Alyssa Budd

Alyssa Budd is a Research Fellow at the UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia. Her research focuses on molecular mechanisms underlying species lifespan, ecological monitoring via environmental DNA, and bioinformatics education. She collaborates on topics like vertebrate maturity prediction and conservation genetics.

Her work combines genomics with ecological applications, such as using promoter region CpG density to predict fish lifespan and leveraging eDNA for species distribution analysis. She contributed to the GOBLET consortium, advancing global bioinformatics training standards.

Key research areas include molecular biology (epigenetic markers), conservation strategies for endangered species, and interdisciplinary approaches to ecological challenges. Her studies bridge laboratory genetics and field conservation efforts.