Contact

Email

yechee@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials

Position
Senior Research Fellow (Quantitative Ecologist))
School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
Australian National University
ORCID

0000-0002-8478-373X

Dr Yung En Chee

Senior Research Fellow (Quantitative Ecologist))
School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences
55 Scholarly works
18 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Nature-Water Design: Integrating biodiversity and water sensitive urban design
    DOI: 10.1016/j.nbsj.2026.100312
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Model predictions of key revegetation species response to climate change differ between correlative and mechanistic models: implications for adapting restoration
    DOI: 10.1111/rec.70240
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Monitoring Riparian Vegetation in Urban Areas With Sentinel-2 Satellite Imagery
    DOI: 10.1111/emr.12624
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Revegetated riparian areas are dominated by weeds, and lack structural diversity and natural recruitment: lessons for restoration practice
    DOI: 10.1111/rec.14098
  • 2023

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Research Fellow (Waterway &/or Wetland Research)
  • 2023

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Research Fellow (Waterway Vegetation Management Research)
  • 2018

    Research Contracts

    A1 Prioritisation: Spatial Prioritisation of Management Actions for Biodiversity Outcomes in Streams & Wetlands
Yung En Chee

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships

2020
<p><span>The Ecological Impact Award was established by the ESA’s </span><a href="https://www.ecolsoc.org.au/category/working-groups/practitioner-engagement/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Practitioner Engagement Working Group</a><span> to celebrate and recognise the working partnership between ecological practitioners and ecological researchers. The award aims to promote and upscale on-ground outcomes based on robust ecological science and to support opportunities to build on project successes.</span></p> Ecological Society of Australia
2019
<p>Melbourne Waterway Research-Practice Partnership</p> <p>Judges Note:The judges noted the multidisciplinary coverage of research topics from this research partnership was impressive. The nomination demonstrated how research findings and information generated by the partnership was being widely disseminated, and the thorough engagement process undertaken to determine research priorities. The collaborative industry-focused research model is being adopted elsewhere, proving how influential the group is.</p> River Basin Management Society
2018
The University of Melbourne Excellence Awards
2011
Australian Academy of Science

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2023

    Journal article

    Linking species distribution models with structured expert elicitation for predicting management effectiveness
    DOI: 10.1111/csp2.13038
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Impacts of climate change on the distribution of riverine endemic fish species in Iran, a biodiversity hotspot region
    DOI: 10.1111/fwb.14081
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Understanding and managing the interactive impacts of growth in urban land use and climate change on freshwater biota: A case study using the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
    DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16015
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Towards open, reliable, and transparent ecology and evolutionary biology
    DOI: 10.1186/s12915-021-01006-3
  • 2019

    Journal article

    Correcting common misconceptions to inspire conservation action in urban environments
    DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13193
  • 2018

    Journal article

    Alternatives to biodiversity offsets for mitigating the effects of urbanization on stream ecosystems
    DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13057

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2012

    Internal Research Grant

    Understanding Uptake: How Trust, Cognition and Statistical Transparency Influence the Adoption of New Models in NRM Decision Making
  • 2023

    Research Contracts

    W5 Development and Application of Stream and Wetlands Habitat Suitability Models to Support Healthy Waterways Strategy Planning