Name
Taryn-lee Perrior

Location
Gold Coast Campus, G51_2.06

Email
t.perrior@griffith.edu.au

Links
https://twitter.com/Taryn_Perrior
https://www.linkedin.com/in/taryn-lee-perrior-236850138/
https://blogs.flinders.edu.au/stem/2022/03/01/taryns-field-of-dreams/

Short Bio
Taryn Perrior is a budding marine scientist with a Bachelor’s degree (Honours) in Marine Biology from Flinders University. She has worked on several research projects related to wildlife ecology and biochemistry. Her research focused on the spatio-temporal variation of elephant fish feeding ecology using a multimethod approach, including eDNA, stomach content, fatty acid, and stable isotope analysis. Currently, Taryn is employed as a research assistant at ARI-TOX where she assists Dr Jason van De Merwe and Dr Kimberly Finlayson in the investigation of sea turtle standing events through toxicology.

Position
Research Assistant – Marine Wildlife Toxicology

Education
2022    BSc (Hons) in Marine Science from the Flinders University, South Australia
2021    BSc in Marine Science from Griffith University, Queensland

Awards and Travel Grants
2022    Research grant from Flinders Accelerator for Microbiome Exploration
2019    Academic Excellence Award from Griffith University