Rate My Professor Claire Greenwell

Greenwell's research specializations include seabird and shorebird ecology, marine trophic ecology, and applied conservation biology. Notable publications encompass "Drivers of colony failure in a vulnerable coastal seabird, the Australian Fairy Tern (Sternula nereis nereis)" (2023), "Liked to death: the impacts of social media and photography on biodiversity" (2024), "Cat Gets Its Tern: A Case Study of Predation on a Threatened Coastal Seabird" (2019), "Seasonal movements and metapopulation structure of the Australian fairy tern in Western Australia" (2020, co-authored), and "A long tern view: distribution of small terns (Sternula) in Western Australia and implications for their conservation" (2022). She additionally earned the 2020 BirdLife Photographer of the Year Portfolio Prize for her Australian Fairy Tern imagery. In her professional roles, Greenwell convenes the Western Australian Fairy Tern Network, chairs the National Fairy Tern Recovery Team—advising agencies on habitat management and protection strategies—and collaborates with the New Zealand Department of Conservation on the Tara iti Recovery Program. As a marine scientist, she delivers technical advice on seabird ecology, shorebird management, marine baseline studies, and environmental impact assessments for coastal and offshore developments, fostering integration of science into policy and community initiatives for sustainable ecosystems.