Janice L Kerr Australian Society for Fish Biology & Australian Freshwater Sciences Society Conference 2026

Janice L Kerr

Janice Kerr is an aquatic ecologist with 24 years of experience and currently works with the Queensland Department of Local Government, Water and Volunteers in Toowoomba. As part of the Environmental Flows Assessment Program, she delivers research that informs ecohydrological modelling and water plan reviews. Her work has spanned a wide range of topics, including small-bodied fish ecology, fish passage and weir drown-out, floodplain vegetation, cold-water pollution, wetland persistence, platypus ecology, and riffle habitats. Janice recently led the River Red Gum Epigenetic Clock Project and is presenting the project outcomes at this conference. She completed her PhD through La Trobe University and the Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, Albury-Wodonga, in 2010. Her doctoral research examined the role of fungi in floodplain wetlands from a biogeochemical perspective. She subsequently held a postdoctoral position with the University of Queensland's Centre for Water in the Mining Industry.