Eloise Tighe

Eloise Tighe is a wildlife ecologist and PhD candidate at The University of Queensland, working in Dr April Reside's Wildlife Conservation Lab. She holds a Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours) from The University of Queensland, where her Honours research focused on the fine-scale habitat associations of small vertebrates, including the endangered Julia Creek dunnart.

Eloise’s PhD research investigates the threats facing endangered reptiles in agricultural areas of the southern Brigalow Belt, including the Condamine and Roma earless dragons, grey snake, and five-clawed worm-skink. Through field surveys, habitat assessments and collaboration with private landholders, she aims to identify key threatening processes and inform management strategies to support the conservation of these species.

The outcomes of her research will provide valuable insight into the broader challenges that reptiles face in agricultural settings and contribute to evidence-based conservation planning for threatened species in human-modified landscapes.