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Dustin Welbourne

PhD Candidate Evolutionary Ecology, Biogeography + Science Communicator at University of New South Wales

Summary

Currently completing a Masters in Science Communication with the ANU and have just started a PhD looking at ecological communities with the UNSW.

I have been the director of the Canberra Reptile Sanctuary, a public exhibit of non-venomous and venomous reptiles, for the past few years but will have to leave due to PhD commitments.

I am a retired Australian Defence Force officer; I graduated from the Australian Defence Force Academy in 2006 and then the Royal Military College in 2007.

Experience

  • PhD Candidate , University of New South Wales – present
  • Director, Canberra Reptile Sanctuary 2009 – present
  • Lecturer, Vertebrate Zoology, Canberra Institute of Technology, Bruce Campus 2010 – present
  • Science Communicator, Freelance 2009 – present
  • Masters of Science Communication (in progress), Australian National University 2011 – present

Education

  • UNSW, B. Sc. Honours , 2011
  • UNSW, B. Sc, 2006

Research Areas

  • Invasive Species Ecology (050103)
  • Community Ecology (Excl. Invasive Species Ecology) (060202)
  • Evolutionary Biology Not Elsewhere Classified (060399)