What lives with you? Not your housemates or your family — the other ones.
When three Brisbane researchers explored their shared Annerley rental, they expected to find a handful of species. What they found was an ecosystem.
Along with his housemates, environmental mathematician Dr Matt Holden catalogued every living thing at their inner-city share house. They found over 1,000 unique species, including three never-before recorded in Australia's national biodiversity database.
Join us at this month’s BrisScience, as Dr Holden explores their weird and wonderful discoveries, showing that you don’t need a rainforest or a reef to encounter the wild.
Meet the presenter
Dr Matthew Holden is an applied mathematician using modelling to improve environmental outcomes. His research spans biodiversity conservation, ecology, fisheries, and natural resource management, with a focus on improving human well-being at least cost to biodiversity. Dr Holden is President of the Resource Modelling Association and Deputy Director of Research for the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science (CBCS).
About BrisScience
BrisScience is a monthly lecture series that brings science out of the labs and to the people, making it accessible to all – from scientists, to scientists-at-heart.
Run by The University of Queensland, BrisScience has been delivering engaging lectures on diverse topics from local and international scientists for over a decade.
BrisScience speakers are leaders in their given fields and deliver dynamic presentations based on cutting-edge research.
The University of Queensland has been running BrisScience since 2005, bringing the best and brightest scientific minds to the people of Brisbane – from early career researchers to Nobel Laureates!
| Time | 6:30pm to 7:30pm (light refreshments 7:30-8:00pm) |
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| Venue | The Edge, State Library of Queensland, Stanley Place, South Bank |
| Cost | Free - Eventbrite ticket required |
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