Dr Katherine GW Hill

I am a environmental science researcher, with experience in ecology, biogeochemistry, and data science. 

Media

Towards a Feral Free Future podcast

Myself and the research team at the University of Adelaide discuss our projects around developing automated monitoring systems to identify the next pest threats which could cross our Australian borders.

CISS Balanced Researcher Program presentation

I presented my path to a PhD, and what I had achieved through the Feather Foresics project.

This presentation was part of the Centre of Invasive Species Solutions (CISS) Balanced Researcher Program, presented at the Academy of Science Shine Dome in 2022.

Green Adelaide press release

I joined Green Adelaide in a press release to assist in tracking an Alexandrine Parakeet incursion in Adelaide.

Natural Resource Management speed presentation

I presented the research outcomes from my Honours research, “Early Detection of vertebrate alien species populations using biogeochemical tools”, at the Natural Resource Management conference in Adelaide, 2018.

Publications

Hill, KGW, Nielson, KE, Tyler, J, McInerney, F, Doubleday, ZA, Frankham, GJ, Johnson, R, Gillanders, B, Delean, J and Cassey, P (2020) Pet or pest? Stable isotope methods for determining the provenance of an invasive alien species.

Hill, KGW, Stringham, OC, Moncayo, S, Toomes, A, Tyler, JJ, Cassey, P and Delean, S (2023) Who’s a pretty bird? Predicting the traded abundance of bird species in Australian online pet trade. Biological Invasions 1-14.

Stringham, OC, Moncayo, S, Hill, KGW, Toomes, A, Mitchell, L, Ross, JV and Cassey, P (2021) Text classification to streamline online wildlife trade analyses. Plos one 16: e0254007.

Stringham, OC, Moncayo, S, Thomas, E, Heinrich, S, Toomes, A, Maher, J, Hill, KGW, Mitchell, L, Ross, JV and Shepherd, CR (2021) Dataset of seized wildlife and their intended uses. Data in Brief 39: 107531.

Stringham, O, Maher, J, Lassaline, C, Wood, L, Toomes, A, Moncayo, S, Hill, KGW, Mitchell, L, Ross, J and Cassey, P (2022) Understanding and intervening in illegal trade in non-native species and biosecurity surveillance of e-commerce for illegal trade in declared plants. Centre for Invasive Species Solutions, Canberra, Australia.

Stringham, OC, Maher, J, Lassaline, CR, Wood, L, Moncayo, S, Toomes, A, Heinrich, S, Watters, F, Drake, C, Chekunov, S, Hill, KGW, Decary-Hetu, D, Mitchell, L, Ross, JV, and Cassey, P (2023) The dark web trades wildlife, but mostly for use as drugs. People and Nature

Toomes, A, Moncayo, S, Stringham, OC, Lassaline, C, Wood, L, Millington, M, Drake, C, Jense, C, Allen, A, Hill, KGW, Garcia-Diaz, P, Mitchell, L, and Cassey, P (2023) A snapshot of online wildlife trade: Australian e-commerce trade of native and non-native pets. Biological Conservation 282: 110040.