Dr. Nathalie Butt is an Adjunct Senior Fellow in the School of the Environment at the University of Queensland. She earned her DPhil in Environmental Science from the University of Oxford in 2009. Her research operates at the interface of ecosystem and climate science, focusing on climate-biodiversity interactions and ecosystem dynamics. Key aspects of her work include landscape-scale patterns and processes, as well as the impacts of threats like global change, human land use, and resource exploitation on biodiversity. These efforts carry global significance for conservation planning, covering topics such as future habitats for marine turtles and the effectiveness of protected areas in tropical forests. Nathalie Butt also explores human-nature interactions to guide natural resource management, safeguarding both ecosystems and human livelihoods.

At the University of Queensland, Dr. Butt has served in various capacities, including ARC Post-Doctoral Research Fellow and Research Fellow in the School of Biological Sciences, and Former Deputy Director - Community (2021-2023) of the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science. Her earlier work was at the University of Oxford. Among her key publications are 'Tropical protected areas reduced deforestation carbon emissions by one third from 2000-2012' (Scientific Reports, 2017, with Daniel P. Bebber), which quantified protection benefits; 'Biodiversity risks from fossil fuel extraction' (Science, 2013), assessing global threats; 'Phylogenetic approaches reveal biodiversity threats under climate change' (Nature Climate Change, 2016); and 'Conservation implications of ecological responses to extreme weather and climate events' (Diversity and Distributions, 2019). Recent works address gender inequities in conservation, cumulative human impacts on marine fauna, and threat assessments for endemic flora. With thousands of citations, her contributions influence conservation strategies amid climate change and land-use pressures.

Professional Email: n.butt@uq.edu.au