Phillip Cassey is a New Zealand ecologist who specialises in conservation science and invasion biology. Cassey is an inaugural

Australian Research Council The Australian Research Council (ARC) is the primary non-medical research funding agency of the Australian Government, distributing more than in grants each year. The Council was established by the ''Australian Research Council Act 2001'', ...

Industry Laureate Fellow ('Combatting wildlife crime and preventing environmental harm') and was previously an inaugural

Future Fellow (2010–2014). He leads the Invasion Science & Wildlife Ecology Group at the University of Adelaide, and is an advocate for diversity and inclusion.

Early career and education

Cassey attended Glendowie College in Auckland, Aotearoa-New Zealand, and completed his Bachelor of Science and Masters at Auckland University. He was awarded his PhD in 2002 from Griffith University.

Research and career

Cassey has co-authored over 340 scientific papers, book chapters and other publications, and has been awarded eight

Discovery and Linkage Grants/Fellowships. He is a scientific communicator and has written about invasion biology and environmental biosecurity at '' The Conversation''. Cassey served as Head of the Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department, University of Adelaide (2021–2023) and coordinated the University's Bachelor of Science Advanced program (2016–2022).

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