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I lead the social science research program at Zoos Victoria, where I explore how we can best connect people with nature and get them to act for wildlife. This research informs the development and implementation of ZV's behaviour change programs and practices, with the goal of fostering sustainable behaviours in the broader community. In this role, I also supervise students and develop partnerships with researchers and practitioners across other organisations to strengthen our conservation research impacts.

In this role I worked on a range of projects exploring the impacts of animal-visitor interactions in zoos on both visitors and animals. I collaborated on research to explore how visitors connect with, and respond to, interactions with captive wildlife and provided technical supported to PhD students to conducting welfare studies. Supervised Honours and 3rd research students.

This role involved databasing and imaging herbarium specimens to national specification standards for submission to the online database of specimens available to researchers around the world. In addition, I assisted with management of specimens and general curation of the collection.

This project investigated the effects of human disturbances on waterbirds at the Werribee Treatment Plant in Victoria. The project so far has comprised three main components: (i) measuring the flight responses of waterbirds to multiple types of human disturbances; (ii) measuring the attitudes and behaviours of the local birdwatching community; (iii) assessing observer effects on measuring flight responses. This project is a collaboration between Victoria University, Deakin University, and Melbourne Water. My role involved: conducting the majority of the field work, training and coordinating staff and volunteers, assisting with the development and distribution of questionnaires to measure attitudes and perceptions towards human disturbance, and data entry, maintenance and analysis.

This position required specialised knowledge of technical equipment and software, excellent patient care and strong communication and conflict resolution skills.My role involved: patient care, education and treatment for sleep apnoea disorders; setting up and conducting polysomnograph studies; fitting patients with CPAP masks; pressure titration for CPAP and bi-level studies; conducting oxygen and transcutaneous carbon dioxide (TCCO2) monitoring; setting up ambulatory studies; staging studies; patient reports; training staff to set up polysomnograph studies.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd (Part Time), Social Sciences

Thesis: "Creating responsible tourists: An investigation into the psychological drivers of captive wildlife tourism" This PhD explores.

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Zoology/Animal Biology, H1

Thesis title: "The influence of personality on brood care in the cooperatively breeding superb fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus". Two years.

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Zoology

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Psychology/Psychophysiology