Andrew Bennett is Emeritus Professor in Ecology at La Trobe University. He has broad research interests in landscape ecology and conservation biology, with a focus on understanding the effects of land use and landscape change on native fauna. From 2015 - 2020 he held a joint appointment between La Trobe University (Prof. of Ecology) and the Arthur Rylah Institute (Science Leadership). Prior to 2015, he held a Personal Chair in Landscape Ecology at Deakin University.