Chloe Frick

I am a PhD candidate in the school of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
I am an extremely passionate wildlife ecologist and researcher - my PhD is studying the flagship release brush-tailed bettongs under Marna Banggara. I have also taught in several biology, wildlife, ecology, and science communication topics across the university.

Between 2021 - 2023, we released 193 Yalgiri (Brush-Tailed Bettongs) into Dhilba Gurranda- Innes National Park. I am studying their survival, breeding, genetics, microbiome (oral, faecal, and pouch), and morphometrics in this ambitious release of critically endangered mammals into a predator-suppressed landscape. We have also installed and utilise a groundbreaking evolution in coded VFH telemetry to monitor real-time survival.

In 2020, I completed my honours in the non-invasive genetic monitoring of the critically endangered and isolated brush-tailed rock wallaby colony in East Gippsland, Victoria. As population demographic update more than a decade overdue in the steepest gorge in Victoria.

I have developed skills in animal capture, handling, and biological sampling (from antechinus to wombat and in-between!).
I also have experience in DNA extraction and amplification and the associated analysis.
Through my candidature, I am excited to engage in collaborative projects and further develop modelling and statistical analysis.