Kate Bryant

I am a wildlife biologist and evolutionary ecologist. My research focuses on the population biology/ecology of vertebrate animals, especially native mammals. I am particularly interested in deepening our biological understanding of the unique and specialized Australian fauna, but also in providing the baseline knowledge needed for effective conservation. Myself and my research students work on various species such as the quenda, chuditch, numbat, bobtail, and honey possum, and on projects that span topics around how these animals live and function in their habitats (diet, habitat use, movement patterns, breeding), optimising population estimation and monitoring techniques for priority species, and the evolutionary strategies that animals employ (life histories, mating systems).

I am also really invested in quality teaching and learning for undergraduate students, and have been on my teaching journey for about 20 years now. I approach my teaching very much as a facilitator of learning and I enjoy finding ways that I can teach and engage with students authentically. I coordinate and teach two capstone units in the Conservation and Wildlife Biology major: Wildlife Biology and Evolutionary Analysis. I also teach into other units such as Conservation Biology and Genetics and Evolution.