I am currently a Senior Technical Officer in the Science and Conservation Division, providing support to both the Wetlands Conservation and Biogeography programs. I am mainly involved with biological survey work, specialising in wetland ecology. I am also the Volunteer Co-ordinator for the Wetlands Conservation Program, managing 6 volunteers who are involved with our curation project.
• Aquatic invertebrate taxonomy
• Aquatic survey and monitoring
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
B.Sc. (Hons) Edith Cowan University, 1997 - 2001.
Honours thesis: ‘Using Habitat Characteristics and Predictive GIS Modelling to Aid in Conserving the Heath Mouse (Pseudomys shortridgei) in Lake Magenta Nature Reserve’.
Genetics and Evolution Unit, Murdoch University, 2013
POSITIONS HELD
2011 – present: Senior Technical Officer, Wetlands Conservation and Biogeography Programs, Department of Parks and Wildlife
2007/2008: Technical Officer Biogeography Program, (formerly Department of Environment and Conservation)
2005 - 2007: Environmental Officer, Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), (formerly Department of Environment and Conservation)
My current project is the aquatic component to a biological survey of the Mandora Marsh (Walyarta), situated on the border between the Pilbara and Kimberley regions in Western Australia, on the western edge of the Great Sandy Desert.
I have also been involved in a number of wetland surveys throughout the state including:-
- A survey of wetlands in the Goldfields (including wetlands on the Matuwa-Kurrara Kurrara Indigenous Protected Area)
- A biological survey of the Birriliburu Indigenous Protected Area
- A survey of wetlands along the Jurien Coast
- A survey of the Hutt River/Hutt Lagoon catchment
