Kerrie Wilson

Kerrie Ann Wilson is an Australian environmental scientist and the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability Strategy) at Queensland University of Technology (QUT).[1] Wilson is also an affiliated professor in conservation science at the University of Copenhagen, honorary professor at The University of Queensland, a member of the Australian Heritage Council and the Australian Natural Sciences Commissioner for UNESCO.

Education

Wilson holds a bachelor's degree in environmental science (1999) from The University of Queensland and a PhD from The University of Melbourne (2004).[1] Her PhD was undertaken in collaboration with the UN Environment Programme’s World Conservation Monitoring Centre, based in Cambridge.

Career

From 2005 to 2007, Wilson held a postdoctoral research fellowship at The University of Queensland. In 2007, she left academia to become director of conservation with The Nature Conservancy Australia. She returned to The University of Queensland in 2008 after being awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) Postdoctoral Fellowship. In 2010, Wilson was awarded an ARC Future Fellowship, which she commenced after returning from maternity leave in 2013.

In 2016, Wilson was appointed the director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions and professor of biological sciences at The University of Queensland. In 2019, Wilson became the executive director of the Institute for Future Environments at the Queensland University of Technology.

On 4 August 2023, Wilson was appointed the Queensland Chief Scientist succeeding Queensland’s Interim Chief Scientist, Professor Bronwyn Harch.[2]

Research

Wilson's research bridges the science, policy and practice of conservation, with the aim of finding the most effective ways to protect and restore different kinds of landscapes and ecosystems. Her research focuses on applied conservation resource allocation problems, such as where to invest limited resources to protect or restore biodiversity and the role of ecosystem services in achieving conservation goals.[3] She is a proponent of the theory that conservation investments should be influenced equally by biodiversity values, ecological dynamics and the socio-economic context.[4]

Wilson has developed analytical approaches to capture the social context in environmental decision making and demonstrated how to integrate social, economic and ecological analyses to improve evaluation and prediction of the outcomes of environmental policies and programs.[5] She has also made contributions to the field of ecosystem services through the integration of decision science with ecosystem service assessments to investigate how management can enhance human well-being while improving protection of the natural environment.[6] Her research has provided foundation for identifying conservation strategies in production landscapes, that involve many alternative land management options, including on the island of Borneo.[7]

Wilson has published over 170 peer-reviewed publications, including several in Nature and Science.

Awards and honours

Selected publications
  • Wilson, K. A., Auerbach, N. A., Sam, K., Magini, A. G., Moss, A., Langhans, S. D., Budiharta, S., Terzano, D. and E. Meijaard. 2016. Conservation research is not happening where it is most needed. PLOS Biology. 14(3), e1002413. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1002413
  • Wilson, K. A., Lulow, M., Burger, J., Fang, Y. C., Andersen, C., Olson, D., O’Connell, M., and M. F. McBride 2011. Optimal restoration: accounting for space, time, and uncertainty. Journal of Applied Ecology. 48(3), 715-725. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.01975.x
  • Wilson, K. A., Meijaard, E., Drummond, S., Grantham, H. S., Boitani, L., Catullo, G., Christie, L., Dennis, R., Dutton, I., Falcucci, A., Maiorano, L., Possingham, H. P., Rondinini, C., Turner, W., Venter, O. and M. Watts. 2010. Conserving Biodiversity in Production Landscapes. Ecological Applications. 20(6), 1721-1732. doi: 10.1890/09-1051.1
  • Wilson, K. A., Carwardine, J. and H. P. Possingham. 2009. Setting Conservation Priorities. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology 2009. 1162(1), 237–264. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04149.x
  • Wilson, K. A., Underwood, E. C., Morrison, S. A., Klausmeyer, K. R., Murdoch, W. W., Reyers, B., Wardell-Johnson, G., Marquet, P. A., Rundel, P. W., McBride, M. F., Pressey, R. L., Bode, M., Hoekstra, J. M., Andelman, S., Looker, M., Rondinini, C., Kareiva, P., Shaw, R. M. and H. P. Possingham. 2007. Conserving Biodiversity Efficiently: What to do, Where and When. PLOS Biology. 5(9), 1850-1861. ARTN e233. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050223
  • Wilson, K. A., McBride, M., Bode, M. and H. P. Possingham. 2006. Prioritising global conservation efforts. Nature. 440(7082), 337-340. doi:10.1038/nature04366
  • Wilson, K. A., Westphal, M. I., Possingham, H. P. and J. Elith. 2005. Sensitivity of conservation planning to different approaches to using predicted species distribution data. Biological Conservation. 122(1), 99-112. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2004.07.004

References
  1. Wilson, Kerrie. "QUT | Staff Profiles | Kerrie Wilson". Institute for Future Environments. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  2. "Professor Kerrie Wilson appointed Queensland Chief Scientist". Ministerial Media Statements. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  3. "Prime Minister's honour for conservation scientist". The University of Queensland News. https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2016/10/prime-minister%E2%80%99s-honour-conservation-scientist, accessed 08.01.2020
  4. Wilson, K. A., Evans, M. C., Di Marco, M., Green, D. C., Boitani, L., Possingham, H. P., Chiozza F. and C. Rondinini. 2011. Prioritizing conservation investments for mammal species globally. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. 366(1578), 2670-2680. doi:10.1098/rstb.2011.0108
  5. "2017 Nancy Millis Medal for Women in Science". Australian Academy of Science. https://www.science.org.au/opportunities-scientists/recognition/honorific-awards/honorific-awardees/2017-awardees#millis, accessed 20.03.2020
  6. "Prime Minister's honour for conservation scientist". The University of Queensland News. https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2016/10/prime-minister%E2%80%99s-honour-conservation-scientist, accessed 20.03.2020
  7. "Tropical Natural Resources – Award Recipient for 2016". Mahatir Science Award Foundation. http://www.msa-foundation.org/dt_team/professor-hugh-possingham-professor-kerrie-wilson-professor-erik-meijaard/, accessed 21.03.2020
  8. 2017 awardees, https://www.science.org.au/opportunities-scientists/recognition/honorific-awards/honorific-awardees/2017-awardees#millis, accessed on 23.03.2020
  9. Environmental researchers win Mahathir Science Award, https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2017/03/environmental-researchers-win-mahathir-science-award, accessed on 23.03.2020
  10. 2016 Frank Fenner Prize for Life Scientist of the Year, https://www.scienceinpublic.com.au/prime-ministers-prize/2016life, accessed on 23.03.2020
  11. 2015 WiT Award Winners, https://wit.org.au/2015-Award-Winners, accessed on 23.03.2020
  12. UQ researchers scoop Scopus awards, https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2014/09/uq-researchers-scoop-scopus-awards, accessed on 23.03.2020
  13. Eureka! Australian scientists celebrated at awards night, https://theconversation.com/eureka-australian-scientists-celebrated-at-awards-night-17739, accessed on 23.03.2020
  14. Awards recognise UQ’s rising stars of research, https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2013/09/awards-recognise-uq%E2%80%99s-rising-stars-of-research, accessed on 23.03.2020
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