Workshop lead

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  Prof Fred W. Allendorf is a Regents Professor Emeritus at the University of Montana. His primary research interests are conservation and population genetics, having published over 200 articles on the population genetics and conservation of fish, amphibians, mammals, invertebrates, and plants. He has taught conservation genetics workshops in the US, Australia, South Africa, Costa Rica, and New Zealand.

Guest presenters and panellists

• Dr Jenny Pierson is a Senior Ecologist on the Australian Wildlife Conservancy's (AWC) National Science Team and leads the development and implementation of their Conservation Genetics Program and Climate Change Adaptation Strategy.
• Dr Robyn Shaw from the University of Canberra is a conservation biologist who uses genetics to understand how Australia's unique fauna, particularly small mammals, respond to environmental change caused by fire, invasive species, land use and climate.
• Dr Caroline Chong is a plant biologist and the Manager of Conservation Assessment for the Northern Territory Government where she manages conservation assessment programs for threatened and significant species.
• Dr Peta Hill, University of Canberra, is a molecular biologist who uses long-term life history data, genomics and modeling to understand species evolution and population responses to historical and anthropogenic environmental change.
• Dr Emily Stringer, is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Canberra and is currently working on developing a population viability analysis for the critically endangered Canberra grassland earless dragon.
• Prof Bernd Gruber from the University of Canberra uses genetic data to study population dynamics over space and time for the management and conservation of endangered species.