Dr Kellie Pendoley

Kellie is the Director and Principal Scientist of Pendoley Environmental, a leading marine conservation biology and artificial light assessment consultancy. With forty years of experience researching marine turtle biology and ecology and working with industry stakeholders across the Pilbara, Kellie has significant expertise in flatback turtle conservation in Western Australia. 

Kellie is also a past President and board member of the International Sea Turtle Society, past Vice President of the International Dark Sky Association and current member of the IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group. 

“The work of the NWSFTCP has been pivotal in building our knowledge and understanding of this previously understudied endemic Australian species, to the point where the WA populations of flatback turtles are now one of the better understood populations in Australia.”