Dr Kellie Pendoley, Principal scientist of Pendoley Environmental, announced today that one of Pendoley Environmental’s Senior Scientists, Anna Lewis, has been awarded a PhD. Anna is absolutely thrilled with her new title and is looking forward to utilising her skill sets surrounding research, project management, and fieldwork within the resources sector. Kellie said “We are delighted to have another PhD on the Pendoley Environmental staff as we move through 2014 with our sights clearly set on being the company of choice for Marine Turtle Conservation, Biology, and Oiled Wildlife Response, within the Asia-Oceania region”

Anna’s PhD was funded through CSIRO’s Collaboration Cluster and Wealth from Ocean Flagship Scholarship. The PhD, titled “Remote Camping along the Ningaloo Coast, Western Australia: Relationship between Management and the Variables of Camper Preferences, Resource Use and Environmental Impacts”, was completed through Curtin University.