People

Melodie’s research focuses on the ecology and conservation of populations and communities. Her interests extend from quantifying and modeling the abundance ..... Read more here 

Scott is an ecologist with a research background understanding ecosystem function and biodiversity. His PhD at James Cook University focused on plant decomposition, nutrient cycling and climate change in Australian tropical rainforests .... Read more here 

Among the major contributions from this work was a new method to predict the geometric effects of subdivision based on spatial sampling theory..... Read more here

Cath’s PhD research continues her passion of working to increase our knowledge about threatened species and their associated threatening processes to enable appropriate conservation management.  Cath will focus on the critically endangered Azorella macquariensis, an endemic .... Read more here

David is working on employing a biodiversity informatics approach to provide an improved spatio-temporal characterization of the status and trends in Antarctic biodiversity .... Read more here 

Madison is a PhD student at Monash University supervised by Professor Melodie McGeoch. Madison’s research involves investigating the conservation status of sub-Antarctic species and how to account for climate change, with a particular focus on flora species.... Read more here

Saxbee is a graduate of Monash University’s Bachelor of Science Advanced – Global Challenges in ecology and conservation biology. He received first class honours for investigating the potential threat environmental arsenic contamination poses to Australian marsupial populations. - Read more here

Sam’s PhD project is part of the ARC funded Securing Antarctica’s Environmental Future (SAEF) Special Research Initiative and is focused on developing a better understanding of the impact that climate change will have on the vascular flora of the sub-Antarctic islands..... Read more here