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Biography
Dr Micha Jackson is an applied ecological scientist who is passionate about achieving improved environmental outcomes through collaborative, evidence-based research. Micha has engaged in wildlife research and monitoring in Australia and overseas for more than a decade. Her career began in northern Australia where she worked to support the land and sea initiatives of Indigenous ranger programs in remote coastal communities. She later specialised in the waterbirds of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway and their wetland habitats. Her research is aimed at providing science-based approaches and tools to decision-makers and managers to support improved habitat conditions and healthy wildlife populations. Micha joined CSIRO's Water Security Program in July 2023 and is working with its waterbirds research team to deliver on the Basin-scale waterbird evaluation and research of the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Program (known as 'Flow-MER') and other projects.
Academic Qualifications
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2020
PhD
University of Queensland -
2007
Bachelor of Arts - Environmental Science, Economics, Government
Lawrence University
Achievements and Awards
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2024-2024
Georgina Mace Prize 2024: Shortlist
British Ecological Society -
2023-2023
Australian Water Association’s National Award for R&D Excellence
Healthy Coorong, Healthy Basin Scientific Trials and Investigations (T&I) -
2023-2023
Top 10% Most Downloaded Papers 2023 (manuscript co-author)
Ecology and Evolution (Wiley) -
2021-2021
Environment Institute Leadership Course
University of Adelaide -
2018-2019
Top 10% Most Downloaded Papers 2018-2019 (manuscript lead author)
Ecology and Evolution (Wiley) -
2018-2018
Three Minute Thesis winner
University of Queensland -
2017-2017
Endeavour Research Fellowship
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
Current Roles
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Member
Basic-scale Project Waterbirds Working Group - Flow-MER 2.0 -
Editorial Board
Stilt -
Core team member
East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership Shorebird Working Group -
Far Eastern Curlew Recovery Working Group
Working Group member -
Task Team on Science and Evidence Co-lead
World Coastal Forum
Other highlights
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2023-2025
32nd International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB 2025) Conference Co-chair
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2021-2022
Ecological Society of Australia and Society for Conservation Biology Oceania 2022 Conference - Local Organising Committee Co-chair
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2022-2022
Wang, X., Li, X., Ren, X., Jackson, M. V., Fuller, R. A., Melville, D. S., ... & Ma, Z. (2022). Effects of anthropogenic landscapes on population maintenance of waterbirds. Conservation Biology, 36(2), e13808.
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2020-2020
Jackson, M. V., Choi, C. Y., Amano, T., Estrella, S. M., Lei, W., Moores, N., ... & Fuller, R. A. (2020). Navigating coasts of concrete: Pervasive use of artificial habitats by shorebirds in the Asia-Pacific. Biological Conservation, 247, 108591.
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2019-2019
Jackson, M. V., Carrasco, L. R., Choi, C. Y., Li, J., Ma, Z., Melville, D. S., ... & Fuller, R. A. (2019). Multiple habitat use by declining migratory birds necessitates joined‐up conservation. Ecology and Evolution, 9(5), 2505-2515.
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2018-2018
Garnett, S. T., Burgess, N. D., Fa, J. E., Fernández-Llamazares, Á., Molnár, Z., Robinson, C. J., ... & Leiper, I. (2018). A spatial overview of the global importance of Indigenous lands for conservation. Nature Sustainability, 1(7), 369-374.
Professional Experiences
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2021-2022
Post-doctoral Researcher
University of Adelaide -
2020-2020
Post-doctoral Research Fellow
University of Queensland -
2013-2015
Senior Project Coordinator
North Australia Indigenous Land & Sea Management Alliance -
2009-2013
Project Officer
North Australia Indigenous Land & Sea Management Alliance
Professional Areas
Related links
- EAAFP Shorebird Working Group Webinar on Habitat Quality in the East Asian–Australasian Flyway
- Coming together to protect the Far Eastern Curlew
- The Conversation: We used tiny sensors in backpacks to discover the extraordinary ways birds migrate to find water
- Georgina Mace Prize 2024: Shortlist blog
- ESA blog: Measuring the supply and demand of bird migration
Publications
ORCID 0000-0002-5150-2962
We have publications by Dr Micha Jackson