Steve is a wildlife ecologist and former university lecturer with over 35 years of experience in all facets of natural area management from the investigation and planning of new conservation areas to habitat/population modelling and the design of specialised survey programs for threatened plants and animals.
Amanda is a former lecturer at the University of Sydney with professional interests in wildlife ecology, conservation and genetics. She joins Biolink after a period researching the current conservation and genetic challenges of Tasmanian Devils, work that was undertaken in association with the Save the Tasmanian Devil Program.
Grant has 13 years of experience researching, surveying and managing biodiversity issues during the course of his postgraduate studies and employment in research and the consultancy industry. He has developed comprehensive field skills to assess ecological questions, techniques to identify physiological and biological implications, and quantitative modelling techniques to establish causal relationships and conservation based understandings of biodiversity related issues.
Kirsty maintains broad interests in ecology, wildlife heath and population management. Coming to biolink from koala-focused work with a State-based conservation agency, Kirsty has designed and manages our Koala-SAT database and oversees the spatial analysis / GIS side of our work, as well as engaging in field work when the opportunity arises. Kirsty's experience with biolink includes unravelling the complexities of the NSW Government's Koala Likelihood Modelling (KLM) project and working on the creation of a koala habitat model for the South Gippsland area of Victoria. Most recently, Kirsty's expertise assisted development of novel mathamatical and spatial analysis techniques to identify koala black-spots in the Lismore LGA.
Jade recently graduated as a Marine Biologist but has progressively integrated herself into the Biolink work group with a passion to broaden her experience and skills in wildlife ecology and conservation. She assists in all aspects of our conservation research, data management and analysis, as well as taking an increased responsibility for koala habitat and biodiversity-themed field survey programs.
Professor Jean-Marc Hero is an internationally recognised authority on the conservation biology of amphibians, with a prolific publication history that spreads across the entire spectrum of interest from the impacts and management of disease to habitat management, population structure, genetics, field assessment & monitoring. He has also worked extensively on the conservation of the Bilby in southwestern Queensland in addition to a host of national and international conservation projects too numerous to list.
Morihei Ueshiba (1883 - 1969)
