Meet our experts
Meet the passionate people who work behind the scenes of the Botanic Gardens of Sydney.

Eilish McMaster is a Scientific Officer, working primarily in the Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience (ReCER) team.

Scientific Officer – Biodiversity Research at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney.

Marlien van der Merwe is a Scientific Officer specialising in restoration and conservation genomics.

Head of the Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience

Patricia Lu-Irving is a Scientific Officer.

Visiting Scientist, Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience

An accomplished PhD candidate and Technical Officer.

Samantha Yap is a Conservation Genomics Coordinator in the Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience.

Tricia Hogbin is the Restoration Genomics Outreach Coordinator at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney.