Grace Gillard

Grace Gillard

Research Profile
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Key Info

  • Position Title
    Technical Officer, Australian Museum and PhD student, UNSW Sydney & Australian Museum
  • Section
    Herpetology Collection
    Division
    Australian Museum Research Institute

I’m a PhD student at the University of New South Wales, broadly examining the role of remnant native habitats in harbouring frog diversity within modified landscapes. I’m passionate about amphibian conservation, and have developed a keen interest in landscape ecology, bioacoustics, and citizen science. I’m thrilled to be exploring some of these passions further in my research.

I’ve been a part of the Australian Museum/FrogID team since 2021, at which time I was completing my Honours research at UNSW. For my Honours project, I examined variation in banjo frog advertisement calls using FrogID submissions, listening to hundreds of banjo frog recordings, and becoming well-aquainted with the familiar calls of such a well-loved group of frogs. Previously, I completed a Bachelor of Science (Zoology) at the University of New England.

When I’m not working, I’m usually outdoors birding, hiking, or just generally appreciating the natural world around me. I’m also partial to reading, playing music, and knitting frogs.

Publications

  • Gillard, G.L. & Rowley, J.J.L. (2025). The importance of private land for biodiversity conservation is highlighted by rapid, broad-scale sampling using citizen science. Conservation Science and Practice. 70215. full text.
  • Gillard, G.L., Flemons, P.K.J., Roslan, N., Woods, A., & Rowley, J.J.L. (2024). What’s That Frog? Evaluating a Crowdsourced Approach to Species Identification From Audio Recordings. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 9(1): 19. DOI: https:// doi.org/10.5334/cstp.688 full text
  • Parkin, T., Rowley, J.J.L., Gillard, G., Sopniewski, J., Shea, G.M. & Donnellan, S.C. (2024). Systematics and taxonomy of the Northern Banjo Frog (Anura: Limnodynastidae: Limnodynastes terraereginae) and allied taxa. Ichthyology and Herpetology. 112(1):76-105. full text.
  • Gillard, G.L. & Rowley. J.J.L. (2023). Assessment of the acoustic adaptation hypothesis in frogs using large-scale citizen science data. Journal of Zoology. 320(4), 271-281. full text
  • Cutajar, T.P., Portway, C.D., Gillard, G.L. and Rowley, J.J.L. (2022). Australian Frog Atlas: species’ distribution maps informed by the FrogID dataset. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum, Online 36: 1–48. full text