My PhD with Green Fire Science at the University of Queensland focussed on assessing the state of intact or under-developed landscapes and how to plan for their conservation considering competing objectives. I’ve been lucky to work on several conservation and planning projects globally and across Australia, Central and South America, and Africa with various conservation groups including the Wildlife Conservation Society, The Nature Conservancy, and the International Institute for Sustainability Australia. I am now working as a postdoctoral researcher with the Sustainable Landscapes Group at the University of Queensland focusing on private land conservation, modelling and improving decision making considering ecosystem service flows.
Experience
2022–present
Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Queensland
2017–2022
PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland
2020–2021
Research fellow, International Institute of Sustainability Australia
2017–2020
Research Assistant, The University of Queensland/Wildlife Conservation Society
Education
2016
The University of Queensland, Honours (Class 1)
2013
The University of Queensland, Bachelor of Science, Ecology and Zoology majors
Publications
2022
Global rarity of intact coastal regions, Conservation Biology
2021
The potential for applying “Nonviolent Communication” in conservation science, Conservation Science and Practice
2021
Multinational Coordination Required for Conservation of at least 90% of Marine Species, Global Change Biology
2021
Accelerated shifts in terrestrial life zones under rapid climate change, Global Change Biology
2021
How to halve the carbon and biodiversity impacts of biofuel-driven land-use change in Brazil, Biological Conservation
2020
Change in terrestrial human footprint drives continued loss of intact ecosystems, One Earth
2020
Set a global target for ecosystems, Nature
2020
Australia faces environmental crisis, Science
2020
A robust goal is needed for species in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, Conservation Letters
2020
Minimising the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in an intact landscape under risk of rapid agricultural development, Environmental Research Letters
2020
Just ten percent of the global terrestrial protected area network is structurally connected via intact land, Nature communications
2020
Impact of 2019–2020 mega-fires on Australian fauna habitat, Nature Ecology & Evolution
2019
Three global conditions for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use: An implementation framework, National Science Review
2018
Absence of evidence for the conservation outcomes of systematic conservation planning around the globe: a systematic map, Environmental Evidence
2018
The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems, Nature ecology & evolution
2018
The threats endangering Australia's at-risk fauna, Biological Conservation
2017
Optimising the spatial planning of prescribed burns to achieve multiple objectives in a fire‐dependent ecosystem, Journal of Applied Ecology