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...
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Independent MP Judy Hannan calls out Gilead development threatening koala habitat: Independent NSW MP Judy Hannan has used her first private member’s statement to demand a halt to a development that could put endangered koalas at risk.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-02/independent-nsw-mp-judy-hannan-calls-for-koala-protection/102421660Queensland government, Brisbane City Council clash over speed limit amid koala concerns: Drivers could soon have to slow down on a road in Brisbane’s inner south-east to improve safety for wildlife, amid a clash between the council and state government over who is responsible for reducing the speed limit.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-05/state-government-brisbane-council-speed-limit-koalas-camp-hill/102441502Koalas are both endangered and so plentiful they’re causing problems. How’d that happen?
https://www.livescience.com/animals/land-mammals/koalas-are-both-endangered-and-so-plentiful-theyre-causing-problems-howd-that-happen#:~:text=Altered%20fire%20regimes%2C%20broad%20scale,significant%20impact%20on%20koala%20populations
DR ANDREA CASTERIANO (TECHNICAL OFFICER)
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...