Damien’s main area of research interest is the ecology and pathology of wildlife diseases, particularly the impact of human activities on the host-pathogen relationship of diseases in fragmented populations of two threatened species - the koala and the Australian...
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Magistrate fines earthmoving contractor $79k over koala deaths at Victorian bluegum plantation: Bryant’s Forestry and Earthmoving Pty Ltd pleaded guilty to five consolidated charges of animal cruelty after 21 koalas were found dead and about 40 had to be euthanised at a bluegum plantation in Cape Bridgewater.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-16/cape-bridgewater-koala-deaths-bryants-forestry-and-earthmoving/103112004
PROFESSOR DAMIEN HIGGINS (KHH LEAD)
PROFESSOR DAVID PHALEN
David is Professor in Exotic Animal Medicine and Surgery and Wildlife Health and Conservation. He joined the University of Sydney as the Director of the Wildlife Health and Conservation Centre and the Avian Reptile and Exotic Pet Hospital in 2006 and has taught exotic...
PROFESSOR MARK KROCKENBERGER
Mark Krockenberger is Professor of Veterinary Pathology at the University of Sydney who has been working with koalas for the past 20 years. He is a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in Veterinary Anatomical Pathology and a...
DR ANDREA CASTERIANO (TECHNICAL OFFICER)
Andrea graduated with a PhD in microbiology from the University of Sydney in 2014, joining the Koala Health Hub later that year. She oversees the operational aspects of the KHH’s diagnostic services, including the real-time PCR tests for Chlamydia and maintaining our...
DR VALENTINA MELLA, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW
Valentina is a Research Fellow in the Sydney School of Veterinary Science at the University of Sydney. Valentina’s research aims to implement practical solutions to achieve effective long‐term conservation management actions to help koalas. She currently leads a...
Dr CAROLINE MARSCHNER
Caroline graduated in Veterinary Medicine at the University of Vienna, Austria, in 2012 and has followed her passion for wildlife to Vancouver Aquarium, Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital and also the Avian Reptile and Exotic Pet Hospital at the University of Sydney. She...