Josh Dorrough has approximately 20 years experience in biodiversity conservation management and research. After completing a PhD at the Australian National University in 2002 he worked as a research scientist at the Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research in Victoria and then as a Visting Fellow at CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems. He is currently a Senior Research Scientist with the Conservation and Restoration Science Branch within the NSW Department of Planning and Environment and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Fenner School of Environment and Society.