Current activities

I am reviewing the status of Australia's tropical inshore dolphins under NESP Theme A, as well as working on a number of manuscripts around: (i) the behavioural ecology and influence of global change on Shark Bay's Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin population; and (ii) the impact of the incidental capture of megafauna in fisheries. 

Background

I am a conservation biologist at heart. I study the behavioural ecology of coastal dolphins as a Principal Investigator with Shark Bay Dolphin Research (www.sharkbaydolphins.org), as well as wildlife-human interactions through fisheries, tourism and the influence of climate breakdown. I'm an avid field biologist, drone pilot and photographer, and dogs are most definitely the best people.

Academic qualifications

PhD (Murdoch University) 2015 - Fishery-impacted dolphins of north-western Australia: bycatch patterns, genetic structure and abundance.
MSc (Macquarie University) 2005 - Management of bottlenose dolphins exposed to tourism in Port Stephens, NSW, Australia.
BSc(Hons) (University of Queensland) 1996 - Behaviour of provisioned dolphins at Tangalooma, Qld, Australia
BSc (Flinders University) 1994 - majors in Marine Biology and Environmental Science.