Biography
Dr Kate Giljohann is a research scientist at CSIRO Land and Water and is part of the Quantitative Biodiversity Assessment Team.
Dr Giljohann undertakes ecological modelling and analysis to support environmental decisions and improve conservation outcomes. She collaborates with CSIRO and partners to design new approaches that build ecological knowledge and incorporate biodiversity into decision making.
Current projects include:
• Sub-project lead - partnering with state and federal organisations to report on a new National Connectivity Index for Australia
• Project member - Biodiversity Co-benefits project, for CSIRO’s Digiscape Future Science Platform
• Project member - biodiversity and condition technical teams for the Regional Ecosystem Accounting Pilots project
Prior to joining CSIRO in early 2022, Kate’s research focused on the ecology and conservation of disturbance-prone ecosystems. Recent projects included modelling of biodiversity and fire regimes in foothill forests and mallee woodlands; co-design of scenario analyses for ecological fire management; NESP Threatened Species Recovery Hub project reviewing evidence of post-fire herbivore impacts; and review of ecological resilience metrics for the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC.
Academic Qualifications
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2017
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
The University of Melbourne -
2009
Honours in Bachelor of Natural Resource Management (1st class)
The University of Melbourne
Professional Experiences
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2021-2022
Melbourne Research Fellowship - Career Interruptions
The University of Melbourne -
2016-2020
Post-doctoral Research Fellow - ARC Linkage Project
The University of Melbourne -
2009-2012
Research Assistant - Australian Weeds Research Centre grant; ARC Linkage Project; Parks Victoria Research Partners Program
The University of Melbourne
ORCID 0000-0003-1622-5821