Researcher

Dr Roxane Janet Francis

Keywords

Fields of Research (FoR)

Freshwater ecology, Wildlife and habitat management, Landscape ecology, Forensic biology, Surface water hydrology

Biography

Roxane Francis is a Post Doctorate Researcher in the Centre for Ecosystem Science at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Her work is highly varied and includes waterbird monitoring and management in Australia and Botswana, the use of pXRF, SIA and ICPMS to explore diets and toxins, and the use of drones to collect ecological data.

She enjoys remote sensing, and is skilled in the use of R, javascript and python. She is also...view more

Roxane Francis is a Post Doctorate Researcher in the Centre for Ecosystem Science at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Her work is highly varied and includes waterbird monitoring and management in Australia and Botswana, the use of pXRF, SIA and ICPMS to explore diets and toxins, and the use of drones to collect ecological data.

She enjoys remote sensing, and is skilled in the use of R, javascript and python. She is also highly capable in the field, having lived and worked in many parts of the world with fauna such as freshwater and marine turtles, waterbirds and lizards.

She is a recipient of funding from the Taronga Conservation Society, Idea Wild and the Centre for Ecosystem Science.


My Grants

Centre for Ecosystem Science Postgraduate Grant               2019                                         

Taronga Conservation Society Field Conservation Grants      2017   

IDEA WILD Field Equipment Grant                                       2014                            


My Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy 2021

Honours in Ecology 2015

Bachelor of Science with Distinction 2013

Bachelor of Arts 2013


My Awards

Winner of the BEES UNSW Science Postgraduate Research Showcase                           2020


My Research Activities

WildENFORCE - developing a real-time forensic tool to determine animal provenance. Joint project with Taronga Conservation Society, ANSTO, UTS

Waterbird colony monitoring with drones

Development of automated counting systems for drone imagery

Mapping of vegetation coverage - Wild Deserts

Conservation prioritisation

Eastern Australian Waterbird Survey

Diet and toxin work using ICPMS, pXRF and SIA

Analysis of citizen science data - waterbirds

Surface water mapping for waterbird management

Fieldwork - reptile trapping, waterbird monitoring.


My Teaching

BIOS 1101 - Ecology, Sustainability and Environmental Science

BIOS 1301 - Evolutionary and Functional Biology

SCIF 1131 - Skills for Science

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