our staff
The Invasive Species Council employs four part-time staff working from home offices across the country.
Tim Low
Project Officer
Tim is an ecologist, consultant and writer who helped found the Invasive Species Council in 2002. He is author of the best-selling book Feral Future, which The Australian newspaper called a “wake-up on the dangers of McDonaldising world ecology”, and regularly speaks about pest issues at conferences in Australia and internationally.
Email: isc@invasives.org.au
Dr Carol Booth
Policy Officer
Carol has a background in science and philosophy, with PhDs in biochemistry and environmental philosophy. She has also worked
as a science writer. She has been a conservation advocate since the mid 1990s, working with a range of environmental NGOs on nature conservation.
For Carol, invasive species is one of the most complex and fascinating areas of conservation, and she sees excellent potential for reform through her work at the Invasive Species Council.
Email: carolbooth@invasives.org.au
Phone: 0448 868 984
Sarah Moles
Project Officer
Sarah has an extensive history of environmental advocacy, with a particular focus on water issues in the Murray-Darling and Great Artesian basins.
She is also a writer, and with her artist partner recently published
The Dying Darling, which tells the story of the Darling River by documenting in words and dramatic charcoal sketches how different landholders, traditional owners, scientists and politicians see the river and are affected by its decline.
Sarah’s work with the Invasive Species Council includes setting up the Stop Invasive Species Alliance, a coalition of environment groups from across Australia calling for greater national leadership on pest threats.
Email: sarahmoles@invasives.org.au
John Sampson
Communications Officer
John holds a Bachelor of Arts (Journalism) from RMIT University,
and has a strong background in print journalism. He has worked
as a regional editor for Fairfax community newspapers in Victoria, production editor at Bendigo’s The Advertiser and sub-editor at mX newspapers in Melbourne.
Before joining the Invasive Species Council he worked for the Victoria Naturally Alliance, a coalition of nine environment groups that want to see action taken to protect Victoria's biodiversity from a range of threats including climate change, habitat fragmentation and species extinction.
Email: johnsampson@invasives.org.au
Phone: 03 6227 9547