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Zoe Richards

Zoe is a coral biodiversity researcher and nature lover. Her research revolves around how best to monitor and protect corals and coral reefs. Working in the areas of systematics, phylogenetics, population genetics, ecology and conservation, Zoe undertakes multidisciplinary research that has informed policy in the areas of threatened species management, World Heritage Area management, Fisheries management and sedentary species conservation. Currently, Zoe leads a coral research group within the Trace and Environmental DNA Laboratory at Curtin University and is also the Curator of Marine Invertebrates at the Western Australian Museum. She leads a research group that has undertaken novel research in the areas of biodiversity discovery, phylogenomics and environmental DNA and she is a passionate science communicator.

Zoe 's work profile

Zoe works in the following sector(s): University, Collections Institution

Zoe 's primary institution is: WA Museum, Curtin University

Zoe 's position is: Marine Invertebrate Curator, Senior Research Fellow

Zoe 's work in taxonomy

Zoe has the following roles: Collecting, Specimen preparation, Identification, Research, Editing publishing and reviewing, Science Communication, Public Outreach

Zoe 's skills are in Species delimitation, Phylogenetics, Classification, Nomenclature, Genetics & Genomics, Population genetics, Biogeography, Imaging

Zoe works on the taxonomy of Animals, Cnidaria, Scleractinia; Octocorallia

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