Project Co-Lead and Conservation Biologist
University of Western Australia
Nicki is an amphibian and reptile expert focused on anticipating impacts of climate change on threatened fauna, employing skills in physiological ecology and environmental modeling to investigate options for adaptation and intervention. She leads a range of research projects on fauna translocations, including assisted colonisation, and is a former member of the Commonwealth Threatened Species Scientific Committee. She is also a lead councillor for The Biodiversity Council.

Project Co-Lead and Water-Wetland-Fire Ecologist
Edith Cowan University
Pierre is Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences, and formerly the founding Co-Director of the Strategic Research Centre for People, Place, & Planet, at Edith Cowan University, Australia. He is recognised for his work on wetland ecology, and ecosystem approaches to humanhealth. He is currently Co-Editor-in-Chief for the journal PLOS Water. Pierre found the sunset frog in the Walpole Wilderness in 1994 while doing a survey of aquatic invertebrates in heathlands and peatlands.

Project Co-Lead, Geospatial Scientist and Peatland Ecologist
Edith Cowan University
David has expertise in geospatial science and in particular spatial modeling of environmental systems. David has been researching peat systems in southwestern Australia for the last 20 years and particularly the impact of fire. He heads up the Geospatial Research Laboratory within the School of Science at ECU.

Project Coordinator
University of Western Australia
Holly has over 10 years’ experience in the fields of science communications and research. This includes previous positions for the Department of Environment and Conservation, Perth Zoo and the Western Australian Museum. Most recently, she has contributed to the geospatial mapping of Empodisma peatlands in southwestern Australia in association with ECU and DAWE.

Research Fellow: Ecologist and Statistician
University of Western Australia
Emily is an applied ecologist with a focus on the conservation of threatened species. Her research centres on how to best detect and monitor species, understanding population declines, and exploring what management actions we could take to try and recover them, including translocations. Emily also has experience in investigating the impacts of environmental change, such as climate change, on at-risk amphibians and reptiles. She has recently been working with Western Australia’s three threatened frog species, as well as the Top End’s little-known reptile, the Arnhem rock skink.

Research Fellow: Sedimentologist and geochemist
Edith Cowan University
Fabian is specialized in sedimentology, palaeo-climatology, and remote sensing. He is particularly interested in how landscapes and ecosystems respond to a changing climate and anthropogenic impact. His PhD was on leaf wax biomarkers and how they end up in soil and sediments. Fabian has worked in a wide range of sites and settings in Australasia with a focus on coasts, caves, and wetland ecosystems. He is particularly interested in the interaction between people, fire, vegetation and hydrology over time.

Steering Committee Member and Bioblitz Coordinator
Walpole-Nornalup National Park Association Inc.
David is a veterinarian with a specialty in the field of Conservation Medicine. He is the Project Coordinator for the Walpole Wilderness BioBlitz and represents the WNNPA in its submission of the Commonwealth Threatened Ecological Community Peatland nomination. He is a fourthgeneration Walpole farmer.

Steering Committee Member, Invertebrate Systematist and Biogeographer
Western Australian Museum
Mark is the Curator of Arachnids & Myriapods at the WAM and has extensive experience in the systematics, biogeography and conservation of terrestrial and freshwater invertebrates. He has developed and promoted the concept of short-range endemism to enhance the study and conservation of small, dispersal-limited animals at risk of imminent extinction due to climate change and land clearing.

Steering Committee Member, Conservation Biologist and Ethnobiologist
University of Western Australia
Professor of Biodiversity at UWA Albany since 2012, Steve has 50 years as a conservation biologist and teacher, including 12 years leading Kings Park and Botanic Garden (1992- 2004), and six years leading the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2006-2012). Steve’s research focuses on sustainable living with biodiversity, especially with Aboriginal Elders.

Steering Committee Member and Fire Science Program Leader at DBCA
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
Ben is a plant ecologist studying the effects of varying fire regime elements (fire season, severity, interval) on the persistence and management of plant populations and vegetation communities. His research aims to help identify and solve problems connecting fire, fire management, invasive species, climate change and conservation.

Wadandi-Pibulmun Noongar Elder
Undalup Association
Wayne Webb is a senior Wadandi-
Pibulmun man who has shared his culture and knowledge in community, government, private sector, and academic projects over some 40 years. Wayne was awarded the NAIDOC Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018 for his leadership in local and national communities. He has collaborated and advised in research in archaeology and conservation.

Merningar Barduk Noongar Elder
Lynette is a Merningar Barduk Elder and Adjunct Research Associate at UWA Albany. She was raised and still lives in Albany and adjacent regions of the south coast of Western Australia.She was taught traditional culture by her father, aunties and other Elders. She is a gifted speaker, teacher, cultural heritage advisor, and author of Mirnang Waangkaniny (Batchelor
Press 2011).

Conservation Geneticist
University of Western Australia
Renee is an evolutionary biologist, specialising in evolutionary and conservation genetics, with a focus on amphibians. She led an extensive project on the conservation genetics of fauna species impacted by the 2019-20 bushfires, supported by the National Environmental Science Program. Renee works directly with conservation agencies to help ensure management of threatened species helps them persist in the long-term.

Archeologist
University of Western Australia
Joe is a consultant archaeologist and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at UWA who has published on faunal histories from archaeological sites and on Aboriginal landscape management. He has collaborated with geneticists and Aboriginal people in studies of ancient DNA and biogeography. He has completed >250 assessments of archaeological distributions and
significance for community, government, and industry groups.

Entomologist, BioBlitz Supporter
Walpole-Nornalup National Park Association Inc. and Biologic Environmental Survey
Brad has 25 years’ experience as an invertebrate ecologist in Western Australia with a particular focus on short-range endemic terrestrial invertebrates. Brad is the Director and Principal Zoologist at Biologic, which has also provided significant in-kind scientific support to the inaugural Walpole Wilderness Bioblitz and will continue to do so with future events. Brad is also a committee member of WNNPA.

Palaeoecologist
Walpole-Nornalup National Park Association Inc.
Elizabeth is a palaeoecologist specialising in vegetation reconstructions using fossil pollen research of peat systems. She has worked with international climate modelling research groups at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (Germany), The University of Western Australia as the Project coordinator for SEAPAC pollen database, and State NRM groups for Project Dieback.

Fire Ecologist
Murdoch University
Joe's research revolves around disturbance ecology, examining how single and multiple
disturbances affect ecosystems and their recovery. His work collaborates with land managers to propose practical solutions, such as determining acceptable fire intervals, assessing the effects of heat waves and drought on fire potential, and developing forest-fire management
strategies in a changing climate. Joe conducts research across diverse ecosystems, including heathlands, woodlands, and forests. While his primary focus is vegetation, he maintains a passion for wildlife biology, particularly studying birds and their adaptation strategies to
climate change.

Computer Scientist
Edith Cowan University
Shams is a machine learning expert with a PhD with Distinction from University of Western Australia. He has over a decade experience of developing machine learning-based solutions in different areas including seagrass detection and monitoring for marine ecologists.

Ecologist, Conservation Coordinator
DBCA Frankland District
Janine has worked for DBCA for over 25 years, mostly in the conservation field. Janine is currently responsible for the management and protection of natural values in the DBCA Frankland District. This includes sensitive ecosystems such as peatlands and the endemic and rare flora and fauna that rely on this habitat.

Conservation Biologist, Ethnobiologist
University of Western Australia
Research Associate at UWA Albany since 2019, Alison has worked in conservation biology and environmental management for 25years. She works in research and teaching roles collaboratively with Aboriginal Elders and knowledge holders with a focus on biodiversity conservation.

Hydrogeologist
University of Western Australia
Jim is a Hydrogeologist specialising in groundwater dating. His research
focuses on utilising ages of groundwater to understand how past climate change impacted groundwater recharge, and what implications this has for the environment and water resources under future climate change. Jim works on a number of projects that investigate the impacts of climate change on groundwater resources.

Research Scientist (Hydrology)
Ecosystem Science, DBCA
Gavan is a hydrologist working across a range of disciplines including ecohydrology, the interactions between the living and water worlds. He combines field observations, remote sensing and mathematical models to describe these interactions with a focus on outcomes to improve management of rivers, wetlands, streams and groundwater for the environment and future generations.

Stable Isotope Ecologist and Hydrochemist
University of Western Australia
Greg is the deputy director of the West Australian Biogeochemistry Centre and has extensive expertise in the application of tracer methods in ecological, palaeoclimatological and hydrological studies. He uses stable
HCNOS and Sr isotopes to trace water and nutrient budgets in natural and modified environments, and has used peat geochemical signatures to reconstruct palaeoclimate and palaeohydrological conditions.

Entomologist
Western Australian Museum
Nik is Curator of Entomology at the Western Australian Museum. He is interested in biodiversity, sexual selection and functional morphology in insects. His research combines behavioural ecology and evolutionary studies with taxonomy and systematics across various insects, with a focus on the True Bugs (Heteroptera). He has a particular interest in the Albany Pitcher plant fly.

Susie is cross-cultural ecologist at UWA Albany. Originally from the UK, she now lives and works on Merningar Boodjar, in Albany. Her roles include teaching, event organisation, and research focussing on Elder-led biodiversity conservation.