The Team
The Frog Find team is an ever growing team of researchers and volunteers. Here are some of the people who help collect our data.
Dr. Oliver Kelly
Oliver is a graduate from the University of Technology, Sydney with a Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology (Honours) and has earned his PhD from the University of Newcastle, researching the drivers of decline for threatened frog species within the NSW National Park Reserve system. His role in the Frog Find team involves conducting surveys across the GBMA, searching for new frog habitats, deploying acoustic monitoring devices and liaising with the local communities interested in participating. Oliver is greatly interested in the role community science will play in future conservation efforts.
Dr. Alex Callen
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr Alex Callen is a conservation biologist in the School of Environmental and Life Science at the University of Newcastle. Her research focuses on the response of threatened amphibian populations to multiple environmental stresses including stream pollution, disease and invasive predators, including within the Australian conservation system. Central to this research is her interest in how community science and improved science communication within the community can drive positive change to minimise environmental stress on plants, animals and ecosystems, leading to improved biodiversity protection.
Conservation Science Research Group
The Conservation Science Research Group at The University of Newcastle consists of a team of internationally recognised experts in biodiversity conservation with project experience in the natural environment and biodiversity; environmental monitoring, restoration ecology, behavioural ecology and cognition, instrumentation and analysis; marine pollution impacts; and sustainable adaptation in agriculture and forestry.
Participating bodies
Save Our Species
National Parks and Wildlife Services
Blue Mountains World Heritage Institute
Funding Bodies
The program is being funded by the NSW Government through a partnership between the Saving our Species program and the Environmental Trust.
