About

Dr Phoebe Meagher leads Forensic Science partnerships at Taronga, working with new technologies, industry, government and academia to develop and support tools to combat illegal wildlife trade.
Dr Meagher has worked combating illegal wildlife trade here in Australia and in South-east Asia, targeting the world’s most trafficked wildlife including Pangolins, Cockatoos, Freshwater Turtles and native Lizards.
Dr Meagher’s experience working in wildlife pathology at Taronga Wildlife Hospital led her to discover the applications of forensic techniques in conservation science and has published these novel concepts in scientific and popular literature.
In November last year, Dr Meagher travelled to Panama to present on the potential impacts of Taronga’s technology partnerships on illegal wildlife trade at UN CITES CoP19.