Sarah Murfitt
Honors Student
Education
BSc (Hons), Geospatial Ecology, Deakin University, Australia, 2016
Research Interests
Sarah's passion for all things environment started early on and has allowed her to work on some amazing conservation projects both locally and internationally. Sarah loves sharing her enthusiasm for the environment with others and has been fortunate to be able to do so in leadership positions, teaching and training people from all around the world. She has also completed a Bachelor of Science, majoring in marine biology, and an honours degree.Sarah is an advocate for conscious, sustainable living, and is also interested in learning more on ways to reduce human impact on natural systems and environments.
Sarah's research at Deakin was focused on using technologies to gain a better understanding of our coastal environments and the drivers of key ecological processes. She looked at applications of drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), for rocky shore monitoring and for observing shorebird habitats.