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A Curtin PhD student has taken home the Best Poster Award at an international conference bringing together hundreds of researchers and practitioners from around the world.
Ian Lim, a PhD student in Molecular and Life Sciences, received the award at the 14th International Conference on Biological Invasions, held in Brussels, Belgium.
His poster, Tracking the killer’s kin: Estimating natal dispersal of feral cats in southwestern Australia, showcased findings from his PhD research into feral cats in Western Australia.
The research is a collaboration between Curtin’s Population Biology & Genomics Group (PBG) in the School of Molecular and Life Sciences, 5 Rivers NRM and the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA).
As part of the project, Ian analyses tissue samples collected through feral cat control efforts under the Farmers for Fauna project.
Taking Curtin research to the world
The week-long conference brought together 371 attendees from 45 nationalities, including students, researchers and practitioners working across areas such as invasive plants and reptiles, biodiversity data infrastructure and invasive species management.
Ian’s wider research interests include invasion genomics, modelling how species disperse and spread, measuring control effort, ecosystem-based management, public attitudes towards lethal control, and reproducible and open-data approaches to invasion science.
He is supervised by Professor Ben Phillips and Dr Brenton von Takach from Curtin’s Population Biology & Genomics Group and School of Molecular and Life Sciences, alongside Dr Kym Ottewell from DBCA.
You can also learn more about the 14th International Conference on Biological Invasions.
Congratulations to Ian on representing Curtin and having his research recognised on an international stage.
