Dr Jess Marsh is an arachnologist with specialist interest in arachnid taxonomy and conservation ecology. She is Research Fellow with Murdoch University and honorary research associate with the South Australian Museum. Her current research projects include ABRS funded positions on the taxonomy and systematics of tube-web spiders (Segestriidae) in Tasmania and in South Australia and Victoria. Dr Marsh has a strong interest and background in invertebrate conservation and fire ecology, the subject of her PhD and subsequent research projects. She has worked in various roles relating to invertebrate ecology and taxonomy and these have given her a broad range of experience from multiple disciplines, with positions focussing on invertebrate ecology, conservation and taxonomy. Although her main focus is arachnology, Dr Marsh has wide experience in collecting and classifying aquatic macroinvertebrates.