Marine field biologist, marine mammal specialist and world authority on dugongs, Janet is Senior Lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences at The University of Queensland where she leads the Marine Vertebrate Ecology Research Group.
Janet’s current projects include identification of threats to the health of coastal marine mammals including dugongs and cetaceans along urbanised coasts. Janet and her team have also researched whales, sea turtles, sea snakes and coastal dolphins.
Janet has served on numerous governmental and scientific committees and is currently Associate Editor of the world’s leading marine mammal journal, and sits on the scientific committee of the Sea World (Australia) Research and Rescue Foundation.
