Ms Lyndal Hulse has been employed for the past 6 years as Senior Research Technician within the School of Agriculture and Food Sciences at the University of Queensland, whilst undertaking her PhD in wildlife epidemiology and pathology. Previous to this, Lyndal was employed as senior scientist and project manager within the private sector veterinary pathology and biotechnology industries. She has a postgraduate degree of Masters of Science in Agriculture specialising in molecular biology and quantitative genetics.