Jodi Rowley

Dr Jodi Rowley is the Curator of Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Biology at the Australian Museum and UNSW Sydney. After a degree in Bachelor of Environmental Science (Hons) at UNSW, Jodi completed her PhD at James Cook University, where she used radiotelemetry to investigate how interspecific behaviour influences the susceptibility of frog species to decline from disease. In 2006, Jodi moved to Cambodia to work as a wildlife biologist for international NGO Conservation International, and began conducting amphibian research in Southeast Asia. She moved to the Australian Museum in 2008, and continues her focus on Australasian amphibian biodiversity and conservation. Her research seeks to uncover and document biodiversity, understand its drivers, and inform conservation decisions. She has greatly expanded knowledge about amphibian species diversity in Southeast Asia, having conducted over 25 collaborative expeditions in the region and co-discovered more than two dozen new frog species. Her work in Australia focuses on informing the conservation of poorly-known and 'threatened frog species. She is also Chief Scientist of FrogID, a national citizen science project that has collected over 50,000 georeferenced records of frogs across Australia in its first year. Jodi is passionate about science communication, and translating scientific data into open-access, easily interpretable information, particularly via species conservation assessments.