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    • Advanced Communication Skills in Science (SCIF7000)
    • Advanced Field Biology (BIOS3601)
    • Advanced Techniques in Remote Sensing (GEOS3811)
    • An Introduction to the Sydney Environment (BEES6601)
    • Animal Behaviour (BIOS3011)
    • Applied Geochemistry (GEOS3281)
    • Assembling the Tree of Life (BIOS3221)
    • Astrobiology: Life in the Universe  (BEES6741)
    • Australian Climate and Vegetation (GEOS2711)
    • Australian Soil Use and Management (GEOS3721)
    • Australian Surface Environments & Landforms (GEOS2721)
    • Australia's Unique and Deadly Animals and Plants (BIOS1501)
    • Big Data in the Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences (BEES3041)
    • Biodiversity & Conservation of Natural Resources (BIOS6671)
    • Biology of Invertebrates (BIOS2031)
    • Climate Systems Science (CLIM3001)
    • Coastal Processes & Hazards (GEOS3731)
    • Coastal Resource Management (GEOS3921)
    • Coral Reefs & Climate Change (MSCI2060)
    • Data Analysis for Life and Earth Science  (BEES2041, BEES5041)
    • Earth & Environmental Science (GEOS1211)
    • Earth Materials (GEOS2181)
    • Earth Structures (GEOS3171)
    • Earth’s Systems and Sustainability (GEOS2291)
    • Ecology, Sustainability & Environmental Science (BIOS1301)
    • Ecosystem Conservation & Management (BIOS2123)
    • Environmental Change (GEOS3761)
    • Environmental Geophysics (GEOS6733)
    • Environmental Impact Assessment (GEOS3911 GEOS9011)
    • Environmental Systems, Processes & Issues (GEOS1701)
    • Evolution (BIOS3171)
    • Evolution in the Modern World (BIOS2500)
    • Evolutionary & Functional Biology (BIOS1101)
    • Evolutionary & Physiological Ecology (BIOS2011)
    • Exploring the Natural World (BEES1041)
    • Field methods and mapping (GEOS2131)
    • Fundamentals of Atmospheric Science (CLIM2001 PHYS2801)
    • Geographic Data Analysis (GEOS3821 GEOS9017)
    • Introduction to Astrobiology: Life in the Universe (BEES2741)
    • Introduction to Climate Change (CLIM1001)
    • Introduction to GIS & Remote Sensing (GEOS2821)
    • Introductory to Marine Science (MSCI1001)
    • Introduction to Science Communication (BEES2680)
    • Introductory Skills for Science (SCIF1131)
    • Investigating Earth and Its Evolution (GEOS1111)
    • Life in Arid Lands (BIOS3161)
    • Marine & Aquatic Ecology (BIOS2091)
    • The Marine Environment (MSC10501)
    • Mineral Resources (GEOS3141)
    • Ocean to estuarine ecosystems (BIOS3081)
    • Peak carbon: climate change & energy policy (GEOS2241)
    • Perspectives in medical science (SCFI1111)
    • Physical oceanography (MSCI3001)
    • Plant biology (BIOS2051)
    • Plant ecology (BIOS3061)
    • Principles of Geographic Information Systems (GEOS9016)
    • Research Internship in Marine Terrestrial Conservation (BIOS9231)
    • River Basin Ecosystem Management (BIOS6723)
    • Risks & Impacts of a Changing Climate (CLIM2002)
    • The Science of Science Communication (BEES6800)
    • BEES0006 | School of Biological Earth & Environmental Sciences
    • Topics in Australian Marine Science (MSCI6681)
    • Vertebrate Zoology (BIOS2061)
    • Work integrated learning placement (BEES2051)

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Professor Alistair Poore
Professor | Head of School

Alistair Poore

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Scott Mooney
Associate Professor | Deputy Head of School

Scott Mooney

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Terry Ord
Associate Professor | Director of Research

Terry Ord

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Associate Professor | Director of Teaching

Stephen Bonser

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Associate Professor | Postgraduate Coordinator

Suhelen Egan

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Nevine Iskander
School Manager

Nevine Iskander

School Office | Room 520D, Biological Sciences North (D26), UNSW, Kensington 2052

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Research centre directors

Professor | Director of the Centre for Ecosystem Science

Richard Kingsford

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Professor | Director of the Centre for Marine Science and Innovation

Paul Gribben

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Professor | Director of the Evolution & Ecology Research Centre

Angela Moles

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Professor | Director of Earth and Sustainability Science Research Centre

Shawn Laffan

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Professor | Director of Australian Centre for Astrobiology

Martin Van Kranendonk

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Professor | Director of the Climate Change Research Centre

Katrin Meissner

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