People

Biolink’s Managing Director and Principal Ecologist Dr Steve Phillps is a professional wildlife ecologist/university lecturer with over 30 years of  experience in all facets of natural area management. Amongst the things we're allowed to tell you, he is an internationally acknowledged authority on the ecology, conservation and management of koalas, has spoken at national and international conferences and written popular articles, book chapters and scientific papers, the latter published in various conference proceedings and journals such as Pacific Conservation Biology, Australian Mammology, Australian Journal of Botany, Australian Zoologist, Wildlife Research and Conservation Biology.

 

 

Now working in the capacity of our Senior Ecologist, Marama  graduated from Griffith University in 2003 following a year of field-based research on the distribution and abundance of two threatened frog species. Working with us since 2004, Marama has assisted with and/or undertaken a number of threatened flora/fauna surveys, ecological assessments and landscape-scale koala habitat mapping projects. Her broad interests focus on reptile ecology, biodiversity conservation and ecologically sustainable development. In addition to co-authoring a number of papers we have currently submitted for publication, Marama has also presented the results of her research on acid frogs at a national herpetology conference and is currently preparing a number of related scientific papers on amphibian ecology and behaviour.

 

Associates
All projects undertaken by Biolink are overseen by our key scientific staff who are in turn supported by fully trained trained field staff. Through our associate network we also have access to other professionals who can offer a wide variety of expertise ranging from town planning and arid zone ecology to habitat restoration and the design of interpretive media.