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4.08/20/2025

Passionate about student development.

4.05/21/2025

Encourages independent and critical thought.

5.03/31/2025

Helps students unlock their full potential.

4.02/27/2025

A master at fostering understanding.

5.02/4/2025

Great Professor!

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About Catherine

Professor Catherine Herbert serves in the Faculty of Science at the University of Sydney, within the School of Life and Environmental Sciences. She earned her PhD in Wildlife Management from Macquarie University in 2003 and a BSc (Hons). Her career trajectory includes Research Associate at Macquarie University from 2002 to 2004, ARC Postdoctoral Fellow at UNSW Sydney from 2005 to 2007, Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Science at the University of Sydney from 2011 to 2017, and Associate Professor thereafter, with a recent promotion to Professor of Wildlife Management. Herbert's research centers on marsupial biology, encompassing fertility control technologies for managing overabundant wildlife populations such as kangaroos and possums, reproductive physiology and contraception using GnRH agonists like deslorelin, wildlife rehabilitation and release outcomes, zoonotic diseases including Coxiella burnetii and Q fever in native species, genetic diversity, habitat selection, human-wildlife conflict, and bushfire impacts on marsupials.