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Kate Robb [1] is an Australian marine mammalogist who, along with colleagues, declared in 2011 a new species of the genus Tursiops , and formally named it the Burrunan dolphin, Tursiops australis . [2] [3] She is the founding director and head of research at the Marine Mammal Foundation in Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria. [4]
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With nearly 20 years experience researching dolphins across southern Australia, Robb achieved a Bachelor of Science (Hons) with a double major in freshwater and marine ecology and zoology and a Doctor of Philosophy (genetics). She is the former president of the Australian Marine Sciences Associations – Victorian branch, a Naturalist for expeditions to Antarctica, and an Honorary Fellow at Deakin and Curtin universities.
As head of research at the Marine Mammal Foundation, Robb has instigated and supervised numerous applied marine mammal research projects covering robust population modelling, population genetics and phylogenomics, geospatial mapping, social structure and alliance, acoustics and toxicology. She has numerous peer-reviewed scientific publications [2] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] aimed at informing positive conservation and management outcomes of marine mammals.
Robb has been involved with major media coverage from international agencies such as BBC's History Channel, National Geographic, BBC The World, NBC USA; Australian agencies such as The Age, The Australian and Herald-Sun; major TV news networks; and children’s shows such as Totally Wild and Scope . A highlight of Robb's career was personally meeting Sir David Attenborough in 2013.
