Research Fellows
Zena Cumpston – Indigenous perspectives on biodiversity in urban environments
Kylie Soanes – Environmental decisions, ecology and conservation of urban wildlife
Caragh Threlfall – Urban ecology, landscape ecology
Current students
Mavi Rasa (Honours) Assessing heavy-metal pollution and the composition of frog communities along the Merri Creek corridor
Lee Scanlon (MEnv) Does an urban housing development provide habitat for pollinators?
Former students
Sheridan Poussard (MEMaC 2021) Extreme weather events and common ringtail possum emergencies in urban Melbourne
Jasmin Hartel (MSc 2019) – Artificial cover structures for frogs in urban landscapes
Ruthur Lee (MSc 2019) – Impacts of anthropogenic noise on bird-singing behaviour in Bunyip State Forest
Jessica Kurylo (PhD 2018) – Impacts of urbanisation on butterfly communities in Melbourne
Michael Sievers (PhD 2018) – The ecological costs and benefits of urban wetlands for frogs
Giovanni Carrabs (MEnv 2018) – Birds and ‘burbs: Understanding how the complexity and connectivity of habitats influence bird communities in Melbourne’s parks
Claire Keely (PhD 2017) – The conservation genetics of the growling grass frog, Litoria raniformis, in an urban landscape
Courtney Parker (MSc 2017) – Effects of traffic noise on the calling behaviour of Crinia parinsignifera and Limnodynastes dumerilii
Vanessa Lucy (MEnv 2016) – Impacts of urbanisation on the autumn-breeding amphibians of the greater Melbourne region
Stefano Canessa (MSc 2010, PhD 2015) – The application of structured decision making to captive breeding and the reintroduction of endangered species
Jane Bevelander (MEnv 2014) – Persistence of the eastern dwarf tree frog (Litoria fallax) in Melbourne: Habitat characteristics and climatic niche
Dominique Potvin (PhD 2012) – The effect of urban noise, dispersal and isolation on the vocalizations of the silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)
Katie Smith-Date (PhD 2012) – A temporal investigation of hybridisation in south-eastern Australian tree frogs
Sacha Jellinek (PhD 2011) – The value of revegetated linear strips and patches of habitat for faunal conservation: Reconciling ecological and landholder perspectives
Josh Hale (PhD 2011) – Human-induced changes in the population genetic structure of frogs in south-eastern Australia
Joab Wilson (Honours 2007) – Impacts of climate change and urban development on the spotted marsh frog (Limnodynastes tasmaniensis) in the Merri Creek Corridor
Joanne Ainley (Honours 2007) – The effects of traffic noise and temperature on the calling behaviour of Crinia signifera (common eastern froglet) and Limnodynastes dumerilii (eastern banjo frog)
Meah Velik-Lord (Honours 2004) – Effects of traffic noise and temperature on the calling behaviour of Litoria ewingii
Lauren Edwards (Honours 2002) – Temporal variation in the calling activity of frogs in the Melbourne region
