Luz is Posdoc who is developing mathematics to quantify the value of mathematical models and data for managing disease outbreaks, populations, and ecosystems.

Alex Rogers is a PhD student in mathematics developing value of information methods to quantify the benefits of emerging data sources, such as eDNA and satellite imagery, for early threat detection in conservation. He examines how these data can potentially translate into improved decision-making within enforcement pipelines, and aims to identify technological, organisational, funding, and political bottlenecks that limit their impact.

Tapash is a PhD student in mathematics who is developing new mathematical models and frameworks to prioritise the allocation of resources between area and effort based ecological management accross a wide range of environmental, conservation, and sustainability objectives.

Kevin is an MPhil student in mathematics who is developing new quantitative methods to identify and design field surveys that maximise the power to detect population declines of Koalas and other threatened species.

Dr Mendiolar was awarded her PhD for her work on quantitative indices and modelling of harvested fish populations in 2024. She is now a CERC Fellow at CSIRO, where she works on optimising mosquito control strategies for population suppression and replacement through advanced modelling approaches, contributing to public health and disease management in Australia.  

Phil completed his PhD in Zoology at the University of Cambridge in 2024, co-supervised by Prof. Andrew Balmford and me. His research focused on identifying the optimal combination of marine protected areas and harvest regulations to simultaneously maximize biodiversity and meet seafood demand. Following his PhD, Phil joined the United Nations Environment Programme as a Marine and Coastal Programme Officer within the Nature Restored team. 

Dr Dillon was awarded his PhD in 2024 for his work using mathematical modeling to optimally allocate scarce conservation resources between managing and expanding protected areas to minimize threatened species extinction risk when threats are concentrated near habitat edges.

Liam was awarded their Bachelor's in Applied Mathematics with first-class honours in 2022, working on optimising protected area expansion and enforcement to maximise the population size of illegally harvested  species. They are now a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne/OPTIMA, developing new optimisation algorithms to solve real-world problems, including sustainable energy production and delivery. 

Montana was awarded a Bachelor's degree in Applied Mathematics with honours and was named Faculty of Science valedictorian in 2021, working on the optimal prioritisation of a single-species fishery stock assessment in Queensland using partially observable Markov decision processes. She is now a fisheries scientist at the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland.