Professor Carolyn Hogg
University of Sydney
Carolyn Hogg is a professor in biodiversity and conservation, and the Deputy Director of the Sydney Environment Institute at the University of Sydney. Her research primarily focuses on developing genomic tools for managing threatened species, using conservation and translocations and captive breeding programs as a management tool for preventing extinctions, and the interaction between species' genotype, phenotype and disease.
Carolyn leads the national Threatened Species Initiative, a program that is developing genomic resources for Australia’s threatened species, as well as training tools and bioinformatic pipelines to improve genetic literacy and use of genetics in management across the conservation sector.
“Biodiversity is essential for all life on earth, including humans. Humanity has made significant technological advances that have massively impacted the planet, it is within our capacity to use these technologies to improve how we protect it. We need people to reconnect with nature and recognise that it is not what we say or do that matters, but how we act.” - Professor Carolyn Hogg
