environmental decision analysis, decision theory, climate change adaptation, environmental monitoring, adaptive management, ecological modelling
Matthew Holden,
Principal Investigator
Expertise: Environmental decision making, mathematics, theoretical ecology, dynamic modelling
Topic: Reducing poaching and illegal wildlife trade, improving harvest decisions for fisheries, optimal monitoring strategies for invasive and threatened species
Topic: Reducing poaching and illegal wildlife trade, improving harvest decisions for fisheries, optimal monitoring strategies for invasive and threatened species
Shantala Brisbane,
Research Assistant / Lab Manager
Expertise: Marine and coastal conservation
Tracy Rout,
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Expertise: Decision analysis, translocation, eradication, adaptive management
Topic: Optimal timing of managed relocations of alpine frogs threatened by climate change
Topic: Optimal timing of managed relocations of alpine frogs threatened by climate change
Chris O'Bryan,
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Expertise: Landscape Conservation, Spatial Ecology, Wildlife Biology
Topic: Prioritising pest management across multiple agencies
Topic: Prioritising pest management across multiple agencies
Adam Charette-Castonguay, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Expertise: Spatial modelling, agent-based modelling, human-environmental systems
Topic: Where’s the beef? A systems model to minimise environmental impacts from global beef production
Topic: Where’s the beef? A systems model to minimise environmental impacts from global beef production
Zunyi Xie,
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Expertise: Remote Sensing, GIS, time series analysis, spatial statistics
Topic: Global extent of degraded farm lands and their conservation potential
Topic: Global extent of degraded farm lands and their conservation potential
Scott Spillias,
PhD Candidate
Expertise: Aquaculture, System Dynamics, Multi-Criteria Decision-making
Topic: The Implications of Large-Scale Seaweed Aquaculture
Topic: The Implications of Large-Scale Seaweed Aquaculture
Nisa Abeysinghe,
PhD Candidate
Expertise: Environmental management and spatial prioritisation
Topic: Identifying factors that influence on collaboration in pest management
Topic: Identifying factors that influence on collaboration in pest management
Rosalie Willacy,
PhD Candidate
Expertise: Applied wildlife ecology, field biology, invasive species research and management, bird monitoring and conservation
Topic: Will black rats benefit from cat control on Christmas Island with negative consequences for native birds?
Topic: Will black rats benefit from cat control on Christmas Island with negative consequences for native birds?
Katie Lee,
PhD Candidate
Expertise: Mathematical modelling of ecological systems
Topic: Optimising a global livestock model to minimise impacts on biodiversity and water use
Topic: Optimising a global livestock model to minimise impacts on biodiversity and water use
Gloria Monsalve Bravo,
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Expertise: Ecosystem modelling, dynamic modelling, data analysis
Topic: Assessing the ecosystem-wide risks of threatened species translocation
Topic: Assessing the ecosystem-wide risks of threatened species translocation
Matthew Adams,
Adjunct Investigator
Expertise: Ecosystem modelling, data analysis
Topic: Ecosystem modelling for forecasting and management decisions
Topic: Ecosystem modelling for forecasting and management decisions
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Eve McDonald-Madden,
Professor and Future Fellow
Expertise: Environmental decision analysis, decision theory, climate change adaptation, environmental monitoring, adaptive management, ecological modelling
Matthew Holden,
Principal Investigator
Expertise: Environmental decision making, mathematics, theoretical ecology, dynamic modelling
Topic: Reducing poaching and illegal wildlife trade, improving harvest decisions for fisheries, optimal monitoring strategies for invasive and threatened species
Topic: Reducing poaching and illegal wildlife trade, improving harvest decisions for fisheries, optimal monitoring strategies for invasive and threatened species
Shantala Brisbane,
Research Assistant / Lab Manager
Expertise: Marine and coastal conservation
Tracy Rout,
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Expertise: Decision analysis, translocation, eradication, adaptive management
Topic: Optimal timing of managed relocations of alpine frogs threatened by climate change
Topic: Optimal timing of managed relocations of alpine frogs threatened by climate change
Chris O'Bryan,
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Expertise: Landscape Conservation, Spatial Ecology, Wildlife Biology
Topic: Prioritising pest management across multiple agencies
Topic: Prioritising pest management across multiple agencies
Adam Charette-Castonguay, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Expertise: Spatial modelling, agent-based modelling, human-environmental systems
Topic: Where’s the beef? A systems model to minimise environmental impacts from global beef production
Topic: Where’s the beef? A systems model to minimise environmental impacts from global beef production
Zunyi Xie,
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Expertise: Remote Sensing, GIS, time series analysis, spatial statistics
Topic: Global extent of degraded farm lands and their conservation potential
Topic: Global extent of degraded farm lands and their conservation potential
Scott Spillias,
PhD Candidate
Expertise: Aquaculture, System Dynamics, Multi-Criteria Decision-making
Topic: The Implications of Large-Scale Seaweed Aquaculture
Topic: The Implications of Large-Scale Seaweed Aquaculture
Nisa Abeysinghe,
PhD Candidate
Expertise: Environmental management and spatial prioritisation
Topic: Identifying factors that influence on collaboration in pest management
Topic: Identifying factors that influence on collaboration in pest management
Rosalie Willacy,
PhD Candidate
Expertise: Applied wildlife ecology, field biology, invasive species research and management, bird monitoring and conservation
Topic: Will black rats benefit from cat control on Christmas Island with negative consequences for native birds?
Topic: Will black rats benefit from cat control on Christmas Island with negative consequences for native birds?
Katie Lee,
PhD Candidate
Expertise: Mathematical modelling of ecological systems
Topic: Optimising a global livestock model to minimise impacts on biodiversity and water use
Topic: Optimising a global livestock model to minimise impacts on biodiversity and water use
Gloria Monsalve Bravo,
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Expertise: Ecosystem modelling, dynamic modelling, data analysis
Topic: Assessing the ecosystem-wide risks of threatened species translocation
Topic: Assessing the ecosystem-wide risks of threatened species translocation
Matthew Adams,
Adjunct Investigator
Expertise: Ecosystem modelling, data analysis
Topic: Ecosystem modelling for forecasting and management decisions
Topic: Ecosystem modelling for forecasting and management decisions
Models, tools and data
Models, tools and data