Ben is a forest and landscape ecologist. His research investigates the habitat requirements of arboreal mammals in temperate Australia and forest resilience to climate change in montane and alpine ecosystems. He's an expert in remote sensing and spatial modelling focusing on machine learning and drone applications. Craig is a forest and landscape ecologist. His research focuses on how climate, disturbance regimes, and people influence ecosystem composition and structure. As landscapes exist within a socio-ecological system, he is interested in the nexus between society and ecology and how ecosystem management can promote the sustainable use of resources and promote the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning under a changing climate. He uses multi-disciplinary approaches and works from the organism to the landscape scale in Australia and internationally.

Jeremy completed his PhD in 2025 through the School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences at the University of Melbourne, where his research focused on wildfire dynamics, climate, and forest management in south-eastern Australia. He is proud of his Dharug heritage from the Sydney region and currently lives and works on Wurundjeri Country in Naarm/Melbourne. Jeremy’s work focuses on integrating fire into land and forest management policies across a diverse range of stakeholders, including government agencies, Traditional Owners, conservation organisations, and landholders. His research bridges ecology and practice, drawing on long-term environmental data, geospatial modelling, and collaborative partnerships to inform adaptive strategies under a changing climate. He has a strong interest in the role of Indigenous knowledge, historical fire regimes, and community-based approaches to land stewardship. Jeremy’s work is grounded in a deep respect for Country and a belief in the importance of working collectively toward healthy, resilient ecosystems.

I have an interest in applied ecological problems with direct consequences for conservation management. My research is focused on better understanding how animals utilise and move through landscapes, and how this is influenced by landscape configuration, species communities and disturbance.

I am a recent graduate of the University of Sydney School of Life and Environmental Sciences, having completed my Honours research in 2024 as student in the Global Ecology Lab. I am passionate about the ecology and biodiversity of the Sydney Basin Bioregion, having lived and been inspired by the great diversity present in Sydney's natural environment.

Emily is a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne where she studies the mutualistic relationship between the mycophagous long-footed potoroos (Potorous longipes) and truffle-like ectomycorrhizal fungi. She is investigating how climatic and spatial patterns shape the fungal diet of the long-footed potoroo, and how truffle-like fungal communities are associated with their presence across environmental gradients. She is particularly interested in the ecological roles of fungi and how their interactions with plants, animals, and the environment influence ecosystem processes.

Elena is a PhD student at the University of Melbourne. She is interested in the effects of climate change on plant-pollinator interactions, particularly the consequences of warming for microclimates and pollination. She has also studied the joint effects of warming and wildfire-induced reductions in solar radiation on plant-pollinator interactions.

Upasana Sengupta PhD Candidate, Department of Biology, Ashoka University, India Upasana Sengupta is a PhD student in ecology, working in the ‘Plant–Animal Interactions’ lab under Dr. Shivani Krishna at Department of Biology, Ashoka University. Her thesis explores how habitat fragmentation shapes plant mutualistic and antagonistic interactions in semi-arid forests of Western-India. Using behavioural experiments, she also investigates how different biotic and abiotic factors mediate plant-pollinator and plant herbivore interactions. Her research aims to improve understanding of edge-driven ecological changes in mosaic landscapes. Broadly, Upasana’s interests lie in the ecology of plant–animal interactions and the behavior of social organisms. Before joining Ashoka, she earned her B.Sc. in Zoology from the University of Calcutta, India and completed her Master’s in Zoology at the University of North Bengal, India. She has presented her work at national and international conferences and is committed to bridging ecological research.