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    Associate Professor Annette Koenders

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Associate Professor Annette Koenders

Annette is a member of the School leadership team and is responsible for developing, implementing and reviewing teaching and learning strategies for the School, fostering a collaborative and inclusive School culture and developing School capability, sustainability, collaborations and external profile in teaching and learning.  Annette leads a project on indigenising the curriculum in the School of Medical & Health Sciences and the School of Science.

Current Teaching

  • MMS2103 Clinical Biochemistry

Background

Annette joined Edith Cowan University in 1994 in Science, moving to Medical & Health Sciences at the start of 2022.  During her time at ECU, Annette has developed and co-ordinated highly successful international teaching collaborations with China and the UK, including the transition to online delivery in response to COVID, led a project for online delivery of the first year program in science and currently leads a team including learning designers and staff from Kurongkurl Katitijn on a project to indigenise the science and medical and health sciences curricula.  Annette has a broad teaching portfolio spanning molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, evolution, animal physiology, biological and chemical hazards as well as introductory biology for nursing.  Annette has served the University in various roles such as course co-ordination, curriculum development, participation on University Committees such as Academic Board, Radiation, Biosafety & Hazardous Substances Committee, and as Deputy Chair of the Student Appeals Committee.  Annette has been a University Contact Officer and ALLY for over a decade and uses the pronouns they/them.

Professional Associations

  • Australian Council of Deans of Science
  • Society of Australian Systematic Biologists
  • HERDSA

Awards & Recognition

University and National Teaching Awards:

  • 2011 -  Dean's Award for contributions to the School of Natural Sciences, ECU
  • 1999 - Teaching Fellowship Award for Excellence in Teaching, ECU

National and International Research Positions:

  • 1990-1992 Research Fellow (ARC), La Trobe University, Bundoora VIC
  • 1980-1989 Research Officer (MHMRC), Monash University, Clayton VIC

Other:

  • 1983-1986 Monash Graduate Scholarship, Monash University, Clayton VIC

Research Areas and Interests

Annette has obtained over $600,000 in local, national and international research funding, focused mostly on the conservation, molecular evolution and classification of aquatic invertebrates.  Some of Annette's current interests include genetic resistance to anticoagulant rodenticides in Australian rodent populations, monitoring cryptic and invasive freshwater animals using environmental DNA and metabolomic approaches to understanding reproduction in freshwater crayfish.  Annette has supervised 6 Honours, 6 Masters by Research and 7 PhD students to completion and has an interest in mentoring early and mid-career research supervisors.

  • Conservation
  • Biogeography
  • Monitoring of rare and pest species using environmental DNA
  • Scholarship of teaching and learning
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