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Bitterns, in Stereo

12-11-2024
Polar plot of bittern observations

Analysis of data from an acoustic recorder on long-term deployment at a lagoon in the Tasmanian Midlands has revealed two Australisian Bitterns in residence.

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The first recorder prototype

28-02-2024
prototype circuit closeup

The first production run of the prototype 8-microphone recorder at Definium Technologies is done! The next step is programming and testing...

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Monitoring at The Quoin

28-03-2024

Read about a collaboration with The Quoin, a propert in the Tasmanian Midlands, where we're carrying out long-term acoustic monitoring in preparation for testing the prototype 8-microphone directional recorder.    

Prototype testing at The Quoin

A Churchill Fellowship

18-09-2023

I’m extremely grateful to the Churchill Fellowship Trust for awarding me a 2023 Fellowship. This will allow me to travel overseas to learn more about how to take my bio-acoustic recorder from a prototype to a fully fledged user-ready device for wildlife conservation.

That's what I call Astro Acoustics

28-05-2023

Here's a chat I had with with Kate Johnston for the That’s What I Call Science podcast on how Astro Acoutics got started and what I'm up to these days.

TWICS Episode 195: From stars to bats and bird-song

From distant space to earthly bats and bird-song, how is Dr Jim Lovell using his training in astrophysics to innovate how we track and locate wildlife? Join Dr Kate Johnson to hear how black holes are necessary for navigating on earth and how astrophysics techniques can be used to monitor animals by mapping sound (and why that matters).

Fantastic Beasts

29-08-2022

A presentation I gave at the Scintillometry Workshop 2022: "Fantastic Beasts and Where To Hear Them"