Melissa is a Research Fellow with BehaviourWorks Australia, working across the Environment, Health & Social, and Education Portfolios.

Melissa has a diverse range of research interests spanning health, the natural environment, conservation, and the intersections between them. She has a particular interest in the physical and psychological health benefits of contact and connection with nature, the psychology of environmental conservation, and how interaction with the natural environment can influence - and be influenced by - pro-environmental and pro-biodiversity conservation behaviours. 

Melissa is also a registered Health Psychologist with a holistic approach to health and wellbeing. She works part-time in private practice, and has a particular interest in helping clients with chronic illnesses to live well with, and despite, illness and/or disability. She also teaches and supervises post-graduate psychology students.