Summary
Mischa Turschwell is an environmental research fellow with nine years’ experience delivering applied science and strategic waterway management across academia and local government. He has led large programs including Brisbane’s Local Waterway Health Assessment and regional water quality planning while driving multidisciplinary research on aquatic ecology, climate-change impacts, and spatial modelling. With a strong track record at Griffith University, Mischa blends advanced statistical and multi-stressor modelling skills with hands-on field science and policy-facing program delivery. Comfortable engaging high-value stakeholders, he pairs project management and negotiation experience with scholarly rigour from a PhD on thermal and habitat drivers of freshwater fish. He focuses on pragmatic solutions that balance environmental and human needs and is increasingly working on regional environmental water security and earth system boundary refinement. A practical communicator and collaborator, he thrives at the interface of research, policy and on-the-ground conservation.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Marine Biology and Ecology, Honours Class 1, Bachelor’s Degree, Marine Biology and Ecology, Honours Class 1 at The University of Queensland
English, French