Dr Mark Norman, Chief Scientist Conservation and Climate Action

Mark Norman

Mark's research took him across the world from the Antarctic to Alaska, from tropical reefs to deep-sea research.

Originally trained as a marine biologist, Mark worked for more than 30 years across marine evolution, ecology, fisheries and conservation on octopuses and their relatives, as well as fishes, seals and penguins. His long association with Museums Victoria led to his roles as Senior Curator Malacology and then seven years as Head of Sciences. In later years, his strong interest in both biodiversity conservation and science communication expanded to terrestrial and freshwater systems and resulted in him leading 14 multi-disciplinary bioscans across Victorian ecosystems.

In 2016, Mark joined Parks Victoria as Chief Conservation Scientist where he leads and supports nature conservation projects, science advocacy, research programs and nature engagement across Victoria’s 3,250 parks and reserves (adding up to 4.1 m hectares and 18% of the state). Working closely with Parks Victoria’s Environment and Science Directorate, he collaborates with a wide range of researchers, partner agencies, Traditional Owners, stakeholders and community groups in addressing urgent and increasing nature conservation challenges.

In 2022, Mark’s role in Parks Victoria shifted to increasingly focus on climate change impacts felt in parks across the state, and building programs, visibility, resources and capacity to address and manage issues such as extinction risk, transforming ecosystems, rising and warming seas, and the responses of biological systems to unprecedented speed of change.

 

 

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