Chad T. Beranek,^1,*,** John Clulow,^1,*** Michael Mahony<sup>1,****

1</sup>Conservation Science Research Group, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, Biology Building, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan NSW 2308, Australia

^*Corresponding author: chad.beranek@uon.edu.au.com
^**Chad T. Beranek is a PhD student at the University of Newcastle who is set to finish at the end of 2020. He has worked on research projects with the New South Wales State government and as a freelance wildlife ecologist for many different projects. He is also the creator and director of Gumnut Naturalist (https://www.facebook.com/gumnutnaturalist), which is a nature education page. He has a broad interest in evolution, ecology, and conservation and while he works with birds, mammals, and reptiles, he is most interested in amphibians. He aims to have the largest possible positive impact on the conservation of nature in one human lifetime and, regarding research, wants to focus on producing applied science that will enable stronger conservation outcomes and restoration ecology results for wildlife. Twitter: @ChadleyBera, Instagram: @berachester.
^***John Clulow received his doctorate in reproductive physiology in 1989, originally in the physiology of the male reproductive system of birds, but soon turned his attention to the potential to use reproductive physiology and cryobiology for the conservation of frogs. He saw the need for insurance against loss of populations and species from the wild in situations where declines could not be halted or mitigated. With colleagues, he has worked and published on assisted reproduction and the cryopreservation of amphibian sperm, as a way of storing amphibian genomes for conservation and genetic management. Since his appointment as a lecturer at the University of Newcastle in 2002, he has continued research on amphibian reproduction and conservation biology.
^****Michael Mahony received his doctorate in Biology from Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia in 1986 where he investigated the cytogenetics and genetics of Australian ground frogs. After working for several years in a clinical cytogenetics laboratory and as a research scientist at the South Australian Museum he took an academic position at the University of Newcastle, Australia, in 1992 where his research and teaching focus is in the area of conservation biology. He is a past Head of Discipline Biology, Head of Discipline of Environmental Science and Management, and Assistant Dean Research Training. Michael has retired from university teaching but has delivered university courses in the School for Environmental and Life Sciences for over 20 years.