Sarah Munks grew up in Cornwall, England. Her zoology honours research on hatchling sea turtles fuelled a desire to come to Australia to see turtles in the wild. She arrived in 1985, and studied ringtail possums on Flinders Island for her PhD. After travelling through Africa, and then working on koalas in north-western Queensland, she settled back in Tasmania to work as a forest ecologist, researcher, educator, manager and mother. She has co-authored numerous scientific articles on a wide range of Tasmania’s fauna, including the platypus. While she is a scientist by training, she is passionate about the visual arts and artists and currently edits the Art Society of Tasmania’s newsletter, Gallery News.
Sarah Munks grew up in Cornwall, England. Her zoology honours research on hatchling sea turtles fuelled a desire to come to Australia to see turtles in the wild. She arrived in 1985, and studied ringtail possums on Flinders Island for her PhD. After travelling through Africa, and then working on koalas in north-western Queensland, she settled back in Tasmania to work as a forest ecologist, researcher, educator, manager and mother. She has co-authored numerous scientific articles on a wide range of Tasmania’s fauna, including the platypus. While she is a scientist by training, she is passionate about the visual arts and artists and currently edits the Art Society of Tasmania’s newsletter, Gallery News.
