School of Environmental Sciences
Alison Matthews 
BSc(Hons) Sydney
Campus Thurgoona Campus
Office Room 121, School of Environmental Sciences
Phone (02) 6051 9651
EMAIL ALISON MATTHEWS 
Student Member of ILWS, member of Australian Mammal Society, Australian Institute of Alpine Studies, Ecological Society of Australia, Royal Zoological Society of NSW
Previously I worked for the Department of Environment and Conservation as a project officer in vertebrate ecology research with a two-year secondment to Charles Sturt University to lecture in protected area management. I have worked on a broad range of biodiversity conservation issues affecting our native fauna, particularly forest mammals. My current PhD research will investigate the interactions between climate change, grazing mammals and alpine ecosystems. Specifically, I will be studying population demography, space use and resource selection of wombats in the Australian Alps.
Thesis topic
Climate change influences on the distribution and resource use of grazing mammals in the Australian Alps
Supervisors
- Prof. Nick Klomp
- Dr Peter Spooner
- Dr Daniel Lunney (NSW Dpt of Environment and Conservation)
- Dr Ken Green (NSW Dpt of Environment and Conservation)