Kristen is a Research Scientist at the Western Australian Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA). She completed her PhD as a co-enrolled student at the University of Copenhagen and Curtin University in 2022, applying eDNA and metabarcoding techniques on arthropods to document how environments respond to change. She then moved to New Zealand to the University of Otago as a post-doctoral fellow, where she worked on using eDNA techniques to investigate invasive mammalian species. She now manages the eDNA lab at DBCA and works on developing eDNA-based monitoring approaches to aid in conserving Western Australia’s unique biodiversity. She is interested in terrestrial eDNA techniques and improving the uptake of these methodologies for conservation management.