Professor
Raylene CookeProfile page
Professor
Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Orcid identifier0000-0002-8843-7113
- ProfessorFaculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences
- +61 3 925 17608 (Work)
- Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125
BIO
A passion for education and research has seen Raylene develop an impressive teaching and research portfolio. She has a dedication to creating learning environments which promote the development of skills in her students which readily transfer into employment. Raylene is a champion for creating highly stimulating real world field-based education platforms, enhancing opportunities for work integrated learning, and encouraging engagement in global learning experiences. Her teaching is backed up by her strong research background in wildlife conservation. A passion for raptors has seen her working for many years on powerful owls and how they can be better conserved in urbanizing landscapes.
Raylene is the course director for the Bachelor of Environmental Science (Wildlife and Conservation Biology) where she has worked to scaffold work integrated learning, field-based learning and global engagement across the degree program. She is also part of the faculty working group for work integrated learning and is part of the faculty team driving the increase in global mobility of our students.
Research Groups
Wildlife and Conservation Biology
Raylene is the course director for the Bachelor of Environmental Science (Wildlife and Conservation Biology) where she has worked to scaffold work integrated learning, field-based learning and global engagement across the degree program. She is also part of the faculty working group for work integrated learning and is part of the faculty team driving the increase in global mobility of our students.
Research Groups
Wildlife and Conservation Biology
DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT
- ProfessorDeakin University, School of Life and Environmental Sciences
DEGREES
- Doctor of PhilosophyDeakin University
- Bachelor of EducationDeakin University
- Bachelor of ScienceDeakin University
FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)
- Ecology
- Zoology
- Climate change impacts and adaptation
- Ecological applications
- Environmental management
AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION
- Masters by Research and PhD supervision
AREA/FACULTY
- Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment
DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences