Nature Foundation facilitates the Mike Bull Award for Early Career Nature Scientists, a research grant honouring Professor Mike Bull and supporting early-career scientists.
2023 Mike Bull Award winner, Dr Stephen Zozaya, is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Australian National University (ANU) and joins webinar host, Lucy Clive, to share his career researching reptiles. Stephen's research has mainly focused on pheromones (chemical signals) and their influence on mate choice in Australian lizards. However, the Mike Bull Award funding has supported a new research direction, with a stronger conservation focus, including the discovery of several new species and populations of slider skinks (Lerista). Many of these species are threatened, but their conservation status cannot be updated until there is sufficient data to support listing as Endangered or Critically Endangered.
We look forward to having Stephen share his experience and findings in this important research area. Lucy Clive will also provide an update on the Mike Bull Award and application process, which opens in March 2026.
This webinar is sure to appeal to early-career natural scientists, postgraduate students, and all those who care about conservation outcomes enhanced by science.
Following the presentation, we invite you to participate in a Q&A session. This is your chance to engage directly with our special guest speaker and delve deeper into the topics discussed.
A recording of the webinar will be made available after the live broadcast on the Nature Foundation website in the week following the webinar.