Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science

Affiliated researchers

Below are a list of CBCS's affiliated researchers across different schools within the Faculty of Science at The University of Queensland, St Lucia.

  • Associate Professor Daniel Dunn

    Associate Professor
    School of the Environment
    Centre Director of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Affiliate of Centre for Marine Science
    Centre for Marine Science

  • Associate Professor Angela Dean

    Associate Professor
    School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability
    Associate Professor
    School of the Environment
    Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science & Deputy Director - Community
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Affiliate of Centre for Marine Science
    Centre for Marine Science

  • Dr Matthew Holden

    Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science & Deputy Director - Research
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Senior Lecturer
    Mathematics
    Affiliate of Centre for Marine Science
    Centre for Marine Science

  • Associate Professor Carissa Klein

    Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science & Deputy Director - Advancement
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Principal Research Fellow, ARC Funded
    School of the Environment
    Affiliate of Centre for Marine Science
    Centre for Marine Science

  • Associate Professor Matthew Luskin

    Deputy Director - Engagement
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    UQ Amplify Associate Professor
    School of the Environment

  • Associate Professor Tatsuya Amano

    UQ Amplify Associate Professor
    School of the Environment
    Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science

  • Professor Justine Bell-James

    Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Professor
    TC Beirne School of Law
    Affiliate of Centre for Marine Science
    Centre for Marine Science
    Affiliate of Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law
    Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law

  • Dr Claudia Benham

    ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow
    School of the Environment
    Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Affiliate of Centre for Marine Science
    Centre for Marine Science

  • Associate Professor Karen Cheney

    UQ Amplify Associate Professor & Director, Centre For Marine Science
    Faculty of Science
    Affiliate of Centre for Marine Science
    Centre for Marine Science
    Affiliate Associate Professor of Queensland Brain Institute of Queensland Brain Institute
    Queensland Brain Institute

  • Dr John Dwyer

    Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Associate Professor
    School of the Environment

  • Dr Jason Everett

    Affiliate of Centre for Marine Science
    Centre for Marine Science
    Senior Research Fellow
    School of the Environment

  • Professor Rod Fensham

    Professor
    School of the Environment

  • Associate Professor Diana Fisher

    Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Associate Professor and Interim Academic Director, Hidden Vale
    School of the Environment

  • Professor Richard Fuller

    Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Professor
    School of the Environment
    Affiliate of Centre for Marine Science
    Centre for Marine Science

  • Dr Laura Grogan

    Senior Lecturer in Wildlife Science
    School of the Environment

  • Dr Simon Hart

    Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Biology
    School of the Environment
    Affiliate of ARC COE for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture
    ARC COE for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture

  • Dr Wilma J. Blaser Hart

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow & Casual Academic - Conservation
    School of the Environment

  • Dr Geoffrey Heard

    Project Manager
    Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
    Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science

  • Dr Berndt Janse Van Rensburg

    Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Coordinator: Master of Conservation
    School of the Environment

  • Dr Natalie Jones

    Senior Research Fellow & Senior Lecturer
    School of the Environment
    Affiliate Research Fellow of School of Social Science
    School of Social Science
    Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Affiliate of Centre for Marine Science
    Centre for Marine Science

  • Professor Salit Kark

    Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Professor
    School of the Environment
    Affiliate of Centre for Marine Science
    Centre for Marine Science

  • Professor Catherine Lovelock

    Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    ARC Laureate Fellow
    School of the Environment
    Affiliate of Centre for Marine Science
    Centre for Marine Science

  • Dr Ray Maher

    Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Senior Lecturer in Design (Built Environment)
    School of Architecture, Design and Planning

  • Professor Martine Maron

    Professor
    School of the Environment
    Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science

  • Dr Helen Mayfield

    Research Fellow
    UQ Centre for Clinical Research
    Casual Academic & Casual Research Assistant
    School of the Environment
    Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science

  • Professor Eve McDonald-Madden

    Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Professor
    School of the Environment

  • Professor Peter Mumby

    Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Professorial Research Fellow
    School of the Environment
    Affiliate of Centre for Marine Science
    Centre for Marine Science

  • Professor Hugh Possingham

    V-C Senior Research Fellow
    School of the Environment
    Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Affiliate of Centre for Marine Science
    Centre for Marine Science

  • Dr April Reside

    Senior Lecturer in AgroEcology
    School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability
    Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Senior Lecturer in AgroEcology
    School of the Environment

  • Professor Anthony Richardson

    Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Professor
    School of the Environment
    Affiliate of Centre for Marine Science
    Centre for Marine Science

  • Professor Cynthia Riginos

    Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Professor
    School of the Environment
    Affiliate of Centre for Marine Science
    Centre for Marine Science

  • Associate Professor Chris Roelfsema

    Associate Professor
    School of the Environment
    Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Affiliate of Centre for Marine Science
    Centre for Marine Science

  • Dr Nicole Shumway

    Research Fellow
    Centre for Policy Futures
    Research Fellow
    TC Beirne School of Law

  • Dr Eleanor Velasquez

    Education and Training Manager
    Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network

  • Professor James Watson

    Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Professor (Environ Mgmt)
    School of the Environment
    Affiliate of Centre for Marine Science
    Centre for Marine Science

  • Dr Amelia Wenger

    Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
    Senior Research Fellow
    School of the Environment
    Affiliate of Centre for Marine Science
    Centre for Marine Science

Visiting Affiliated Researchers

  • Professor Zunyi Xie

    Honorary Research Fellow
    School of the Environment
    Professor
    Henan University, China

Past Members

  • Dr Peter Baxter

    Senior Research Fellow
    School of the Environment
    Kark Biodiversity Group

  • Dr Nathalie Butt

    School of Biological Sciences
    Former Deputy Director - Community (2021–23)
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science

  • Professor Sarah Legge

    Professor
    School of Earth and Environmental Sciences

  • Dr Mitchell Lyons

    Research Fellow and Lecturer
    School of the Environment
    Remote Sensing Research Centre

  • Dr Vicki Martin

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
    Visiting Fellow
    Cornell Lab of Ornithology

  • Professor Jonathan Rhodes

    Professor
    School of the Environment

  • Dr Tracy Rout

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    School of the Environment
    McMad Lab

  • Dr Justine Shaw

    Senior Research Fellow
    School of Earth and Environmental Science
  • Laura Sonter

    Associate Professor Laura Sonter

    Adjunct Associate Professor
    School of the Environment
    Technical Director - Science and Policy
    The Biodiversity Consultancy