Julie Old
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Associate Professor Julie Old joined Western Sydney University in 2006. She has expertise in comparative and developmental immunology, native mammal biology, wildlife management, conservation, nutrition and citizen science. She completed her PhD in 2002 in marsupial immunology and worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Macquarie University prior to commencing her position at Western Sydney University. Julie’s research combines immunology, developmental biology, molecular biology, anatomy, nutrition, microscopy, ecological techniques and citizen science to solve important issues in wildlife health and disease, especially marsupials. Julie is also the Chief Investigator of the Citizen Science project, WomSAT.
Since 1998, her research has resulted in over 80 research publications in high impact journals including PLoS One and DCI. She is also Academic Course Advisor for Bachelor of Natural Science (Animal Science, Environmental Management and Environment and Health) in the School of Science and Health at Western Sydney University. She is the Unit Coordinator for Animal Science and Animal Health and Welfare. She also teaches into several other units inthe Natural Science and Science programs. She is currently supervising two PhD and five Masters students. She is a regular reviewer of national and international journals, research grants and PhD theses.
July 2018