Dr Ricky Spencer is The head of WildLab and Senior Lecturer of Zoology at UWS. (Facebook: Wildlab)Ricky is a member of the School of Science and Health, as well as a member of the Hawkesbury Institute.
Before beginning at UWS, Ricky was a Senior Research Scientist for a Pestat within the Invasive Animals CRC, conducting research and development as part of a $3.18 million project to develop new vertebrate pest control methodologies, specifically using PAPP\
Ricky completed his PhD in 2001 and was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Qld (Fire Ecology on Fraser Island). Iowa State University (Temperature-dependent Sex Determination in turtles (TSD) and his PhD research investigated the impact of foxes on freshwater turtle populations of the Murray River.
Ricky has spent 15 years actively working on vertebrate pests. Major current projects include an ARC Linkage Project on the 'Turtle Crisis' in the Murray River and evaluating optimal fox management strategies for managing nest predation on turtles and water birds.
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