Supervising Ecologist
B.A., B.Sc.(Hons), Ph.D.
Experience Summary
Dr. Amanda Lane is a former lecturer at the University of Sydney with professional interests in wildlife ecology, conservation and genetics. She has 20 years of experience advising universities, private industry, government bodies and NGO’s. Prior to joining Biolink, Amanda was involved in research on the current conservation challenges of Tasmanian Devils, work that was undertaken in association with the Save the Tasmanian Devil Program. More recently Amanda has led large-scale koala survey programs, prepared Koala Plans of Management, utilised GIS-based software to examine koala linkages / habitat connectivity issues and developed GIS procedures and analyses for examining threatening processes (vehicle strike) pertaining to koalas at local and regional scales. Amanda sat on the working group for Monitoring, Research and Data at the NSW Koala Summit 2024 and the Expert Panel for Habitat use, impacts and management options at the NSW Koala Research Symposium 2023. Peer reviewed scientific papers by Amanda have been published in national and international journals including Conservation Biology, Australian Journal of Zoology, Molecular Ecology, Austral Ecology, Biological Conservation, Animal Behaviour, Functional Ecology and Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.