Kelley is a 3rd year PhD candidate at the University of Queensland and a member of the Shark Bay Dolphin Research Project. Her work focuses on the study of predictability in behaviour, looking beyond average responses to the underlying variation present in repeat measures of animals. Using novel analyses and 40 years of observational data spanning hundreds of individuals, she hopes to shed light on how variation can reveal processes of learning, adaptation, and resilience in a changing world. When she isn't working on modeling or tutoring undergraduates, she's using her Holsworth Grant to get out on a research boat in Shark Bay, where she spends several months each year collecting behavioural and genetic data on a population of coastal Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins.

Ella is an ecologist with a focus on plants, fire, and biodiversity conservation. She currently works on the European project wildE, where she researches the restoration of ecological processes to protect biodiversity now and into the future.

Nathan Michielsen is a joint PhD candidate between the University of Adelaide and the University of Copenhagen. He has a profound interest in natural history and is driven to use a diverse sources of evidence from paleo-archives to study human impacts on natural systems. His research spans disciplines including population genomics, (zoo)archaeology and process-based macroecological and macroevolutionary modelling.

Ryan Hesse isa PhD student at Flinders University who specializes in microbial ecology and host-microbiome interactions. He has studied the microbiomes of elasmobranch skin for the past six years between a masters degree at San Diego State University in California, USA, and Flinders University in Adelaide.

Holly Farnan is PhD candidate at James Cook University researching interactions affecting bee nesting and survival in bee hotels. After completing a Bachelor of Science majoring in Zoology & Ecology in 2020, she undertook an Honours research project investigating the effects of insecticide exposure and heat stress on stingless bees. Since graduating with a First Class Honours in 2021, she has worked on several entomology projects including investigating how insects manage microplastic contamination in waste at CSIRO, cacao pollination at the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, non-target species monitoring as part of the Yellow Crazy Ant eradication program at James Cook University and canegrub and other pests of sugar cane management at Sugar Research Australia. Holly loves science communication and hopes to continue to inspire the next generation to foster a love for insects and the important roles that they play.

Natarsha is a PhD student at the University of Adelaide studying spatial ecology. Her research focuses on the spatial modelling and utility of open-source remote sensing tools in remote semi-arid rangeland habitats. Specifically, her PhD project focuses on the integration of field validation, remote sensing, ecological modelling, and behavioural analysis to determine optimum scales, procedures, and indicators that provide essential population knowledge of spatiotemporal patterns, niche interactions, and densities for two semi-fossorial mammals, the native southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiohinus latifrons) and invasive European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Her work aims to address critical data gaps that have hindered effective conservation and pest management in remote arid and semi-arid landscapes.